A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
A
Abbot (1/32)
Abhayagiri Monastery (5/214)
Abhayagiri Monastery (Sri Lanka) (1)
abhidhamma (10)
abhippamodaya citta [Gladdening the mind] (2/51)
Abortion (1)
abrahmacariya [Sexual activity] – see Celibacy (brahmacariyā) (2)
Abuse/violence (1/15)
abyākatā dhammā [Indeterminate qualities]
abyāpāda [Non-ill-will] – see Goodwill (mettā) (3/150)
Accomplishment in virtue (sīlasampanno) – see Virtue (sīla) (2/73)
Achalo, Ajahn (2)
Activism (1/8)
Addiction (4)
adhiṭṭhāna [Determination] (4/33)
ādīnava [Drawbacks] (7)
adinnādāna [Stealing] (4)
Admonishment/feedback (2/32)
adukkhamasukhā vedanā [Neutral feeling] (11)
Advaita Vedanta (1)
Advertizing (3)
āgama (1)
agatī [Biases] (2)
Ageing (jarā) (1/36)
Aggregates (khandhā) (2/49)
āhāra [Food] (3/56)
āhāra [Nutriment] (7)
Aids to Awakening (bodhipakkhiyādhammā) (3)
Aids to Enlightenment – alternative translation of bodhipakkhiyādhammā [Aids to Awakening] (3)
Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day (4)
akusalā dhammā [Unskillful qualities] (2/40)
akusala-mūlā [Unwholesome Roots] (3/70)
Alertness – alternative translation of sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (1/73)
Almsbowl (patta) (9)
Almsfood (piṇḍapāta) (1/29)
Almsround (Pindapat Thai) (1/42)
āloka-saññā [Perception of light] (5)
amanussa [Non-human beings] (2)
Amaravati Monastery (18)
Amaro, Ajahn (1/74)
amata [Deathless] (4)
America, History (2)
Amulets (2)
anāgamī [Non-return] (4)
anagārika [Postulants] (12)
Anan Akiñcano, Ajahn (1/10)
Anando, Ajahn (4)
ānāpānasati [Mindfulness of breathing] (7/183)
anattā [Not-self] (5/93)
Anger – see Aversion (dosa) (4/99)
anicca [Impermanence] (5/112)
Animal (tiracchāna) (1/23)
anumodanā (delighting in goodness) (7)
anupubbikathā [Gradual Teaching] (18)
anusati [Recollection] (3/56)
Anxiety – see Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (3/64)
aparihānāya dhammā [Qualities for non-decline] (1)
appamāda [Heedfulness] (1/15)
appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ [Unestablished consciousness] (2)
Applied and sustained thought – alternative translation of vitakka-vicāra [Directed thought and evaluation] (3/84)
Appropriate attention (yoniso manasikāra) (1/23)
arahant (17)
Ardency (ātāpi) (1/43)
Arising and ceasing – see Impermanence (anicca) (5/112)
ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga [Noble Eightfold Path] (2/57)
ariya-pariyesanā [Spiritual search] (2/14)
Arom kong git Thai [Moods of the mind] (1/9)
Arrow River Forest Hermitage (1)
Artistic expression (1/13)
Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery (1)
arūparāga [Craving for immaterial existence]
āruppa [Formless attainments] (8)
asaṅkhata [Unconditioned] (1/19)
āsava [Outflows] (1/6)
Ascetic practices (dhutaṅga) (2/27)
Ascetic wandering – see Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering) (3/77)
Asia, Culture (1)
Asking forgiveness ceremony (5)
Asokaram, Wat (1)
assāda [Gratification] (3)
Association with people of integrity (sappurisasaṁseva) (13)
asubha [Unattractiveness] (2/39)
asubha/dvattiṁsākāra [Unattractiveness/32 parts] (2/39)
atammayatā [Not-made-of-that] (2)
ātāpi [Ardency] (1/43)
Attachment – alternative translation of upādāna [Clinging] (2/108)
Attachment to precepts and practices (sīlabbata-parāmāsa) (15)
Attachment to precepts and practices – alternative translation of sīlabbata-parāmāsa [Attachment to precepts and practices] (15)
aṭṭaṅgika magga [Eightfold Path] (2/57)
attavādupādāna [Doctrine-of-self clinging] (7)
Attendant to senior monks – see Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks) (1/20)
aṭṭha lokadhammā [Eight Worldly Conditions] (5)
aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni [Eight Precepts] (11)
aṭṭhakathā [Commentaries] (1/24)
Attitude (2)
Aversion (dosa) (4/99)
avihiṃsā [Non-cruelty] – see Compassion (karuṇā) (4/120)
avijjā [Ignorance] (1/13)
āyatana [Sense bases] (1/40)
B
balā [Powers] – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Balance – see Equanimity (upekkhā) (5/56)
Ban Tat, Wat Pah (4)
Bases of Success (iddhipādā) (1/11)
Beauty (5)
Becoming (bhava) (2/27)
Benefit – alternative translation of assāda [Gratification] (3)
bhava [Becoming] (2/27)
bhava-taṇhā [Craving to become] – see Becoming (bhava) (2/27)
bhāvanā [Meditation] (2/80)
bhaya [Fear] (3/87)
bhikkhunī (6)
bhojane mattaññū [Moderation in eating] (2)
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King (4)
Biases (agatī) (2)
Birth (jāti) (2/13)
Blame and praise (nindā ca pasaṃsā ca) (7)
Bodhi Tree (2)
Bodhi, Bhikkhu (9)
bodhipakkhiyādhammā [Aids to Awakening] (3)
bodhisattva (1/6)
Body – alternative translation of rūpa [Form] (14)
Body scanning (1/11)
