The Human Dillema (25)
☐ Impermanence (5:3-5/114)
☐ Suffering (5:4-6/226)
☐ Fear (3:3-5/88)
⊟ Sickness (2:3-5/92)
⊟ Ageing (1:2-4/36)
☑ Death (5:4-5/158) – Cluster includes: Death (3/132), Recollection/Death (2/48)
☑ Grief (4:2-4/40)
The Three Refuges (14)
⊟ Three Refuges (1:2-4/52)
☑ Buddha (5:3-6/86) – Cluster includes: Buddha (4/54), Recollection/Buddha (0/22), Buddho mantra (1/17); Related: Buddha/Biography
☑ Dhamma (4:3-5/86) – Cluster includes: Dhamma (2/71), Recollection/Dhamma (2/18)
☑ Saṅgha (4:3-4/79) – Cluster includes: Saṅgha (3/69), Recollection/Saṅgha (1/13); Related: Communal harmony
Foundations of Dhamma Practice (20)
⊟ Spiritual friendship (1:3-4/59) – Cluster includes: Spiritual friendship (1/48), Association with people of integrity (0/13)
☐ Generosity (3:3-5/121) – Cluster includes: Generosity (3/116), Recollection/Generosity (0/9)
⊟ Goodwill (3:4-5/152)
☑ Virtue (4:3-5/90) – Cluster includes: Virtue (2/75), Recollection/Virtue (2/19)
☑ Precepts (6:3-4/70) – Cluster includes: Precepts (4/46), Five Precepts (2/17), Eight Precepts (0/11); Related: Right Speech, Right Action, Intoxicants
☑ Renunciation (3:2-3/21)
☑ Four Noble Truths (3:3-4/58)
☐ Suffering (2:2-3/24)
⊟ Cause of Suffering (1:2-4/39)
⊟ Cessation of Suffering (2:3-4/63)
☑ Middle Path (3:2-3/31)
⊟ Eightfold Path (2:3-4/58)
☑ Right View (4:2-4/43)
☐ Right Intention (4:4-6/187) – Cluster includes: Right Intention (0/22), Renunciation (2/21), Goodwill (1/152), Compassion (3/126)
☑ Right Speech (5:3-5/74) – Cluster includes: Right Speech (2/33), False speech (2/8), Malicious speech (1/6), Harsh speech (0/4), Idle chatter (0/8), Admonishment/feedback (1/33)
☐ Right Action (2:2-4/40) – Cluster includes: Right Action (0/5), Killing (1/23), Stealing (0/4), Sexual misconduct (1/8)
☐ Right Livelihood (2:2-4/39)
☐ Right Effort (3:3-5/107)
⊡ Right Mindfulness (5:4-6/167) – Cluster includes: Right Mindfulness (3/67), Ardency (1/43), Clear comprehension (1/75); Related: Mindfulness
☑ Right Concentration (5:4-6/191) – Cluster includes: Right Concentration (0/24), Directed thought and evaluation (0/86), Rapture (1/38), Unification (1/17), Jhāna (3/80); Related: Concentration
Meditation Practices (37)
☐ Meditation (4:3-5/107) – Cluster includes: Meditation (2/84), Meditation/General advice (2/25)
☑ Mindfulness of body (7:4-6/161) – Cluster includes: Mindfulness of body (4/103), Unattractiveness (2/42), Elements (1/26), Body scanning (1/11)
☑ Mindfulness of breathing (7:4-5/183)
☑ Walking meditation (3:2-4/39)
☐ Chanting (3:3-5/81)
☐ Recollection (3:3-4/56)
☑ Continuity of mindfulness (5:3-5/87) – Cluster includes: Continuity of mindfulness (4/52), Present moment awareness (1/38)
⊟ Direct experience (1:2-4/46)
☐ Knowing itself (3:3-4/72)
☑ Long-term practice (3:2-4/39)
Skillful Qualities (43)
⊟ Skillful qualities (2:3-5/80)
