340 IndexSupression, freedom <strong>of</strong> 2, 8<strong>of</strong> hindrances 42<strong>of</strong> tribulation 194Supreme Buddhas 194Supremely Enlightened Ones 223Sustained application <strong>of</strong> thought 290Talk, given to 97Tangibles, perception <strong>of</strong> 114Teacher 36, 38, 61, 63<strong>of</strong> discipline 51Teaching(s) 17, 62Ten bases <strong>of</strong> hatred 250courses <strong>of</strong> unskilful action 318characteristics fulfilled in the firstjhana 94, 95defilements 314, 318errors 318fetters 281, 318perceptions <strong>of</strong> putrescence 132, 139perfections 189Theft, use as 23Things as they are 4Thirst 21, 23Thirty material qualities 243-seven enlightenment accessories 273-two parts <strong>of</strong> the body 171Thought equilibrated 39, discursive 69formations 323, the four immeasurable thoughts63, initial and sustained application<strong>of</strong> 40, 42, 45, 46, 194, 323<strong>of</strong> appreciative joy 192, purity <strong>of</strong> 4 .-..-.-.-reversal 319., steadily moving, the perception<strong>of</strong> 46, wisdom sprung from 231Three comprehensions 253emancipations 312, 313fetters 305formations 325immoral roots 314kinds <strong>of</strong> comprehension 257kinds <strong>of</strong> ill 271kinds <strong>of</strong> inclusion 281kinds <strong>of</strong> seeking 314classes <strong>of</strong> Stream-entrant 308kinds <strong>of</strong> supernormal power 209' links 263objects 220planes 277, 299, 300states <strong>of</strong> becoming 289supramundane faculties 312Threefold discrimination <strong>of</strong> the five aggregates253Throne 25Time, discerning the 323Tooth-sticks 18, 52Torpor 6, 34, 35, 91, 92, 240, 241Touch, organ <strong>of</strong> 35Tradition 36Training 3, 161, Triple 3.<strong>of</strong> the higher thought 3;<strong>of</strong> the higher wisdom 3Training <strong>of</strong> the higher virtue 3thought 3wisdom 3virtue 3Tranquillity, 2, 5, 22, 33, 35, 37, 39. 46,47, 92, 95, 96, 101, 102, 205Transcending 64, 65, 110, 120, 121Transformation, supernormal power <strong>of</strong>209, 217, 218Transgression 7, 14, 24, 25Transgressor 23Treasure 26Tribulation(s) 7, 9, 25, 194, 196<strong>of</strong> suffering 205perception <strong>of</strong> 171suppression <strong>of</strong> 194Trickery 20Troubles 18Truth 2, 24, 40, 53, 144-comprehension 267, knowledge <strong>of</strong> 41<strong>of</strong> Cessation 268, 275, 277, 278,286, 292<strong>of</strong> 111 253, 257,258, 268,275, 277-79,281,282,284,285,292,293<strong>of</strong> 111, the Noble 269<strong>of</strong> Origin 253, 277, 278, 281, 292<strong>of</strong> the Origin <strong>of</strong> 111, the Noble 271,272<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Path</strong> 275, 277, 281, perfection <strong>of</strong> 189, resolve <strong>of</strong> 190Truths 253, doctrine <strong>of</strong> the 230, the Four (Noble) 3, 5, 49Twelve arisings <strong>of</strong> unskilful consciousness319material qualities 241means <strong>of</strong> removing hatred 185reversals 319sense-organs (and sense-objects)254Twenty modes 263, 265Twenty-six materials qualities 240Twin-miracle 44, 146, 190Two attainments in concentration 310enjoyments 320kinds <strong>of</strong> ill 270kinds <strong>of</strong> wisdom 231Type, lower, middle, higher 3Uddaka Ramaputta 114Unbinding 17Unborn, <strong>Freedom</strong> <strong>of</strong> the 323, knowledge <strong>of</strong> the 150Unbroken mindfulness <strong>of</strong> respiration 160Uncertainty 6, 41, 59, 91, 92, 120, 121,146,147, 160, 224, 305, 318Unconditioned state 326Understanding 229<strong>of</strong> emptiness 197-strength 310things as they are 4Undivided thought 122-128Unfettered, wisdom <strong>of</strong> the 233Unhankered emancipation 312-314Unification <strong>of</strong> mind 42, 45Union, the destruction <strong>of</strong> 7Unruffledness 102