bojjhaṅgā [Factors of Awakening] (1/12)
Boon Choo Ṭhitaguṇo, Ajahn (8)
Bowing (3/17)
brahmacariyā [Monastic life] (2/191)
brahmacariyā [Celibacy] (2)
brahmavihārā [Divine Abidings] (2/31)
Breiter, Paul (20)
Buddha (4/53)
Buddha images (13)
Buddha, Recollection (buddhānussati) (22)
Buddha/Biography (2/52)
Buddhadāsa Indapañño, Ajahn (17)
Buddhaghosacariya, Somdet Phra – see P. A. Payutto (11)
buddhānussati [Recollection/Buddha] (22)
Buddhist identity (2/26)
Buddho mantra (1/17)
Building projects (1/15)
Bunjong, Ajahn (1)
Burapha, Wat (3)
Buridat, Wat (2)
byādhi [Sickness] (2/89)
byāpāda [Ill-will] (1/20)
C
cāgānussati [Recollection/Generosity] (9)
Calming meditation (samatha) (2/42)
Cankers – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/6)
caranta [Posture/Walking] (3/39)
catarī agatī [Four Biases] (2)
cattāri ariya-saccāni [Four Noble Truths] (3/54)
cattāro āhārā [Four Nutriments] (7)
cattāro iddhipādā [Four Bases of Success] (1/11)
cattāro sammappadhānā [Four Right Efforts] – see Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (3/103)
cattāro satipaṭṭhānā [Four Foundations of Mindfulness] – see Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/67)
caturārakkhā bhāvanā [Four Protective Meditations] (2)
Cause of Suffering (dukkha-samudayo) (1/38)
Celibacy (brahmacariyā) (2)
Ceremony/ritual (15)
Cessation (nirodha) (2/38)
Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodho) (2/62)
cetanā [Volition] (1/46)
cha dhammā sārāṇīyā [Six Principles of Cordiality] (10)
Chah Subhaddo, Ajahn (7/652)
chanda [Desire] (2/59)
Chanting (3/78)
Characteristics of existence (2/38)
Chi Gong (2)
Children (2/12)
Christianity (35)
citta [Heart/mind] (2/50)
citta-sati [Mindfulness of mind] (1/48)
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (1/11)
cīvara [Robes] (16)
Cleanliness (14)
Clear comprehension (sampajañña) (1/73)
Clinging (upādāna) (2/108)
Commentaries (aṭṭhakathā) (1/24)
Commerce/economics (2/37)
Commitment – see Determination (adhiṭṭhāna) (4/33)
Communal harmony (sāmaggī) (4/52)
Community (1/59)
Community of Abhayagiri Lay Ministers (2)
Compassion (karuṇā) (4/120)
Competitiveness (1/7)
Conceit (māna) (1/29)
Conceiving – see Conceit (māna) (1/29)
Concentration (samādhi) (5/94)
Conditionality (idappaccayatā) (2/96)
Confession (paṭidesanā) (4)
Confidence (pasāda) – see Faith (saddhā) (4/114)
Conflict (1/38)
Conscience and concern – alternative translation of hiri-otappa [Conscience and prudence] (2/21)
Conscience and prudence (hiri-otappa) (2/21)
Consciousness (viññāṇa) (2/33)
Contact (phassa) (1/16)
Contentment (santuṭṭhi) (1/22)
Continuity of mindfulness (4/51)
Conventions (22)
Conviction – alternative translation of saddhā [Faith] (4/114)
Corruption (3)
Courage (4)
Craving (taṇhā) (3/61)
Craving for immaterial existence (arūparāga)
Craving for material existence (rūparāga) (1)
Craving for sensuality (kāma-taṇhā) – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
Craving not to become (vibhava-taṇhā) (1/20)
Craving to become (bhava-taṇhā) – see Becoming (bhava) (2/27)
Crime (7)
Cults (2)
Cultural context (18)
Culture/Asia (1)
Culture/India (3/25)
Culture/Natural environment (2/48)
Culture/Other Theravāda traditions (2)
Culture/Thailand (2/158)
Culture/West (3/142)
D
Dalai Lama, The (10)
dāna [Generosity] (3/114)
Danger – alternative translation of ādīnava [Drawbacks] (7)
Danger of sensual pleasure (kāmānaṃ ādīnava) – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
dasa pāramiyo [Ten Perfections] (14)
dasa samyojana [Fetters] (1/3)
dasa saṃyojanā [Ten Fetters] (1/3)
Death (maraṇa) (3/130)
Death, Recollection (maraṇassati) (2/47)
Deathless, The (amata) (4)
Defilement (kilesa) – see Three Unwholesome Roots (ti-akusala-mūlā) (3/70)
Delighting in goodness – see Anumodanā (Delighting in goodness) (7)
Delusion (moha) (3/57)
Denison, Ruth (2)
Dependence (nissaya) (2)
Dependent origination (paticca-samuppāda) (3/29)
Depression (1/18)
Desire (chanda) (2/59)
Despair – see Depression (1/18)
Determination (adhiṭṭhāna) (4/33)
deva (1/30)
Devas, Recollection (devatānussati) (11)
devatānussati [Recollection/Devas] (11)
Devotion to wakefulness (jāgariyaṁ anuyutto) (1/25)
Devotional practice (1/28)
Dhamma (2/69)
Dhamma books (36)
Dhamma discussion (dhammasākacchā) (2)
Dhamma online (10)
dhammā sārāṇīyā [Principles of Cordiality] (10)
Dhamma, Recollection (dhammānussati) (3/18)
dhammā-sati [Mindfulness of dhammas] (8)
dhamma-vicaya [Investigation of states] (2/45)
dhammaniymatā [Lawfulness] (3)
dhammānudhammappaṭipatti [Practicing in accordance with Dhamma] (3/32)
dhammānussati [Recollection/Dhamma] (3/18)
dhammasākacchā [Dhamma discussion] (2)
dhammaṭṭhitatā [Naturalness] (2/27)
dhana [Treasures] (7)
dhātu [Elements] (2/25)
