DhammaVinaya | Index

Index of Subjects

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Adhitthāna (determination, resolution): Four determinations: MN 140
Admonishment. See also Speech: Making oneself easy to admonish: MN 21; The Buddha's strong words to his son Rahula: MN 61; What to do if someone just won't listen to reason: AN 4.111
Aging See also Death; Divine messengers; Illness: The Buddha spits on ~: SN 48.41; Description of ~: MN 9; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; "Aging" (Dhammapada XI); Effects of ~ on the body: Thig 13.1; How to train yourself when your body is old and decrepit: SN 22; You're never too old to realize the Dhamma: Thig 5.8; Age is no measure of wisdom: SN 3.1; Advice to two aging brahmans: AN 3.51, AN 3.52
Anattā (not-self): Reflection on ~ as a basis for insight: SN 22.59; Why the Buddha did not take a position on the question of whether or not there is a self: SN 44.10; The views "I have a self" and "I have no self" are both wrong: MN 22, SN 44.10; Identifying the five khandhas as "self" is the cause of affliction: SN 22.1; As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46; As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60; Relation of ~ to dependent co-arising: DN 15; Contemplation of the six senses in terms of ~: MN 148; Not understanding ~ is like being a dog tied to a post: SN 22.99
Anger. See also Conflict; Ill-will (byāpāda); Kilesa (defilements); Khanti (patience); Mettā (loving-kindness); Nīvarana (hindrances); War: As the only thing that's good to kill: SN 1.71; What to do if someone is angry with you: SN 7.2, SN 11.4; What to do when ~ arises: Thag 6.12; The best response to ~ (a debate between two deities): SN 11.5; ~ can carve into you like an inscription in stone: AN 3.130; ~ can never be conquered with more ~: SN 11.4, Dhp 3; "Anger" (Dhammapada XVII); The dangers of giving in to ~: AN 7.60
Aniccā (impermanence, inconstancy): As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46; As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60; Ponder ~ constantly: Thag 1.111; Contemplate ~ to overcome ignorance: Iti 85; Everything in the world is subject to disintegration: SN 35.82
Anusaya (obsession, underlying tendency): Seven ~: AN 7.11; AN 7.12; Three ~ in relationship to pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling: MN 44; MN 148; SN 36.6; With the end of the categories of complication, the ~ come to an end: MN 18
Anussati — see Recollections
Apāya-mukha (path to deprivation): Advice to householders on how to avoid the ~: AN 8.54, DN 31
Appamāda (heedfulness): Defined: SN 35.97, SN 48.56; Difference between ~ and its opposite: SN 35.97; ~ is the foremost skillful quality (ten similes): AN 10.15; As the one quality that can provide security: SN 3.17; What constitutes living with ~: SN 55.40; The Buddha's last words: DN 16, SN 6.15; "Heedfulness" (Dhammapada II); Benefits of ~: Iti 23; Wake up!: Sn 2.10
Appropriate attention — see Yoniso-manasikāra
Arahant (worthy one). See also Buddha; Nibbāna: Stock passage describing attainment of arahantship: AN 6.55; Stock passage describing the qualities of an ~: AN 6.55; Who can find fault in an ~?: Ud 7.6; Why an ~ continues meditating: SN 16.5; Does an ~ feel pain?: SN 1.38, SN 4.13; Does an ~ grieve?: SN 21.2; An ~'s actions bear no kammic fruit, good or evil: AN 3.33, Dhp 39, Dhp 267, Dhp 412; What is the difference between an ~ and a Buddha?: SN 22.58; What is the difference between an ~ and a "learner" (sekha)?: SN 48.53; How to recognize if you're an ~: SN 35.152; "Arahants" (Dhammapada VII); "Brahmans" (Dhammapada XXVI); Fate of ~ after death: MN 72, SN 22.85, SN 22.86; Nine unskillful acts an ~ is incapable of doing: AN 9.7
Ascetic practices: Thirteen ~: Thag 16.7; The Buddha describes the ~ he practiced as a bodhisatta: MN 12; Which ascetic practices should be observed?: AN 10.94
Asubha (unattractiveness, loathsomeness, repulsiveness). See also Body; Nibbida; Sensuality: Contemplation of ~ to maintain one's resolve towards celibacy: SN 35.127; As one of seven beneficial reflections: AN 7.46; Contemplation of ~ to let desire for the body fade away: Sn 1.11; Mastery of ~ is a quality to be developed: MN 152; Unattractiveness of the body as one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60; Attending to the ~ aspects of the body: DN 22; The body as an unlanced boil: AN 9.15; Using contemplation of ~ to subdue lust: Iti 85; Ananda's advice to Vangisa on overcoming lust: SN 8.4; Sister Subha plucks out an eye: Thig 14.1
Attachment. See also Sensuality; Tanhā (craving): Does ~ to possessions really bring happiness?: SN 4.8; ~ to loved ones as a cause of sorrow: SN 42.11, AN 5.30, Ud 8.8; ~ to the body as a cause of further pain: Sn 4.2
Atthāngasīla (Eight Precepts) — see Precepts
Aversion — see Ill-will (byāpāda)
Avijjā (ignorance). See also Kilesa (defilements); Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising): As a flood: SN 45.171; As a yoke: AN 4.10; As one of the fetters (Saṃyojana): AN 10.13; As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12; As the cause of wrong view, wrong aspiration, etc.: SN 45.1; What one thing must one abandon in order to overcome ~?: SN 35.80; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; As an obstruction: Iti 14
Awakening. See also Nibbāna; Vimutti (release): Factors for ~: see Bojjhanga; Is ~ "gradual" or "sudden"?: Ud 5.5
Awareness — see Sati
Ayoniso manasikāra (inappropriate attention). See also Yoniso manasikāra (appropriate attention): What to do when the mind is being consumed by unskillful thoughts: SN 9.11

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Ādīnava (drawbacks, dangers): ~ of feeling: MN 13; ~ of form: MN 13; ~ of sensuality: MN 13, MN 54, SN 1.20, Iti 95; ~ of clingable phenomena: SN 12.52; ~ of aging, illness, and death: AN 3.62, AN 4.252; ~ of supranormal powers: DN 11; ~ of unskillful thoughts: MN 20; As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60
Ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing): The Buddha's principal teaching on ~: MN 118; How ~ leads to Awakening: SN 54.13; ~ should be developed no matter how far along you are in your meditation practice: SN 54.8; As one of the ten Recollections: See Recollections, Ten; As one of the ten Perceptions: AN 10.60; As a method of subduing annoying thoughts: Iti 85; Five qualities a practitioner of ~ should develop: AN 5.96, AN 5.97, AN 5.98
Āryatthangikamagga — see Noble Eightfold Path
Āryasacca — see Noble Truths
Āsava (fermentations, effluents, outflows, taints). See also Kilesa: The Buddha's principal teaching on ~: MN 2; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; Three ~: Iti 56, Iti 57; ~ and right view: MN 117; Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63