Index 341Unshakable one 17Unskilful man 37states 277Uppala 111Upright conduct 151Uttarakuru 16Vacuity, element <strong>of</strong> space and 155Verbal formations 323Verities, the four noble 1View <strong>of</strong> evanescene 7<strong>of</strong> non-yearning 7, the reversal <strong>of</strong> 319Views, cankers <strong>of</strong> 7, evil 9, false 148freedom from 2, purity <strong>of</strong> 4Vinaya 1Vindictiveness 59Virtue 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 14, 19, 39,144, 154, 182183,allied to disparate desires 13, 14like desires 13, 14no desires 13, 14, anxious 14, Ariyan 3as accumulation 16as complete path <strong>of</strong> ending 16as ending 16as virtue 16, learner's 14, benefits <strong>of</strong> 6, 8, complete 24connected with the requisites 17, 24, dependent 11, doubtful 14, fatuous 14, fearful 14, final stage <strong>of</strong> 6, 9, function <strong>of</strong> 6, 8, group <strong>of</strong> 2, 3, immeasurable 11, impure 14, incomplete 24, indicated 3, inferior 15, initial stage <strong>of</strong> 6, 9, inviolable 12, learning-ender's 14, manifestation <strong>of</strong> 6, 8, meaning <strong>of</strong> 6, 8, measurable 11, medial stage <strong>of</strong> 6, 9, middling 15, moral 27, mundane 10, near cause <strong>of</strong> 6, 8, neither learner's nor learning-ener's14, non-dependent 11, not-tarnished 13, non-characterizable 9<strong>of</strong> abstention 6<strong>of</strong> discarding 10<strong>of</strong> enhanced practice 11<strong>of</strong> experiencing and not transgressing12Virtue <strong>of</strong> extirpating and not transgressing12<strong>of</strong> faculty restraint 17<strong>of</strong> non-transgression 6<strong>of</strong> the commoner 3<strong>of</strong> the fundamentals <strong>of</strong> the holylife 11<strong>of</strong> the purity <strong>of</strong> livelihood 17<strong>of</strong> quelling evil and not transgressing12<strong>of</strong> the rules-<strong>of</strong>-the-order-restraint 17<strong>of</strong> undertaking 10<strong>of</strong> volition 6partaking <strong>of</strong> deterioration 15partaking <strong>of</strong> penetration 3, 15partaking <strong>of</strong> stagnation 15pertaining to the faculties 7practised till the dissolution <strong>of</strong> thebody 12practised within a time-limit 12practised to the full 5, pure 14, purity <strong>of</strong> 4, 25, recollection <strong>of</strong> 63, 67, 152, 179, salient characteristics <strong>of</strong> 6, 7i skilful 9, 17, spotless 12, superior 15, supramundane 10swayed by the body and life 13Law 13world 13, tarnished 13that is good manners 16law 16natural 16(the result <strong>of</strong>) former conditions16, the training <strong>of</strong> the higher 3, tranquillized 13, unskilful 9, 17with limit 11without limit 11Visiting bhikkhu 36Vicissitudes <strong>of</strong> the formations 288Visual consciousness 239Void emancipation 312-14Void, view <strong>of</strong> the 7Volition 247Waist-cloth 29Walking, modes <strong>of</strong> 21, 58Water 61, 200, aggregation <strong>of</strong> 201, element <strong>of</strong> 198, 199, 203, essence <strong>of</strong> 200kasina 121, 122-limit 31perception 122sign 122Way, virtue <strong>of</strong> the 149Way <strong>of</strong> Escape 301Weariness, karmic, <strong>of</strong> body 23Welfare, worldly 11Well-faring 8-taught 149
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