dhutaṅga [Ascetic practices] (2/27)
Dignity (4)
Dipa Ma (1)
Direct experience (1/44)
Directed thought and evaluation (vitakka-vicāra) (3/84)
Disasters (5)
Discernment (paññā) (2/155)
Discrimination (3)
Disenchantment (nibbidā) (13)
Dispassion (virāga) (2/36)
Disrobing (18)
Distress – alternative translation of domanassa [Grief] (4/39)
diṭṭhī [Views] (2/50)
Divine Abidings (brahmavihārā) (2/31)
Divisive tale-bearing – alternative translation of pisuṇāya vācā [Malicious speech] (1/6)
Doctrine-of-self clinging (attavādupādāna) (7)
Dōgen (4)
domanassa [Grief] (4/39)
dosa [Aversion] (4/99)
Doubt (vicikiccha) (3/40)
Drawbacks (ādīnava) (7)
Dreams (supinā) (1/9)
Dtao Dtum Monastery (12)
Dtun Thiracitto, Ajahn (1/8)
dukkha [Suffering] (5/218)
dukkha [Pain] (4/35)
dukkha ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of Suffering] (2/24)
dukkhā vedanā [Unpleasant feeling] – see Pain (dukkha) (4/35)
dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ [Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering] (2/62)
dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā [Path to the Cessation of Suffering] – see Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (2/57)
dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering] – see Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (2/57)
dukkha-nirodho [Cessation of Suffering] (2/62)
dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering] (1/38)
dukkha-samudayo [Cause of Suffering] (1/38)
Dullness and drowsiness – alternative translation of thīna-middha [Sloth and torpor] (3/47)
E
Early Buddhism, History (1/17)
Eating after noon (vikāla-bhojana) (5)
Economics – see Commerce/economics (2/37)
Education – see Learning (suta) (4/91)
Effluents – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/6)
Eight Precepts (aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni) (11)
Eight Worldly Conditions (aṭṭha lokadhammā) (5)
Eightfold Path (aṭṭaṅgika magga) (2/57)
ekaggatā [Unification] (1/17)
Elders' Council monasteries (8)
Elements (dhātu) (2/25)
Emotion (1/27)
Empathetic joy (muditā) (11)
Emptiness (suññatā) (2/20)
Energy (viriya) (1/48)
Entertainment and adornment (nacca-gīta-vādita) (6)
Environment (3/29)
Equanimity (upekkhā) (5/56)
Escape (nissaraṇa) (2)
Etymology (11)
Euthanasia (3)
Everyday life practice (1/37)
Exercise (6)
F
Factors for stream entry (sotāpattiyaṅga) (1)
Factors of Awakening (bojjhaṅgā) (1/12)
Faculties (indriyā) (5)
Fading away – alternative translation of virāga [Dispassion] (2/36)
Fah Krahm, Wat (4)
Faith (saddhā) (4/114)
False speech (musā-vādā) (2/7)
Fame and disrepute (yaso ca ayaso ca) (1)
Family (1/71)
Far Side, The (1)
Fasting (3)
Fear (bhaya) (3/87)
Feedback – see Admonishment/feedback (2/32)
Feeling (vedanā) (2/59)
Fermentations – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/6)
Festival days (4)
Fetters (dasa samyojana) (1/3)
Fierce/direct teaching (1/42)
Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (2/49)
Five aggregates affected by clinging (pañcupādānakkhandhā) – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (2/49)
Five clinging-aggregates – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (2/49)
Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Five Hindrances (pañca nīvaraṇāni) (2/52)
Five Powers (pañca balā) – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Five Precepts (pañca sikkhāpadāni) (2/17)
Five Strengths – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Food (āhāra) (3/56)
Forgiveness (khama) (2/13)
Form (rūpa) (14)
Formless attainments (āruppa) (8)
Foundations of Mindfulness (satipaṭṭhānā) – see Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/67)
Four Bases of Spiritual Power – alternative translation of cattāro iddhipādā [Four Bases of Success] (1/11)
Four Bases of Success (cattāro iddhipādā) (1/11)
Four Biases (catarī agatī) (2)
Four Foundations of Mindfulness (cattāro satipaṭṭhānā) – see Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/67)
Four Noble Truths (cattāri ariya-saccāni) (3/54)
Four Nutriments (cattāro āhārā) (7)
Four Postures (12)
Four Protective Meditations (caturārakkhā bhāvanā) (2)
Four Requisites (11)
Four Right Efforts (cattāro sammappadhānā) – see Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (3/103)
Freedom – alternative translation of vimutti [Liberation] (2/114)
Full awareness – alternative translation of sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (1/73)
Fun Ācāro, Ajahn (3)
Funerals (20)
G
Gain and loss (lābho ca alābho ca)
Gandhi, Mahatma (1)
Gavesako, Ajahn (2)
Generosity (dāna) (3/114)
Generosity, Recollection (cāgānussati) (9)
Geography/Thailand (12)
Ghost (peta) (1/11)
gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ [Medicinal requisites] (1/16)