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Iddhipāda (four bases of power). See also Bodhipakkhiyādhamma: Benefits derived from: SN 51.20; The Buddha declines Māra's invitation to use the ~ for worldly aims: SN 4.20
Ignorance — see Avijjā
Ill-will (byāpāda). See also Anger; Conflict; Kilesa (defilements); Mettā (loving-kindness); Nīvarana (hindrances): Ten reflections to help overcome hatred: AN 10.80; ~ can never be conquered with more ~: Dhp 3; The sources of conflict and hostility: DN 21, MN 18
Illness. See also Aging; Death; Divine messengers: The Buddha attends to a monk with dysentery: Mv 8.26.1-8; The Buddha's advice to Maha Kassapa during a painful illness: SN 46.14; One need not be sick in mind just because one is sick in body: SN 22.1; How even a sick person can realize Awakening: AN 5.121; Ten perceptions that can heal body and mind: AN 10.60; Even the best medicines for the body don't always work; here's one for the mind that does: AN 10.108; Five qualities that make a sick person easy (or hard) to tend to: Mv 8.26.1-8; Five qualities that make a good (or bad) nurse: Mv 8.26.1-8
Impermanence — see Aniccā
Indriya (five mental faculties). See also Bodhipakkhiyādhamma: Saddhā (conviction, faith); Viriya (persistence, effort); Sati (mindfulness); Samādhi (concentration); Pañña (discernment, wisdom); A summary of the five faculties: SN 48.10; See the suttas in the Indriyasaṃyutta of the Saṃyuttanikāya
Insight — see Vipassanā
Integrity. See also Gratitude; Humility; Respect; Stream-entry (sotapatti); Wise person: How to recognize — and become — a person of ~: MN 110; The hallmarks of a person of ~: AN 2.31, AN 4.73; How a person of ~ gives gifts: AN 5.148; Intention — see Cetanā

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Unattractiveness — see Asubha
Unbinding — see Nibbāna
Universe, origin and fate of — see Questions not worth asking
Upādāna (clinging). See also Khandha; Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising): Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; Atthaka Vagga (The Octet Chapter) — Sn 4
Upekkhā (equanimity). See also Brahmavihāra: As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13; Systematic practice of ~: SN 42.8; ~ with respect to the sense faculties: MN 152; Three kinds of ~: SN 36.31; Practicing ~ as a way to deal with annoying people: AN 5.161
Uposatha (observance day). See also Sīla: How the eight ~ practices are to be practiced: AN 8.43; Right and wrong ways of observing the ~: AN 3.70; If you choose to observe the ~, do so consistently: AN 10.46

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Effluents — see Āsava
Effort — see Viriya
Eightfold Path — see Noble Eightfold Path
Emotion. See also Pāsāda; Saṃvega; Vedanā: The source of ~: MN 137
Emptiness (Suññata): In what way is world empty?: SN 35.85; Meditation practice that leads to the "entry into ~," the doorway to liberation: MN 121; Practical aspects of developing a meditative dwelling in ~: MN 122; Conquering death by seeing the world as empty: Sn 5.15; Voidness of the five khandha: SN 22.95
Equanimity — see Upekkhā
Ethics — see Sīla

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Ottappa (moral dread; concern for the results of evil actions). See also Hiri (conscience): As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39; As a treasure: AN 7.6; As a guardian: AN 2.9; As a quality that safeguards the world: Iti 42

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Kalyānamittata (admirable friendship). See also Teaching the Dhamma: As a prerequisite for the development of the wings to Awakening: AN 9.1; What is a true friend?: AN 7.35, Sn 2.3; Benefits of ~: AN 9.1; Having ~ is conducive to the ending of dukkha: Dhp 376; As a crucial support for Dhamma practice: Iti 17; ~ is the whole of the holy life: SN 45.2; Avoiding lazy people: Iti 78; Choose your friends carefully, for you become like them: Iti 76; What is good friendship for householders?: AN 8.54
Kamma (action). See also Devas; Hell; Rebirth; Sagga (heaven): The laws of ~ and rebirth are as inviolable as the law of gravity: SN 42.6; As one of the five subjects for frequent recollection: AN 5.57; Reflect on your actions before, during, and after: MN 61; Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63; Actions of body, speech, and mind determine one's future course: MN 41; How to ease the inevitable bad results of one's past bad deeds: SN 42.8; The rewards of skillful ~: AN 8.40; The results of unskillful ~: AN 8.40; The ten courses of skillful ~: AN 10.176; The ten courses of unskillful ~: AN 10.176; The difference between "old" and "new" ~: SN 35.145; Present happiness depends on both past and present ~: MN 101; Past ~ alone cannot account for present experience: SN 36.21; Past unskillful ~ can't be "burned away" through ascetic practice: MN 101; The ~ that leads to the ending of ~: AN 4.235; When I perform an action, am I the same person when I experience its results, or am I different?: SN 12.46; Why do the results of bad deeds vary from one person to another?: AN 3.99; The influence of present and past ~ on the development of skillful qualities: AN 6.86; Five bad actions that you should never do: AN 5.129 (also AN 5.87); Trying to figure out the results of ~ is sure to drive you crazy: AN 4.77; Inner goodness is measured by the goodness of one's actions: AN 4.85; Act like a dog, and that's what you'll become: MN 57; How ~ accounts for the fortune and misfortune of beings: MN 135; A more detailed explanation of ~: MN 136
Karunā (compassion). See also Brahmavihāra: As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13; Systematic practice of ~: SN 42.8; Practicing ~ as a way to deal with annoying people: AN 5.161
Kayagatāsati (mindfulness of the body). See also Satipaṭṭhāna (foundations of mindfulness); Asubha (unattractiveness): The Buddha's principal teaching on ~: MN 119; Focusing on the in-and-out breath, postures, repulsive aspects, properties and corpses: DN 22; As a method of subduing lust: SN 8.4
Kilesa (defilements — passion (lobha), aversion (dosa), and delusion (moha). See also Āsava; Avijjā (ignorance); Nīvarana (hindrances): As a source of harm and suffering in the world: SN 3.23; As putrefaction: AN 3.126; As stains/enemies/murderers/etc.: Iti 88; Abandonment of ~ as a guarantee of non-return: Iti 1-8; ~ form the root of unskillful action: Iti 50; ~ burn like fire: Iti 93; ~ are like dirty stains on an otherwise clean cloth: MN 7
Killing. See also Conflict, Precepts, War: The one and only thing whose ~ the Buddha approved: SN 1.71
Kusala (skillfulness, wholesomeness). See also Sīla (virtue): Understanding ~ and its opposite as the basis for Right View: MN 9