☐ Faith (4:3-5/121)
⊟ Energy (2:3-4/72) – Cluster includes: Energy (1/49), Devotion to wakefulness (1/26); Related: Right Effort
☑ Mindfulness (5:3-5/124)
☑ Concentration (5:3-5/97)
☑ Discernment (5:4-7/221) – Cluster includes: Discernment (2/161), Investigation of states (2/47), Appropriate attention (1/24)
⊟ Skillful desire (2:3-4/59)
☐ Patience (3:3-4/64)
☑ Happiness (5:4-5/156)
⊟ Gratitude (1:3-5/89)
☑ Compassion (4:3-5/126)
☑ Equanimity (5:3-4/58)
Unskillful Qualities (41)
⊡ Defilements (5:3-5/108) – Cluster includes: Unwholesome Roots (3/71), Unskillful qualities (2/41)
☐ The Five Hindrances (2:2-4/53)
☑ Sensual desire (4:3-5/81) – Cluster includes: Sensual desire (4/70), Greed (0/11)
☐ Aversion and Ill-will (5:3-5/115) – Cluster includes: Aversion (4/102), Ill-will (1/20)
☑ Sloth and torpor (3:2-4/47)
☐ Restlessness and worry (3:3-4/65)
☑ Doubt (3:2-4/41)
☐ Delusion (3:3-4/57)
⊟ Proliferation (2:3-5/126)
☐ Views (2:2-4/51)
☐ Self-identity view (4:4-5/176)
☑ Conceit and guilt (7:4-7/121) – Cluster includes: Conceit (1/30), Guilt/shame/inadequacy (3/32), Judgementalism (1/38), Perfectionism (0/16), Jealousy (0/4), Competitiveness (1/7), Selfishness (1/8), Self-pity (0/3)
Buddhist Perspectives on the World (21)
⊟ Conditionality (2:3-5/98)
⊟ Kamma (2:3-5/94)
☑ Rebirth (3:2-4/50)
☑ Not-self (5:3-5/95)
⊡ Nature of mind (4:2-4/50)
⊡ Realms of existence (5:4-7/134) – Cluster includes: Realms of existence (1/13), Deva (1/30), Human (1/68), Ghost (1/12), Animal (1/23), Hell (0/2), Non-human beings (0/3), Recollection/Devas (0/11)
☑ Dependent origination (3:2-3/30)
☐ Ignorance (1:1-2/13)
☐ Volitional formations (3:2-4/42)
☐ Consciousness (2:2-4/35)
⊟ Name and form (2:3-4/56)
⊟ Sense bases (1:2-4/43)
⊟ Contact (1:2-3/18)
⊟ Feeling (2:3-4/60)
☐ Craving (3:3-4/63)
⊟ Clinging (2:3-5/109)
☑ Becoming (3:2-4/51) – Cluster includes: Becoming (2/32), Craving not to become (1/21)
☐ Dispassion (3:3-6/80) – Cluster includes: Dispassion (2/37), Disenchantment (0/14), Cessation (2/38); Related: Cessation of Suffering
☐ Relinquishment (4:4-5/197)
⊟ Liberation (2:3-5/132) – Cluster includes: Liberation (2/117), Release (0/18)
⊡ Stages of awakening (4:3-5/72) – Cluster includes: Stages of awakening (2/32), Stream entry (2/30), Once return (0/2), Non-return (0/4), Arahant (∅/18)
☑ Nibbāna (5:3-5/70) – Cluster includes: Nibbāna (4/48), Deathless (0/4), Unestablished consciousness (0/2), Unconditioned (1/20), Recollection/Peace (0/3)
⊟ Teaching Dhamma (3:4-7/207) – Cluster includes: Teaching Dhamma (2/168), Gradual Teaching (0/18), Questions (1/24), Dhamma discussion (0/2), Stories (0/6), Symbolism (0/3)
⊡ Teachers (5:3-6/113) – Cluster includes: Teachers (2/25), Mentoring (1/29), Personal presence (1/26), Fierce/direct teaching (1/47)
☐ Buddha (biographical) (2:2-4/53)