Gladdening the mind (abhippamodaya citta) (2/51)
God (7)
Goenka, S. N. (3)
Goodwill (mettā) (3/150)
Gradual Teaching, The (anupubbikathā) (18)
Grasping – alternative translation of upādāna [Clinging] (2/108)
Gratification (assāda) (3)
Gratitude (kataññu) (1/91)
Great disciples (29)
Greed (lobha) (12)
Grief (domanassa) (4/39)
Guilt/shame/inadequacy (3/31)
H
Habits (1/28)
Hand posture – see Mudra Sanskrit (Hand posture) (2)
Happiness (sukha) (5/150)
Harata Rōshi (1)
Harmlessness – see Compassion (karuṇā) (4/120)
Harsh speech (pharusāya vācā) (4)
Health (25)
Health care (3/52)
Hearing the true Dhamma (saddhammassavana) (1/22)
Heart/mind (citta) (2/50)
Heaven (sagga) – see Deva (1/30)
Heedfulness (appamāda) (1/15)
Heedlessness (pamāda) (4)
Hell (niraya) (2)
High and luxurious beds (uccāsayana-mahāsayanā) (1)
Hindrances (nīvaraṇāni) (2/52)
Hinduism (8)
hiri-otappa [Conscience and prudence] (2/21)
History (4)
History/America (2)
History/Early Buddhism (1/17)
History/Other Theravāda traditions (4)
History/Sri Lankan Buddhism (2/12)
History/Thai Buddhism (3/49)
History/Western Buddhist monasticism (23)
Holy Transfiguration Monastery (1)
Hospitality (2)
Hsu Yun, Master (3)
Hsuan Hua, Master (1/21)
Hua tou Chinese (3)
Human (manussa) (2/67)
Humility (18)
Humor (1/47)
I
idappaccayatā [Conditionality] (2/96)
iddhi [Psychic powers] (2/21)
iddhipādā [Bases of Success] (1/11)
Idealism (2/45)
Idle chatter (samphappalāpa) (8)
Ignorance (avijjā) (1/13)
Ill-will (byāpāda) (1/20)
Impermanence (anicca) (5/112)
Inadequacy – see Guilt/shame/inadequacy (3/31)
Inconstancy – alternative translation of anicca [Impermanence] (5/112)
Indeterminate qualities (abyākatā dhammā)
India, Culture (3/25)
indriyā [Faculties] (5)
indriyesu guttadvāro [Sense restraint] (20)
Industry (2)
Inflows – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/6)
Inquiry – see Discernment (paññā) (2/155)
Insight meditation (vipassanā) (4/44)
Insight Meditation Society (10)
Inspiration – see Faith (saddhā) (4/114)
Integrity – see Truth (sacca) (50)
Intention – see Mental volition (manosañcetanā) (1/46)
Interest – alternative translation of chanda [Desire] (2/59)
Internet (6)
Intoxicants (surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā) (2/23)
Intuition (3)
Investigation (vīmaṃsā) – see Discernment (paññā) (2/155)
Investigation of Dhamma – alternative translation of dhamma-vicaya [Investigation of states] (2/45)
Investigation of states (dhamma-vicaya) (2/45)
Islam (2)
J
jāgariyaṁ anuyutto [Devotion to wakefulness] (1/25)
Jāgaro, Ajahn (1)
jarā [Ageing] (1/36)
jāti [Birth] (2/13)
Jayanto, Ajahn (1)
Jayasaro, Ajahn (20)
Jealousy (4)
jhāna (4/80)
Jia Cundo, Ajahn (2)
Jotipālo, Ajahn (7)
Judaism (1)
Judgementalism (1/38)
Jumnien, Ajahn (2)
K
kabaliṅkāra āhāra [Physical food] (3/56)
Kaew, Mae Chee (7)
kalyāṇa-mittatā [Spiritual friendship] (1/44)
kāma-taṇhā [Craving for sensuality] – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
kāmacchanda [Sensual desire] (4/70)
kāmānaṃ ādīnava [Danger of sensual pleasure] – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
kāmāsava [Sensuality] – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
kāmesu micchācāra [Sexual misconduct] (1/8)
kamma (2/94)
Kappel, Joseph (26)
karuṇā [Compassion] (4/120)
Karuṇadhammo, Ajahn (28)
kasiṇa (2)
kataññu [Gratitude] (1/91)
kaṭhina (9)
kāyagatā-sati [Mindfulness of body] (4/100)
Kee Nanayon, Upasikā (23)
Keuan, Wat (10)
Kevali, Ajahn (1)
khama [Forgiveness] (2/13)
khandhā [Aggregates] (2/49)
khanti [Patience] (3/61)
Khao Anālayo, Ajahn (1/8)
kiccavatta [Protocols] (19)
kilesa [Defilement] – see Three Unwholesome Roots (ti-akusala-mūlā) (3/70)
Killing (pāṇātipāta) (1/23)
Kittisaro (8)
Knowing itself (3/68)
Knowledge and vision (ñāṇadassana) (1/27)
Koan (3)
Kornfield, Jack (22)
Korwat Thai – see Protocols (kiccavatta) (19)
Krishnamurti (1)
Kumfah, Mae Chee (3)
kusalā dhammā [Skillful qualities] (2/76)
Kusalo, Ajahn (1)
L
lābho ca alābho ca [Gain and loss]
Language (1/49)
Lawfulness (dhammaniymatā) (3)
Lay life (4/59)
Lay supporters (10)
Lay teachers (5)
Leadership (1/17)
Learning (suta) (4/91)
Leisure – see Recreation/leisure/sport (9)
Letting go – see Relinquishment (paṭinissagga) (4/192)
Levine, Stephen (1)
Liberation (vimutti) (2/114)
Liem Ṭhitadhammo, Ajahn (2/41)
Listening (10)
lobha [Greed] (12)
Lodging (senāsana) (3/46)
lokadhammā [Worldly Conditions] (5)
Loneliness (1)
Long-term practice (3/39)
Lunar observance days (uposatha) (24)
Lust – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
Lying down, Posture (sayāna) (1/5)
M
Mae Chee Thai (1/7)
Mahā Adisak Dhammābhinando, Ajahn (1)
Mahā Amorn Khemacitto, Ajahn (5)
Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno, Ajahn (1/43)
Mahā In, Ajahn (1)
Mahasi Sayadaw (5)
Mahāyāna (10)
Mahāyāna Buddhism, History (4)
Mai nae Thai – see Impermanence (anicca) (5/112)
majjhimā paṭipadā [Middle Path] (3/31)
Malas (1)
Malicious speech (pisuṇāya vācā) (1/6)
māna [Conceit] (1/29)
manosañcetanā [Mental volition] (1/46)
Mantra (7)
manussa [Human] (2/67)
Māra (12)
maraṇa [Death] (3/130)
maraṇassati [Recollection/Death] (2/47)
Mature emotions – alternative translation of brahmavihārā [Divine Abidings] (2/31)
Meaning – see Purpose/meaning (1/11)
Media (12)
Medicinal requisites (gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ) (1/16)
Meditation (bhāvanā) (2/80)
Meditation retreats (37)
Meditation/General advice (2/25)
Meditation/Techniques (1/21)
Meditation/Unusual experiences (2/20)
Memory (sati) (16)
Mental illness (5)
Mental volition (manosañcetanā) (1/46)
Mentoring (1/27)
Merit (puñña) (4/47)
mettā [Goodwill] (3/150)
Metta, Wat (2)
micchā-samādhi [Wrong concentration] (4)
Middle Path (majjhimā paṭipadā) (3/31)
Middle Way – alternative translation of majjhimā paṭipadā [Middle Path] (3/31)
Military (16)
Mind – see Heart/mind (citta) (2/50)
Mindfulness (sati) (5/121)
Mindfulness immersed in the body – alternative translation of kāyagatā-sati [Mindfulness of body] (4/100)
Mindfulness of body (kāyagatā-sati) (4/100)
Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati) (7/183)
Mindfulness of dhammas (dhammā-sati) (8)
Mindfulness of feeling (vedanā-sati) (32)
Mindfulness of mind (citta-sati) (1/48)
Moderation in eating (bhojane mattaññū) (2)
Modesty – see Humility (18)
moha [Delusion] (3/57)
Monasteries (12)
Monastery organizational structure (3)
Monastic community – see Saṅgha (Monastic community) (3/65)
Monastic crafts (4)
Monastic life (brahmacariyā) (2/191)
Monastic life/Motivation (2/36)
Monastic precepts – see Vinaya (5/83)
Monastic routine/schedule (1/11)
Monastic titles (12)
Mongut (Rama IV), King – see Ajahn Vajirayan Vajirañāno (1)
Monuments – see Stupas/monuments (thūpaṃ) (7)
Moods of the mind (Arom kong git Thai) (1/9)
Moral shame and moral dread – alternative translation of hiri-otappa [Conscience and prudence] (2/21)
Motivation – alternative translation of chanda [Desire] (2/59)
Mount Tabor Monastery – see Holy Transfiguration Monastery (1)
muditā [Empathetic joy] (11)
Mudra Sanskrit (Hand posture) (2)
Mun Bhūridatto, Ajahn (3/65)
Munindo, Ajahn (1)
musā-vādā [False speech] (2/7)
Mutual lay/Saṅgha support (2/45)
N
nacca-gīta-vādita [Entertainment and adornment] (6)
nāma-rūpa [Name and form] – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (2/49)
Name and form (nāma-rūpa) – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (2/49)
Nanachat, Wat Pah (2/73)
ñāṇadassana [Knowledge and vision] (1/27)
Ñāṇiko, Ajahn (1/30)
Natural environment, Culture (2/48)
Naturalness (dhammaṭṭhitatā) (2/27)
Nature of mind (4/46)
Nature of the cosmos (12)
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling (adukkhamasukhā vedanā) (11)
nekkhamma [Renunciation] (3/20)
Neutral feeling (adukkhamasukhā vedanā) (11)
News (1/4)
Nibbāna (4/47)
nibbidā [Disenchantment] (13)
nimitta (1/11)
nindā ca pasaṃsā ca [Blame and praise] (7)
niraya [Hell] (2)
nirodha [Cessation] (2/38)
nisinna [Posture/Sitting] (1/21)
nissaraṇa [Escape] (2)
nissaya [Dependence] (2)
nīvaraṇāni [Hindrances] (2/52)
Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (2/57)
Noble Truth of Suffering (dukkha ariya-sacca) (2/24)
Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering (dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca) (1/38)
Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ) (2/62)
Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā ariya-sacca) – see Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (2/57)
Non-arising – alternative translation of nirodha [Cessation] (2/38)
Non-contention (7)
Non-cruelty (avihiṃsā) – see Compassion (karuṇā) (4/120)
Non-human beings (amanussa) (2)
Non-ill-will (abyāpāda) – see Goodwill (mettā) (3/150)
Non-return (anāgamī) (4)
Nong Pah Pong, Wat (3/105)
Nor, Chao Khun (3)
Not handling money (13)
Not-made-of-that (atammayatā) (2)
Not-self (anattā) (5/93)
Noting (5)
Novices (sāmaṇera) (12)
Nutriment (āhāra) (7)
O
Objectification – alternative translation of papañca [Proliferation] (2/125)
Older monks (8)
Once return (sakadāgāmī) (2)
One pointedness – alternative translation of ekaggatā [Unification] (1/17)
Online community (1/9)
opammā [Similes] (2/114)
Ordination (upasampadā) (1/27)
Other Thai forest monasteries (1)
Other Theravāda traditions, Culture (2)
Other Theravāda traditions, History (4)
Outflows (āsava) (1/6)
P
Pa Auk Sayadaw (2)
paccekabuddha (2)
Pace of life (1/12)
Pain (dukkha) (4/35)