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Khandha (aggregates). See also Body; Upādāna (clinging); Vipassanā (insight): How we define ourselves in terms of the ~: SN 22.36; A summary of the ~: SN 22.48; Identification with the ~ as the cause of self-view: SN 22.1; Identifying the five ~ as "self" is the cause of affliction: SN 22.1; Voidness of the ~: SN 22.95; Why desire and passion connected with the ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.10; Rūpa (form); Vedanā (feeling); Saññā (perception); Sankhāra (fabrications); Viññānā (consciousness); See the suttas in the Khandhavagga of the Saṃyuttanikāya
Khantī (patience, forbearance). See also Anger: As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4; Heals the angry person: SN 11.4; How to develop ~: MN 21; Cultivating ~ while being beaten and stabbed (Punna's view): SN 35.88; A heated debate between two deities on the merits of ~: SN 11.5; The best response to the insults of others (a story): AN 6.54

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Generosity — see Dāna
Giving — see Dāna
God (supreme being, creator). See also Comparative Religions: Belief in ~ (instead of in the law of Kamma) is a form of wrong view: AN 3.61; Great Brahma, the deva who mistakenly believes himself to be the supreme being: DN 11
Good will — see Mettā
Goodness — see Puñña (merit)
Gradual Instruction (anupubbi-katha): Dāna (generosity); Sīla (virtue); Sagga (heaven); Adīnava (drawbacks); Nekkhamma (renunciation); Āryasacca (noble truths); Mentioned in: Ud 5.3; For monks: MN 107; Detailed steps of training: DN 2
Gratitude. See also Integrity; Respect: As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4; As a requisite for meaningful progress on the Path: AN 5.254; A grateful person is rare: AN 2.119; The dangers of enjoying a gift without showing the proper ~: AN 7.68; How to repay the debt we owe to our parents: AN 2.32; The anguish an aging parent feels when his children show no ~: SN 7.14
Grief. See also Death: How to move beyond obsessive grieving: AN 5.49; Do arahants grieve?: SN 21.2; Death and loss are inevitable, but is ~?: Sn 3.8
Guilt — see Hiri (moral shame)

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Caste system: Caste does not pre-determine spiritual potential: MN 90; Even outcastes can become arahants: Thag 12.2; A bhikkhu has no caste: AN 10.48
Cetanā (intention). See also Kamma (action); Nāmarūpa (name-&-form)
Celibacy. See also Nekkhamma (renunciation); Restraint; Sensuality: Tools to support one's resolve towards ~: SN 35.127; Don't pretend to be celibate if you're not: Iti 48
Chanting. See also Devotion; Rituals
Children. See also Parents; Family; Young people: Three types of sons and daughters: Iti 74; At one time or another, we have all been each other's ~: SN 15.14; Grieving the death of ~: SN 42.11, Ud 2.7, Ud 8.8; The anguish an aging parent feels when his ~ show no gratitude: SN 7.14; Childish innocence should not be confused with wisdom: MN 78; Showing the proper respect to one's parents: Iti 106; Childrens' duties to their parents: DN 31; Parents' duties to their ~: DN 31
Citta (mind): Focusing on the ~ in & of itself: DN 22
Clinging — see Upādāna
Community. See also Monastic community (Saṅgha): Six kinds of behavior that lead to amiability and communal harmony: AN 6.12
Comparative Religions. See also God: Do all religions point towards the same goal?: DN 21, Thag 1.86; Are all religious paths fruitful?: AN 3.78
Compassion — see Karunā
Conceit — see Māna
Concentration — see Samādhi
Conflict. See also Anger; Ill-will (byāpāda); Papañca; War: Causes of: Sn 4.8, Sn 4.11, Sn 4.15
Conscience — see Hiri
Consciousness — see Viññānā
Contact — see Phasso
Contentedness (santosa). See also Restraint: As a vital support for practice: AN 4.28; As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30; Live like a flying bird, whose wings are its only burden: DN 2, DN 11; One thing you should not be content with: AN 2.5
Conviction — see Saddhā
Craving — see Tanhā
Creation (of universe) — see Questions not worth asking

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Jātaka (tales from the Buddha's previous lives): The chariot-maker: AN 3.15; The story of prince Dighavu: Mv 10.2.3-20
Jāti (birth). See also Aging; Death; Illness; Rebirth: Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; Fear of ~ should be even greater than fear of a dangerous cliff: SN 56.42; The darkness of ~ is even greater than that of intergalactic space: SN 56.46
Joy, appreciative/sympathetic — see Muditā. See also Pīti

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Jhāna (meditative absorption). See also Concentration; Nīvarana (Hindrances); Noble silence; Samatha (tranquility, calm): And mindfulness: SN 2.7; How ~ leads the meditator out from the confines of the mind: AN 9.42; Role of ~ in the development of discernment: AN 9.44; Required to overcome temptation to sensuality: MN 14; Goes hand-in-hand with discernment (paññā): Dhp 372; Goes hand-in-hand with insight (vipassanā): AN 4.170; How insight can be developed during or immediately after ~: MN 111; Paves the way to Nibbāna: Dhp 372; Envied by the devas: Dhp 181; Practiced by enlightened ones: Dhp 23; A mark of heedfulness: Dhp 27, Dhp 371; Frees one from Māra's grasp: Dhp 276; A hallmark of a true brahman: Dhp 386, Dhp 395, Dhp 414; One day with ~ is better than a hundred years without: Dhp 110; How does the Buddha practice ~ in the forest?: SN 7.18; Formless attainments leading to Nibbāna: MN 52, MN 106, AN 11.17; Possible courses of rebirth from practicing ~: AN 4.123, AN 4.124