☐ Ajahn Mun (3:3-4/68)
☑ Ajahn Chah (7:5-7/699)
☑ Ajahn Sumedho (4:3-5/114)
☑ Ajahn Pasanno (7:4-6/323)
Monastic Life (42)
☐ Monastic life (7:5-8/310) – Cluster includes: Monastic life (2/201), Ordination (1/31), Sequence of training (2/39), Dependence (0/2), Monastic routine (1/13), Perception of a samaṇa (1/14), Simplicity (1/41)
☐ Motivation (2:2-4/38)
⊡ Mutual support (3:3-5/85) – Cluster includes: Mutual lay/Saṅgha support (2/47), Almsround (1/43)
☐ The Four Requisites (7:4-7/121) – Cluster includes: Requisites (1/13), Robes (1/17), Almsfood (1/29), Almsbowl (0/9), Lodging (3/46), Medicinal requisites (1/16), Monastic crafts (0/4), Building projects (1/17)
☐ Thai Forest Tradition (4:3-5/89)
☑ Vinaya (5:4-7/137) – Cluster includes: Vinaya (4/87), Pāṭimokkha (0/13), Confession (0/4), Protocols (1/20), Not handling money (0/14), Rains retreat (0/23)
☐ Monastic community (7:4-7/126) – Cluster includes: Fourfold Assembly (0/3), Saṅgha (3/69), Communal harmony (3/53), Principles of Cordiality (0/10), Saṅgha decision making (0/25), Abbot (1/34), Monastery organizational structure (0/3)
☑ Ascetic practices (5:3-6/109) – Cluster includes: Ascetic practices (2/29), Tudong (3/78), Fasting (0/3), Sitter's practice (0/3)
☑ Women's monastic forms (2:2-3/25) – Cluster includes: Women's monastic forms (1/8), Bhikkhunī (0/6), Sīladharā (0/9), Mae Chee (1/9)
Monasteries (11)
☐ Natural environment (2:2-4/49)
⊟ Language (3:4-6/184) – Cluster includes: Language (1/51), Pāli (2/95), Translation (1/81)
☐ Thai culture (6:4-7/249) – Cluster includes: Culture/Thailand (2/164), Thai (1/51), History/Thai Buddhism (3/49)
⊟ Western culture (3:4-5/150)
☑ Everyday life (5:3-5/94) – Cluster includes: Everyday life (1/37), Lay life (4/61)
☐ Health (4:3-6/99) – Cluster includes: Health (∅/25), Exercise (0/6), Smoking (0/2), Mental illness (0/5), Health care (4/53), Pandemic (0/11)
☐ Family (4:3-6/95) – Cluster includes: Family (1/74), Parents (2/29), Children (2/12)
☑ Relationships (3:2-3/29)
☐ Community (6:3-6/143) – Cluster includes: Community (1/60), Communal harmony (4/53), Conflict (1/39), Leadership (1/21)
☑ Environment (3:2-3/30)
☐ Work (2:2-4/48) – Cluster includes: Work (2/45), Retirement (0/3); Related: Right Livelihood
☑ Politics and society (5:4-7/91) – Cluster includes: Politics and society (4/59), Education (0/9), Service (0/5), Activism (1/8), Non-profit organizations (0/3), Corruption (0/3), Crime (0/7), Discrimination (0/3), Military (0/16)
☑ Commerce and economics (4:2-4/47) – Cluster includes: Commerce/economics (2/37), Poverty (2/12)
☑ Technology and media (4:4-6/56) – Cluster includes: Technology (1/15), Industry (0/2), Science (0/10), Media (0/12), News (1/4), Advertizing (0/4), Internet (0/6), Social media (1/4), Online community (1/9)
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