Pakow Thai – alternative translation of anagārika [Postulants] (12)
Pāli (2/92)
Pāli Canon – see Tipiṭaka (Pāli Canon) (1/9)
pamāda [Heedlessness] (4)
pāṇātipāta [Killing] (1/23)
pañca balā [Five Powers] – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
pañca indriyā [Five Faculties] (5)
pañca nīvaraṇāni [Five Hindrances] (2/52)
pañca sikkhāpadāni [Five Precepts] (2/17)
pañcakkhandhā [Five Aggregates] (2/49)
pañcupādānakkhandhā [Five aggregates affected by clinging] – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (2/49)
Pandemic (11)
pañhā [Questions] (1/22)
paññā [Discernment] (2/155)
Paññānanda Padumuttaro, Ajahn (4)
papañca [Proliferation] (2/125)
pāramiyo [Perfections] (14)
Parents (2/29)
paritta [Protective chants] (10)
pasāda [Confidence] – see Faith (saddhā) (4/114)
Pasanno, Ajahn (7/294)
passaddhi [Tranquility] (1/110)
Path to the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā) – see Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (2/57)
paticca-samuppāda [Dependent origination] (3/29)
paṭidesanā [Confession] (4)
Patience (khanti) (3/61)
pāṭimokkha (11)
paṭinissagga [Relinquishment] (4/192)
patta [Almsbowl] (9)
Pavaro, Ajahn (1)
Payutto, P. A. (11)
Peace – see Tranquility (passaddhi) (1/110)
Peace, Recollection (upasamānussati) (3)
Perception (saññā) (3/51)
Perception of a samaṇa (samaṇa saññā) (1/12)
Perception of light (āloka-saññā) (5)
Perfectionism (16)
Perfections (pāramiyo) (14)
Personal presence (21)
Personality (2/40)
peta [Ghost] (1/11)
pharusāya vācā [Harsh speech] (4)
phassa [Contact] (1/16)
Philosophy (1)
Physical food (kabaliṅkāra āhāra) (3/56)
Piak Kantasīlo, Ajahn (1/4)
Pindapat Thai [Almsround] (1/42)
piṇḍapāta [Almsfood] (1/29)
pisuṇāya vācā [Malicious speech] (1/6)
pīti [Rapture] (2/37)
Pleasant feeling (sukhā vedanā) – see Happiness (sukha) (5/150)
Pleasure (sukha) – see Happiness (sukha) (5/150)
Politics and society (4/59)
Poo roo Thai – see Knowing itself (3/68)
Postulants (anagārika) (12)
Posture/Lying down (sayāna) (1/5)
Posture/Sitting (nisinna) (1/21)
Posture/Standing (tiṭṭhanta) (6)
Posture/Walking (caranta) (3/39)
Postures (12)
Poverty (2/11)
Powers (balā) – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Practicing in accordance with Dhamma (dhammānudhammappaṭipatti) (3/32)
Prayer (2)
Prayoon Dhammacitto, Tan Chao Khun (1)
Precepts (sikkhāpada) (4/45)
Present moment awareness (1/38)
Principles of Cordiality (dhammā sārāṇīyā) (10)
Prisons (4)
Progress of insight (3/19)
Proliferation (papañca) (2/125)
Properties – alternative translation of dhātu [Elements] (2/25)
Protective chants (paritta) (10)
Protective Meditations (rakkhā bhāvanā) (2)
Protocols (kiccavatta) (19)
Psychic powers (iddhi) (2/21)
pūjā (7)
puñña [Merit] (4/47)
Pure Land (2)
Puriso, Ajahn (7)
Purpose/meaning (1/11)
Q
Qualities for non-decline (aparihānāya dhammā) (1)
Question in Thai (3)
Questions (pañhā) (1/22)
R
Rains retreat (vassa) (21)
rakkhā bhāvanā [Protective Meditations] (2)
Ram Dass (3)
Rapture (pīti) (2/37)
Realms of existence (1/13)
Rebirth (3/49)
Recollection (anusati) (3/56)
Recollection/Buddha (buddhānussati) (22)
Recollection/Death (maraṇassati) (2/47)
Recollection/Devas (devatānussati) (11)
Recollection/Dhamma (dhammānussati) (3/18)
Recollection/Generosity (cāgānussati) (9)
Recollection/Peace (upasamānussati) (3)
Recollection/Saṅgha (saṅghānussati) (1/13)
Recollection/Virtue (sīlānussati) (2/19)
Relationships (3/29)
Release (vossagga) (18)
Relics (sarīra) (7)
Relinquishment (paṭinissagga) (4/192)
Relinquishment – alternative translation of vossagga [Release] (18)
Renunciation (nekkhamma) (3/20)
Requisites (11)
Resentment – see Ill-will (byāpāda) (1/20)
Resolution – see Determination (adhiṭṭhāna) (4/33)
Respect (1/29)
Respect for elders (1/25)
Restlessness (uddhacca) – see Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (3/64)
Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (3/64)
Restraint – see Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro) (20)
Retirement (3)
Rewards of heaven (sagga) – see Deva (1/30)
Right Action (sammā-kammanta) (5)
Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi) (24)
Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (3/103)
Right Intention (sammā-saṅkappa) (22)
Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva) (2/39)
Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/67)
Right Resolve – alternative translation of sammā-saṅkappa [Right Intention] (22)
Right Speech (sammā-vācā) (2/31)
Right View (sammā-diṭṭhi) (4/41)
Ritual – see Ceremony/ritual (15)
Robes (cīvara) (16)
Role of abbot (1/32)
Rosenberg, Larry (2)
Royalty (5)
rūpa [Form] (14)
rūparāga [Craving for material existence] (1)
S
sacca [Truth] (50)
saddhā [Faith] (4/114)