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Taints — see Āsava
Tanhā (craving). See also Kilesa (defilements); Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising); Sensuality: As a motivation for practice: AN 4.159; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; As a fetter: Iti 15; As what sustains rebirth: SN 44.9; Abandoning ~ for what one holds dear: Sn 5.8; The many kinds of thoughts motivated by ~: AN 4.199; ~ causes your thoughts to be influenced by the opinions of others: AN 4.200; See the verses in the Dhammapada on craving; Why desire and passion connected with ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.8
Teaching. See also Kalyānamittata: The Buddha teaches only suffering and its cessation: MN 22; The Buddha's simile on ~: SN 22.84; Three frames of reference for becoming a fit teacher: MN 137; Isidatta wisely declines a teaching invitation from his elders: SN 41.3; How to teach Dhamma: AN 4.111; Meditators and Dhamma scholars: Do not disparage each other!: AN 6.46; Don't teach what you don't know: AN 10.24; The Buddha doesn't hold back any esoteric teachings: DN 16; A skilled teacher is like a ferry-man: Sn 2.8; Dhamma should not be taught for the purpose of material reward: AN 5.159; Five prerequisites to teaching the Dhamma to others: AN 5.159; Teaching alone doesn't mean you're truly committed to the Dhamma: AN 5.73; How to recognize authentic teachings: AN 3.72, AN 7.80, AN 8.53; Examples of lay Dhamma teachers: Anāthapiṇḍika (AN 10.93); Citta (SN 41.7); How to choose — and learn from — a teacher: MN 95; How to recognize a teacher: AN 4.192; Three kinds of Dhamma teachers: DN 12; Dhamma teaching compared to medical treatment: AN 3.22; The Buddha asks who is his teacher: Dhp 353
Tevijja (Threefold Knowledge). See also Buddha: Descriptions of ~: MN 19, MN 125; What makes one a true brahman: Iti 99; Various monks and nuns realize the ~: SN 35.88 (Punna), AN 8.30 (Anuruddha), Thag 5.1 (Rajadatta), Thag 6.6 (Sappadasa), Thag 7.1 (Sundara Samudda), Thig 5.11 (Sister Patacara), Thig 5.12 (Sister Canda), Ud 3.3 (500 monks)
Tilakkhana (Three Characteristics). See also Vipassanā (insight): Aniccā (impermanence); Dukkhā (unsatisfactoriness); Anattā (not-self); As marking the path to Awakening: Dhp 277-9; As true regardless of the existence of a Buddha: AN 3.134
Time — see Present moment
Tiratana (Triple Gem). See also Refuge: Unwavering faith in ~ as a factor of stream-entry: SN 55.1
Tisarana (Threefold Refuge)
Truthfulness — see Sacca

Th

Thought: Habitual ways of thinking: MN 19; Three kinds of unskillful ~: Iti 87; Three kinds of skillful ~: Iti 87; How to overcome speculative thinking: SN 5.10; How to relax unskillful ~: MN 20

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Dāna (giving; charity). See also Gradual Instruction: As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4; As a fundamental requirement for success on the Path: AN 5.254; As a treasure: AN 7.6; As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, Ten; To whom should one give gifts so as to reap the greatest fruit?: SN 3.24, AN 3.57; Giving to one who has abandoned the hindrances brings good results: SN 3.24; Never regret a generous gift you gave in the past: SN 3.20; Give while you're able, before your house burns to the ground!: SN 1.41; Giving is best done at the proper time: AN 5.36; The blessings inherent in the gift of food: AN 5.37; Giving even one's last meal: Iti 26; The fruits of giving that arises from various motives: AN 7.49; The fruits of giving that can be reaped in this life: AN 5.34; Two kinds of gifts: Iti 98, Iti 100; Gifts of Dhamma: Dhp 354, Iti 98, Iti 100; Citta the householder's final teaching on generosity: SN 41.10; Give to many; don't be like a rainless cloud: Iti 75; Giving is good, but there is still more to be done: AN 5.176; The dangers faced by unvirtuous monks who enjoy pleasures, homage and gifts of the laity: AN 7.68; See the suttas in the Devatāsaṃyutta of the Saṃyuttanikāya
Dasasīla (Ten Precepts). See also Sīla (virtue)
Death. See also Aging; Deathless; Divine messengers; Grief; Illness; Maranassati (mindfulness of death); Murder; Saṃvega (spiritual urgency): Five subjects for frequent recollection: AN 5.57; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; Why do we grieve when a loved one dies?: SN 42.11; ~ comes rolling towards you, crushing everything in its path. Are you ready?: SN 3.25; Life flies by, faster than any arrow. What are we to do?: SN 20.6; No shelter from aging and ~: SN 2.19; Your last day approaches — this is no time to be heedless! Thag 6.13; Life is brief — practice ardently! Ud 5.2; As one of seven beneficial reflections: AN 7.46; As a call to abandon grief and lamentation: Sn 3.8; The greatest protection for the layperson: Sn 2.4; Overcoming ~ by regarding the world as empty: Sn 5.15; Overcoming fear of ~: AN 4.184, Thag 16.1; Heedlessness leads one to ~: Dhp 21; No need for worry as ~ nears: SN 55.21, SN 55.22, AN 6.16; Citta's deathbed conversation with some devas: SN 41.10; Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143; Ananda's grief over Sariputta's ~: SN 47.13; The Buddha's reaction to Sariputta's ~: SN 47.14; Kisa Gotami's grief "cured" by her search for a mustard seed: ThigA X.1; ~ by a runaway cow: MN 140, Ud 1.10, Ud 5.3; ~ by murder (see also Murder): Ud 4.3; ~ of daughter: Thig 3.5; ~ of grandson: Ud 8.8; ~ of son: MN 87, SN 42.11 Ud 2.7, Thig 6.1; ~ of spouse: AN 5.49; Honor your ancestors and deceased loved ones with gifts: Pv 1.5
Deathless (amatadhamma). See also Nibbāna: Eleven modes of practice that lead to the deathless: MN 52, AN 11.17
Defilements — see Kilesa
Dependent Co-arising — see Paticcasamuppāda
Desire (as part of the Path; (dhammachanda)): Does the ~ for Awakening get in the way of Awakening?: MN 126; Ananda's instructions to Unnabha: SN 51.15
Desire (as defilement; lobha, kamacchanda, raga) See also Nīvarana (hindrances); Kilesa (defilements); Tanhā (craving): As one of the fetters (Saṃyojana): AN 10.13; As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12; As the cause of suffering and stress: SN 42.11; ~ ties down the world: SN 1.69; Why ~ and passion connected with the senses is worth abandoning: SN 27.1-8; Why ~ and passion connected with the khandha (aggregates) is worth abandoning: SN 27.10; Why ~ and passion connected with the dhātu (properties) is worth abandoning: SN 27.9
Devas (celestial beings). See also Kamma; Sagga (heaven): Citta's deathbed conversation with some ~: SN 41.10; Some ~ gather to see the Buddha on his deathbed: DN 16; A huge gathering of ~ visits the Buddha: DN 20; Conversations with the ~ as a basis for faith: DN 11; Occasions when the ~ raise a cheer for a meditator: Iti 82; Omens that a ~ is about to die: Iti 83; As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, Ten
Devotion. See also Relics; Rituals: The four Buddhist pilgrimage sites: DN 16
Discernment — see Paññā
Disenchantment — see Nibbida
Diṭṭhi (views). See also Questions: As a yoke: AN 4.10; As a flood: SN 45.171; Wisdom has nothing to do with holding to this or that viewpoint: AN 10.96; What is wrong ~?: MN 117; Distinguishing right ~ from wrong ~: AN 10.103, AN 10.104; The many kinds of wrong ~: MN 63, SN 41.3, AN 10.93, AN 10.95; Even the view "I have no self" is wrong: MN 22; The thicket of wrong ~: MN 72; Attachment to ~ is the cause of disputes: Sn 4.8; To hold that phenomena arise from a root is wrong ~: MN 1
Divine Messengers. See also Aging; Illness; Death
Doubt (vicikicchā). See also Nīvarana (hindrances); Saddhā (conviction): As one of the fetters (Saṃyojana): AN 10.13; As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12; How can one be freed of all ~?: Sn 5.5; Development of jhana as a means of overcoming ~: Ud 5.7
Downfall: Causes of ~: Sn 1.6
Drawbacks — see Adīnava
Dread (moral) — see Ottappa
Dreams: Five ~ that appeared to the Buddha: AN 5.196; How to ensure good ~: AN 11.16; Interpretation of ~ as a form of wrong livelihood for monks: DN 2, DN 11
Drowsiness — see Laziness
Dukkha (unsatisfactoriness; stress; suffering). See also Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising); Tilakkhana (three characteristics): The Buddha teaches only ~ and its cessation: MN 22; Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63; ~ is inherent in everything the body and mind depend upon for nourishment: SN 12.63; As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46