saddhammassavana [Hearing the true Dhamma] (1/22)
sagga [Heaven] – see Deva (1/30)
sakadāgāmī [Once return] (2)
sakkāya-diṭṭhi [Self-identity view] (4/168)
saḷ-āyatana [Six Sense Bases] (1/40)
samādhi [Concentration] (5/94)
sāmaggī [Communal harmony] (4/52)
samaṇa saññā [Perception of a samaṇa] (1/12)
sāmaṇera [Novices] (12)
samatha [Calming meditation] (2/42)
sammā-ājīva [Right Livelihood] (2/39)
sammā-diṭṭhi [Right View] (4/41)
sammā-kammanta [Right Action] (5)
sammā-samādhi [Right Concentration] (24)
sammā-saṅkappa [Right Intention] (22)
sammā-sati [Right Mindfulness] (3/67)
sammā-vācā [Right Speech] (2/31)
sammā-vāyāma [Right Effort] (3/103)
sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (1/73)
samphappalāpa [Idle chatter] (8)
saṃsāra (19)
Samut Thai – see Conventions (22)
saṃvega [Spiritual urgency] (1/19)
Saṅgha (Monastic community) (3/65)
Saṅgha, Recollection (saṅghānussati) (1/13)
saṅghānussati [Recollection/Saṅgha] (1/13)
saṅkhāra [Volitional formations] (3/42)
saññā [Perception] (3/51)
santuṭṭhi [Contentment] (1/22)
sappurisasaṁseva [Association with people of integrity] (13)
sarīra [Relics] (7)
sati [Memory] (16)
sati [Mindfulness] (5/121)
satipaṭṭhānā [Foundations of Mindfulness] – see Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/67)
satta bojjhaṅgā [Seven Factors of Awakening] (1/12)
satta dhanā [Seven Treasures] (7)
sayāna [Posture/Lying down] (1/5)
Science (10)
Seclusion (viveka) (1/41)
Secular Buddhism (4)
Self-identity view (sakkāya-diṭṭhi) (4/168)
Self-pity (3)
Self-reliance (17)
Self-righteousness – see Judgementalism (1/38)
Selfishness (1/8)
senāsana [Lodging] (3/46)
Sense bases (āyatana) (1/40)
Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro) (20)
Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
Sensual pleasure – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
Sensuality (kāmāsava) – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
Sequence of training (2/35)
Service (5)
Seven Factors of Awakening (satta bojjhaṅgā) (1/12)
Seven Treasures (satta dhanā) (7)
Sexual activity (abrahmacariya) – see Celibacy (brahmacariyā) (2)
Sexual desire – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (4/70)
Sexual misconduct (kāmesu micchācāra) (1/8)
Shame – see Guilt/shame/inadequacy (3/31)
Sharing circles (3)
Sharp, George (1)
Shelter – alternative translation of senāsana [Lodging] (3/46)
Sickness (byādhi) (2/89)
Signless consciousness – see Unestablished consciousness (appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ) (2)
sikkhāpada [Precepts] (4/45)
sīla [Virtue] (2/73)
sīlabbata-parāmāsa [Attachment to precepts and practices] (15)
sīladharā (9)
sīlānussati [Recollection/Virtue] (2/19)
sīlasampanno [Accomplishment in virtue] – see Virtue (sīla) (2/73)
Similes (opammā) (2/114)
Simplicity (1/41)
Sinuan, Ajahn (3)
Siripañño, Ajahn (1)
Sitting, Posture (nisinna) (1/21)
Situational awareness – alternative translation of sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (1/73)
Six Principles of Cordiality (cha dhammā sārāṇīyā) (10)
Six Sense Bases (saḷ-āyatana) (1/40)
Skillful qualities (kusalā dhammā) (2/76)
Sloth and torpor (thīna-middha) (3/47)
Slowing down – see Pace of life (1/12)
Smith, Rodney (1)
Smoking (1)
Social media (1/4)
Soṇa, Ajahn (3)
sotāpanna [Stream entry] (2/30)
sotāpattiyaṅga [Factors for stream entry] (1)
Soul – see Doctrine-of-self clinging (attavādupādāna) (7)
Sound of silence (4)
Spaciousness (29)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (5)
Spiritual bypass (2/7)
Spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā) (1/44)
Spiritual search (ariya-pariyesanā) (2/14)
Spiritual traditions (1/11)
Spiritual urgency (saṃvega) (1/19)
Sport – see Recreation/leisure/sport (9)
Sri Lankan Buddhism, History (2/12)
Stages of awakening (2/32)
Standing, Posture (tiṭṭhanta) (6)
Stealing (adinnādāna) (4)
Stories (5)
Stream entry (sotāpanna) (2/30)
Stress – alternative translation of dukkha [Pain] (4/35)
Study – see Learning (suta) (4/91)
Study monks (1/10)
Stupas/monuments (thūpaṃ) (7)
Suan Mokkh, Wat (1)
Suchness (tathatā) (3)
Sucitto, Ajahn (19)
Sudanto, Ajahn (12)
Suffering (dukkha) (5/218)
Suicide (9)
sukha [Happiness] (5/150)
sukha [Pleasure] – see Happiness (sukha) (5/150)
sukhā vedanā [Pleasant feeling] – see Happiness (sukha) (5/150)
Sumedho, Ajahn (4/106)
Sundarā, Ajahn (10)
suññatā [Emptiness] (2/20)
Supernatural (2)
Superstition (2)
supinā [Dreams] (1/9)
surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā [Intoxicants] (2/23)
Sustanence – alternative translation of upādāna [Clinging] (2/108)
suta [Learning] (4/91)
sutta (2/62)
Symbolism (3)
T
Taints – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/6)