Dh

Dhamma. See also Teaching the Dhamma: Basic principles: AN 8.53; Five rewards of listening to ~: AN 5.202; How to listen to the ~: AN 6.88; As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, Ten
Dhana (treasures) See also Wealth: Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha: Khp 6; Seven ~: AN 7.7
Dhātu (properties, elements): The Buddha's explanation of the ~: MN 140; Why desire and passion connected with the ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.9; Attention on ~ as a meditation theme: DN 22

N

Nāmarūpa (name-and-form). See also Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising)

Manasikāro (attention)

Cattāro ca mahābhūtā (four great elements)

Definition of ~: SN 12.2

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Mutual dependence of consciousness and ~: SN 12.67

Nature See also Wilderness

Nekkhamma (renunciation). See also Celibacy; Gradual Instruction; Restraint; Sensuality

The bliss of ~: Ud 2.10

Appreciating the value of ~ is a crucial first step in practice: AN 9.41

~ goes "against the flow" (of craving): Iti 109

As the basis for shedding fear of death: AN 4.184

As the escape from sensuality: Iti 72

As a cause for sleeping at ease: AN 3.34

As a profound kind of rest: Sn 5.11, AN 3.39

Nibbāna (Unbinding, extinguishing). See also Arahant; Awakening; Deathless; Parinibbāna; Stream-entry; Vimutti (release)

The foremost: Dhp 184

The foremost ease: Dhp 202

Heedfulness leads one to ~: Dhp 21, Dhp 32

A hallmark of a true brahman: Dhp 414

What lies beyond ~?: AN 4.174

~ is the goal; there's nothing beyond it: MN 144

~ is beyond Māra's reach: SN 4.19

~ is not the root from which phenomena arise: MN 1

~ is not itself a phenomenon, but is the final end of phenomena: AN 10.58

Pleasure of ~ exceeds all others: AN 9.34

Two forms of ~ (with fuel remaining, and without fuel remaining): Iti 44

Four qualities to develop that lead one towards ~: AN 4.37

Nibbida (disenchantment, aversion, and weariness with regard to conditioned phenomena). See also Asubha

As a mark of practicing Dhamma "in accordance with the Dhamma": SN 22.39

Nīvarana (hindrances). See also Anger; Desire; Jhāna; Kilesa

Sensual desire (kāmacchanda)

Ill-will (byāpāda)

Sloth & Torpor (thīnamiddha)

Restlessness & Worry (uddhaccakukkucca)

Doubt (vicikicchā)

Feeding and starving the ~: SN 46.51

Antidote: direct the mind towards an inspiring object: SN 47.10

How to abandon the ~: AN 9.64

Abandoning the ~ is a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39

Giving to one who has abandoned the ~ brings good results: SN 3.24

~ are to be conquered in all postures: Iti 111

Like canals dissipating the force of a river current: AN 5.51

Noble Eightfold Path (āryatthangikamagga). See also Bodhipakkhiyādhamma

Right View (Samma-ditthi): Conditions for the arising of ~: MN 43; What is Right View?: MN 9; ~ as a means for higher escape: AN 10.93; ~ is to be used to the point of overcoming attachment to all views: Sn 4.3
Right Aspiration (Samma-sankappo) See also Non-harming: ~ is to be maintained in all postures: Iti 110
Right Speech (Samma-vaca) See also Speech: Speak only words that do no harm: Thag 21
Right Action (Samma-kammanto)
Right Livelihood (Samma-ajivo)
Right Effort (Samma-vayamo)
Right Mindfulness (Samma-sati)
Right Concentration (Samma-samadhi): The central role of ~ in the Eightfold Path: MN 117

Noble silence (second jhana)

No-thinking: Thag 14.1

As a cause for the arising of wisdom: AN 8.2

Either speak Dhamma, or keep noble silence: Ud 2.2

Noble Truths (āryasacca). See also Gradual Instruction

The Buddha's first teaching on ~: SN 56.11

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Direct knowledge of ~ is a hallmark of a true contemplative: Iti 103

As a prequisite for awakening: SN 56.44

Relationship to the Khandha: MN 28

Non-dualism

Non-dual awareness not the goal: AN 10.29

Non-harming, Non-violence. See also "Right Aspiration" in Noble Eightfold Path

Leads to happiness after death: Dhp 132

As a supporting condition for Awakening: Dhp 270

Isn't all there is to the Buddhist path: MN 78

The story of Angulimala the bandit: MN 86

How a wise person moves in society: Dhp 49

"The Rod" (Dhammapada X)

Not-self — see Anattā

Nutriment (āhāra). See also Food

~ for the factors of Awakening: SN 46.51

Four types of physical and mental ~: SN 12.63; SN 12.64

Its relationship to dependent co-arising: SN 12.63; SN 12.11

The need for ~ is what all beings have in common: Khp 1

Nymphs, dove-footed: Ud 3.2

P

Pain. See also Illness; Vedanā (feeling): Don't add mental ~ to your physical ~!: SN 36.6; Preventing physical ~ from invading the mind: SN 52.10; The Buddha shows by example how best to handle physical ~: SN 1.38, SN 4.13; Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143; Mindfulness can protect you from falling into ~'s bottomless pit: SN 36.4; As one of the eight worldly conditions: AN 8.6; Avoiding evil deeds as a way to avoid ~: Ud 5.4; The origin of pleasure and ~: SN 12.25; ~ can't be used to purify oneself of past misdeeds: MN 14
Pañcasīla (Five Precepts) — see Precepts
Paññā (discernment, wisdom). See also Wise person: Eye of ~: MN 43; Eight requisite conditions for ~: AN 8.2; Which comes first: concentration or ~?: AN 3.73; Goes hand-in-hand with jhana: Dhp 372; As a treasure: AN 7.6
Papañca (complication, proliferation): As a cause of conflict in the mind: MN 18, DN 21
Parents. See also Children; Family: How to repay the debt we owe to our ~: AN 2.32; The anguish an aging ~ feels when his children show no gratitude: SN 7.14; ~ should at least make sure that their children grow up to respect the precepts: Iti 74; One's ~ should be respected as great teachers and devas: Iti 106; Supporting one's ~: Sn 2.4; At one time or another, we have all been each other's ~: SN 15.14; Reverence for one's ~ as a blessing: Dhp 332; Childrens' duties to their parents: DN 31; Parents' duties to their children: DN 31; Permission from one's ~ is a prerequisite for ordination: MN 82
Parinibbāna (total release; complete liberation). See also Nibbāna: Eye-witness accounts of the Buddha's ~: SN 6.15
Parisa (The Buddha's Following): Householders and monastics depend upon each other: Iti 107
Pasāda (clarity and serene confidence). See also Emotion; Saṃvega
Paticcasamuppāda (Dependent co-arising). See also Saṃsāra: Avijjā (ignorance); Sankhāra (fabrications); Viññānā (consciousness); Nāmarūpa (name-and-form); Salāyatana (six sense-media); Phasso (contact); Vedanā (feeling); Tanhā (craving); Upādāna (clinging); Bhava (becoming); Jāti (birth); Dukkha (suffering); An analysis of ~: SN 12.2; If you think you understand ~, as did Ananda, think again: DN 15; How the world arises and falls according to ~: SN 12.44; Mutual dependence of consciousness and name-and-form: SN 12.67; Buddha's rediscovery of ~ on the eve of his Awakening: SN 12.65; Is there someone or something that lies behind the process of ~?: SN 12.35; As a cause for the arising of right view: SN 12.15; As a cause for the cessation of wrong views: SN 12.20; As a cause for the ending of the āsava (effluents): SN 12.23; As a "middle way" between extremes of views: SN 12.35, SN 12.48; The Buddha reflects on ~ for seven days after his Awakening: Ud 1.1-3; The origin of pleasure and pain: SN 12.25; An extended treatment of ~ by the Buddha: DN 15; Its relationship to Nutriment (āhāra): SN 12.63; SN 12.11
Patience — see Khanti
Pāṭimokkha — see Vinaya
Perception — see Saññā
Peta loka (realm of the hungry ghosts/shades)
Pīti (rapture; bliss). See also Jhāna: The pleasure and joy of ~:AN 5.176
Pleasure. See also Happiness; Pain; Sensuality; Vedanā (feeling): The many kinds of pleasure: MN 59; The origin of ~ and pain: SN 12.25; Attending to the ~ of things instead of their dukkha gives rise to attachment: SN 22.60; As one of the eight worldly conditions: AN 8.6
Precepts. See also Lay Practice; Refuge; Sīla; Uposatha: The rewards of observing the precepts: AN 8.39; The consequences of failing to observe the precepts: AN 8.40; How the ~ practices are to be practiced: AN 8.43; Right and wrong ways of observing ~: AN 3.70
Present moment: This present moment is the only one there is: MN 131
Pride — see Māna
Protection. See also Precepts; Sīla: The greatest ~ for the layperson: Sn 2.4; Restraint — the Buddha's defense policy: SN 3.5; Mettā (loving kindness) as a ~ against harm: SN 20.5, AN 4.67; Ten qualities that provide ~ for the mind: AN 10.17; Watching over oneself, one protects others; watching over others, one protects oneself: SN 47.19
Psychic powers — see Supranormal powers
Puñña (merit, inner wealth, inner goodness): As a blessing: Dhp 331; ~ accumulates slowly, like water dripping into a pot: Dhp 122; Benefits of ~ in this life and the next: Dhp 16, Dhp 18; Infidelity erodes one's accumulated ~: Dhp 310; How to gain immeasurable ~: Dhp 195; Do meritorious deeds to increase your store for future lives: SN 3.20; Don't be afraid of ~: Iti 22; The arahant's actions bear no kammic fruit, good or evil: Dhp 39, Dhp 267, Dhp 412; Repeated performance of meritorious deeds brings ease: Dhp 118; Three grounds for meritorious action: Iti 60; As a fund to be looked after: Khp 8; As the means of attaining true happiness: AN 5.43; Is making ~ the best one can aspire to in this short life?: SN 2.19

Ph

Phasso (contact). See also Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising): As the conjunction of sense-base + sensory object + sense consciousness: MN 148; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