Taking life – alternative translation of pāṇātipāta [Killing] (1/23)
taṇhā [Craving] (3/61)
Tathāgata – see Buddha (4/53)
Tathālokā, Ayya (2)
tathatā [Suchness] (3)
Teachers (2/25)
Teaching Dhamma (2/155)
Technology (1/15)
Telling lies – alternative translation of musā-vādā [False speech] (2/7)
Temporary ordination (14)
Ten Fetters (dasa saṃyojanā) (1/3)
Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo) (14)
Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries (24)
Thai audio (2)
Thai Buddhism, History (3/49)
Thai Forest monasteries in the West
Thai Forest Tradition (4/84)
Thai language (1/48)
Thai sects (1/21)
Thailand, Culture (2/158)
Thailand, Geography (12)
Ṭhānissarā (8)
Ṭhānissaro, Ajahn (19)
Theravāda (1/27)
thīna-middha [Sloth and torpor] (3/47)
Thinking (skillful) – see Directed thought and evaluation (vitakka-vicāra) (3/84)
Thinking (unskillful) – see Proliferation (papañca) (2/125)
Three Aspects of Understanding (2)
Three Conditions Monastery (2)
Three Refuges (tisaraṇa) (1/52)
Three Unwholesome Roots (ti-akusala-mūlā) (3/70)
Thubten Chodron (1)
thūpaṃ [Stupas/monuments] (7)
ti-akusala-mūlā [Three Unwholesome Roots] (3/70)
Time management (7)
tipiṭaka (pāli canon) (1/9)
tiracchāna [Animal] (1/23)
tisaraṇa [Three Refuges] (1/52)
tiṭṭhanta [Posture/Standing] (6)
Tranquility (passaddhi) (1/110)
Translation (1/79)
Travel (9)
Treasures (dhana) (7)
Trust (23)
Truth (sacca) (50)
Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering) (3/77)
Types of monks (7)
U
uccāsayana-mahāsayanā [High and luxurious beds] (1)
uddhacca [Restlessness] – see Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (3/64)
uddhacca-kukkucca [Restlessness and worry] (3/64)
Ultimate Truth – see The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata) (1/19)
Unattractiveness/32 parts (asubha/dvattiṁsākāra) (2/39)
Uncertainty – see Impermanence (anicca) (5/112)
Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth, The (asaṅkhata) (1/19)
Unestablished consciousness (appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ) (2)
Unification (ekaggatā) (1/17)
Unpleasant feeling (dukkhā vedanā) – see Pain (dukkha) (4/35)
Unshakeability – see Equanimity (upekkhā) (5/56)
Unskillful qualities (akusalā dhammā) (2/40)
Unwholesome qualities – alternative translation of akusalā dhammā [Unskillful qualities] (2/40)
Unwholesome Roots (akusala-mūlā) (3/70)
upādāna [Clinging] (2/108)
Upāli Guṇūpamājahn, Tan Chao Khun (5)
upasamānussati [Recollection/Peace] (3)
upasampadā [Ordination] (1/27)
Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks) (1/20)
upekkhā [Equanimity] (5/56)
uposatha [Lunar observance days] (24)
utu [Weather] (6)
V
Vajirañāṇavarorasa, Somdet Phra (2)
Vajirayan Vajirañāno, Ajahn (1)
Vajiro, Ajahn (2)
Vajrayāna (20)
vassa [Rains retreat] (21)
vedanā [Feeling] (2/59)
vedanā-sati [Mindfulness of feeling] (32)
Vegetarianism (6)
vibhava-taṇhā [Craving not to become] (1/20)
vicikiccha [Doubt] (3/40)
Views (diṭṭhī) (2/50)
vikāla-bhojana [Eating after noon] (5)
vīmaṃsā [Investigation] – see Discernment (paññā) (2/155)
Vimut Thai – see The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata) (1/19)
vimutti [Liberation] (2/114)
vinaya (5/83)
viññāṇa [Consciousness] (2/33)
viññāṇaṁ anidassanaṁ – see Unestablished consciousness (appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ) (2)
Violence – see Abuse/violence (1/15)
vipāka – see Kamma (2/94)
vipassanā [Insight meditation] (4/44)
virāga [Dispassion] (2/36)
viriya [Energy] (1/48)
Virtue (sīla) (2/73)
Virtue, Recollection (sīlānussati) (2/19)
Visiting holy sites (15)
Visualization (13)
Visuddhi, Ajahn (1)
vitakka-vicāra [Directed thought and evaluation] (3/84)
viveka [Seclusion] (1/41)
Volition (cetanā) (1/46)
Volitional formations (saṅkhāra) (3/42)
vossagga [Release] (18)
W
Walking, Posture (caranta) (3/39)
Walsh, Maurice (1)
Wan Phra Thai – see Lunar observance days (uposatha) (24)
Weather (utu) (6)
Well-wishing – alternative translation of mettā [Goodwill] (3/150)
West, Culture (3/142)
Western Ajahn Chah lineage (3)
Western Ajahn Chah monasteries (5)
Western Buddhist monasticism, History (23)
Western psychology (1/11)
Wholesome qualities – alternative translation of kusalā dhammā [Skillful qualities] (2/76)
Wings to Awakening – alternative translation of bodhipakkhiyādhammā [Aids to Awakening] (3)
Winnie-the-Pooh (3)
Wisdom – alternative translation of paññā [Discernment] (2/155)
Wise attention – alternative translation of yoniso manasikāra [Appropriate attention] (1/23)
Women's monastic forms (1/8)
Work (2/44)
Worldly Conditions (lokadhammā) (5)
Wrong concentration (micchā-samādhi) (4)
Y
yaso ca ayaso ca [Fame and disrepute] (1)
yoniso manasikāra [Appropriate attention] (1/23)
Z
Zen (1/16)