B

Bala (the five strengths). See also Bodhipakkhiyādhamma: Definition of the ~: AN 5.2
Birth — see Jāti
Bodhipakkhiyādhamma (37 Wings to Awakening): Āryatthangikamagga (Noble Eightfold Path); Satipaṭṭhāna (Foundations of Mindfulness);; Sammappadhāna (Right Exertions);; Iddhipāda (Bases of Power);; Indriya (Faculties);; Bala (Strengths);; Bojjhanga (Factors for Awakening);; ~ and their relation to the six senses: MN 149; Prerequisites for the development of the ~: AN 9.1
Body. See also Asubha; Attachment; Sensuality: Mindfulness of the ~: see Satipaṭṭhāna; Thirty-two parts of the ~: Khp 3; Foulness of ~: AN 9.15, Sn 1.11, Thag 10.5
Bojjhanga (Factors for Awakening). See also Bodhipakkhiyādhamma: The right and wrong times to cultivate the ~: SN 46.53; See the suttas in the Bojjhangasaṃyutta of the Saṃyuttanikāya
Brahmavihāra (Divine abodes; sublime states). See also Mettā; Karunā; Muditā; Upekkhā: Systematic cultivation of ~: SN 42.8, SN 46.54, AN 10.208; Practice of ~ as a door to the Deathless: MN 52, AN 11.17; Offering comfort and protection from the cold: Thag 6.2; Five realizations that arise from concentration based on the ~: AN 5.27; Practicing any one of the ~ can take one all the way to fourth jhana: AN 8.63
Breath meditation — see Ānāpānasati
Buddha. See also Arahant: As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, Ten; Buddha's Awakening: See Tevijja (Threefold Knowledge)

Bh

Bhava (becoming). See also Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising): As a flood: SN 45.171; As a yoke: AN 4.10
Bhikkhu — see Monastic Life

M

Māna (conceit): As a motivation for practice: AN 4.159; As a cause of grief: SN 21.2; Vangisa admonishes himself to abandon ~: Thag 21; As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12; As one of the fetters (Saṃyojana): AN 10.13
Manners. See also Kusala (skillfulness); Sīla (virtue): Respectable people have good ~: AN 7.64; Etiquette and duties for monks: Cv 8
Māra. See also "Māra" in the Index of Proper Names: Ten armies of: Sn 3.2
Maranassati (mindfulness of death). See also Death; Illness; Satipaṭṭhāna (foundations of mindfulness): Death can come at any time; are you ready?: AN 6.20; Mindfulness of death should be developed continuously: AN 6.19; Attending to the nine stages of a corpse as a theme of meditation: DN 22; As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, Ten
Marriage. See also Lay Practice: How to ensure that you'll be with your spouse in future lives: AN 4.55; Spouses' duties to each other: DN 31
Meditation. See also Ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing); Maranassati (mindfulness of death); Mettā (loving-kindness); Recollections, Ten; Satipaṭṭhāna (foundations of mindfulness): ~ is practiced for both one's own and others' benefit: SN 16.5, SN 47.19, AN 5.20, AN 7.64; Why bother meditating in the hopes of some future reward when sensual pleasures are available right now?: SN 1.20; Isn't ~ simply a useless and unproductive activity?: SN 7.17; ~ is a skill to be developed: AN 9.35, AN 9.36; The danger of overestimating one's progress in ~: MN 105; Formless attainments leading to Nibbāna: MN 106
Merit — see Puñña
Mettā (loving-kindness, good will). See also Brahmavihāra: Karaniya Metta Sutta (Discourse on Loving-kindness): Sn 1.8 and Khp 9; As a protection against harm: Cv 5.6, SN 20.5, AN 4.67; As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13; Systematic practice of ~: SN 42.8; Eleven benefits of ~: AN 11.16; Even more fruitful than giving: SN 20.4; Course of rebirths to be expected from those who cultivate ~: AN 4.125; Maintain thoughts of ~ no matter how others address you: MN 21; No one is dearer to one than oneself: Ud 5.1; The radiant brightness of ~: Iti 27; As a basis for the development of jhana: AN 8.63; Practicing ~ as a way to deal with annoying people: AN 5.161
Middle Way (Majjhimapatipadā): Avoiding extreme views: SN 12.15; Buddha's first teachings on the ~: SN 56.11; Middle way between indulgence in sensuality and adherence to fixed rituals and precepts: Ud 6.8; Dependent co-arising as a "middle way" between extremes of views: SN 12.48
Mindfulness — see Sati
Mind — see Citta
Mind-reading: One's own mind: AN 10.51; Another's mind: See Supranormal powers
Moderation. See also Restraint: ~ with respect to the four requisites: AN 7.64; ~ in eating: MN 39, MN 53
Modesty: As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30; Rare in a person of wealth and power: AN 8.23
Monastic Life. See also Ascetic practices; Vinaya; Work, monastics': Permission from one's parents is a prerequisite for ordination: MN 82; Why it took Sona so long to go forth: Ud 5.6; Ten things for monks to reflect on often: AN 10.48; The fruits of the homeless life: DN 2; Gradual training for monks: MN 107; How to bring harmony to the community: AN 6.12; Five exhortations for new monks: AN 5.114; What it means to live free of society: SN 22.3; A monk's duties: Cv 8; Wrong reasons for a monk to go on almsround: Ud 3.8; Do monks really do any useful work?: Sn 1.4; Meditation monks and Dhamma study monks: Do not disparage each other!: AN 6.46; What makes a monk worthy of respect?: AN 3.94
Money. See also Householders; Wealth: ~ can't buy true happines: AN 10.46; How to protect and preserve one's wealth: AN 8.54; Are monks allowed to use money?: SN 42.10
Monk — see Monastic Life
Moral dread — see Ottappa
Moral shame — see Hiri
Morality — see Sīla
Muditā (appreciative/sympathetic joy). See also Brahmavihāra: As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13; Systematic cultivation of ~: SN 42.8
Murder. See also Death: Fate of those who commit ~: MN 135, SN 3.25

Y

Yoniso manasikāra (appropriate attention; wise reflection). See the Ten Recollections; Questions: What things should one attend to with ~?: SN 22.122; A remedy for a mind consumed by unskillful thoughts: SN 9.11; As a condition for right view: AN 2.125-126; As the key to abandoning greed, hatred, delusion: AN 3.68; As an important quality to develop: Iti 16; As a means to ending āsava: MN 2

R

Racism — see Caste system
Radiant Mind: The inherent radiance of mind: AN 1.49
Rapture — see Pīti
Realms of Existence — see Planes of Existence
Rebirth. See also Hell; Jāti (birth); Kamma; Sagga (heaven): The skillfulness of one's actions in life determine one's destination after death: Dhp 17, Dhp 18, Dhp 240; Causes of favorable or unfavorable ~: MN 135, AN 3.65, Dhp 310, Dhp 316; How to gain rebirth as an elephant or a horse: AN 10.177; The laws of kamma and ~ are as inviolable as the law of gravity: SN 42.6; What's so bad about being reborn?: SN 5.6; Why not just settle for rebirth among the devas?: SN 5.7; The preciousness of our human birth: SN 20.2, SN 56.48; The not-yet-reborn state: SN 44.9; ~ witnessed by Buddha on the night of his Awakening: See Buddha's Awakening
Recollections, Ten (anussati): Recollection of the Buddha (buddhānussati): SN 11.3, AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13, Thag 6.2; Recollection of the Dhamma (dhammānussati): SN 11.3, AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13, Thag 6.2; Recollection of the Saṅgha (sanghānussati): SN 11.3, AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13, Thag 6.2; Recollection of one's virtues (sīlānussati): AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13; Recollection of one's generosity (cāgānussati): AN 11.12, AN 11.13; Recollection of the devas (devatānussati): AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13; Mindfulness of death (maranassati) (see also Satipaṭṭhāna); Mindfulness of the body (kāyagatāsati) (see also Satipaṭṭhāna); Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati) (see also Satipaṭṭhāna); Recollection of peace (upasamānussati): Iti 90; As a governing principle: AN 3.40
Refuge. See also Precepts; Tiratana (Three Gems): The formula for going for ~: Khp 1; The supreme ~: Dhp 188; The Dhamma as one's island and ~: DN 16, SN 47.13, SN 47.14
Release — see Vimutti
Relics. See also Devotion: Origin of relic-worship: DN 16
Remorse. See also Sīla: Two causes of ~: Iti 30; Two causes of no ~: Iti 31; Freedom from ~ is the purpose of developing sila (virtue): AN 11.1, AN 11.2
Renunciation — see Nekkhamma
Respect. See also Children; Gratitude; Parents: What makes a person an elder worthy of ~?: AN 2.38; What makes a monk worthy of ~?: AN 3.94; As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4; As a basis for acquiring discernment: AN 8.2; As a basis for keeping the Dhamma alive for a long time: AN 7.56; Is there anyone worthy of greater respect than the Buddha?: SN 6.2
Restraint. See also Celibacy; Moderation; Contentedness; Nekkhamma (renunciation); Sensuality: Definition of ~: SN 35.247; Benefits of ~: Dhp 7, Dhp 9, Dhp 116, Dhp 360, Dhp 362; As the best protection against harm: SN 3.5; As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39, Dhp 391; ~ paves the way to Nibbāna: Dhp 289; As a refuge: AN 3.52; As a support to meditation: DN 2; Like dressing a wound: MN 33, AN 11.18; Like a tortoise protecting itself by withdrawing safely into its shell: SN 35.199; Contentedness: DN 11; A deva encourages a monk to restrain his wandering mind: SN 9.1
Revenge: The story of Prince Dighavu: Mv 10.2.3-20
Right Action — see Noble Eightfold Path
Right Concentration — see Noble Eightfold Path
Right Effort — see Noble Eightfold Path
Right Livelihood — see Noble Eightfold Path
Right Mindfulness — see Noble Eightfold Path
Right Aspiration — see Noble Eightfold Path
Right Speech — see Noble Eightfold Path
Right View — see Noble Eightfold Path
Rituals. See also Devotion; Lay Practice: Rites don't purify the heart; skillful actions do: AN 10.176; Rituals alone can't take one beyond aging and death: Sn 5.3; Rites and protective charms should be avoided by lay followers: AN 5.175; The best protection comes not from rituals but from generous, moral, and wise actions: Khp 5; Water ablutions cannot wash away one's past bad kamma: Thig 12.1

L

Lay Practice. See also Family; Householders; Marriage; Parents; Precepts: The definition of various kinds of lay followers: AN VIII 25; Five subjects for frequent recollection: AN 5.57; Four qualities leading to a householder's happiness: AN 8.54; The duties of the layperson: Sn 2.14; The layperson's code of conduct: DN 31; What it takes for a layperson to become a stream-winner: AN 10.92; How a layperson can best work for the welfare of others: AN 8.26, AN 4.99; Five qualities of a sincere lay follower: AN 5.175; Five rewards a layperson can expect for having conviction: AN 5.38; Actions that only lead to one's downfall: Sn 1.6; How skillful actions and choices can protect you: Sn 2.4, Khp 5; Development of the first six recollections can be done no matter how busy you are: AN 11.13; How to recognize a lay stream-winner: AN 5.179; Examples of lay stream-winners in the suttas (see Stream-entry): Nakula's mother: AN 6.16; Suppabuddha (the leper): Ud 5.3; 500 women who perish in a fire: Ud 7.10.
Laziness — see Sloth & Torpor (thīnamiddha)
Listening. See also Speech: How to listen to the Dhamma: AN 6.88; Five rewards in listening to Dhamma: AN 5.202
Livelihood, Right: Actors and comedians — take note of Talaputa's lesson from the Buddha: SN 42.2; Soldiers — take note of Yodhajiva's lesson from the Buddha: SN 42.3
Lokadhamma (worldly conditions): The failings of the world: AN 8.6; Five kinds of loss, five kinds of gain: AN 5.130; The perils of fame: SN 17.3, SN 17.5, SN 17.8
Loving-kindness — see Mettā
Lust — see Sensuality

V

Vedanā (feeling). See also Khandha (clinging-aggregates); Pain; Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising): Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; Whatever is felt is a form of dukkha: SN 36.11; Seeing even pleasurable ~ as stressful: SN 36.5, Iti 53; Seeing ~ as not-self: DN 15; Three kinds of ~: Iti 52, Iti 53; Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63; Why desire and passion connected with ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.5; ~ as a theme of focus: DN 22; See the suttas in the Vedanāsaṃyutta of the Saṃyuttanikāya
Views — see Ditthi
Vimutti (release, deliverance). See also Awakening: From what is one released?: AN 10.81; Released through awareness: AN 6.13; Four kinds of awareness-release: SN 41.7; Released through discernment: AN 9.44; Released "both ways": AN 9.45; The Buddha's question-and-answer session concerning release: Snp ch. 5
Vinaya. See also Monastic Life: Basic principles of: AN 8.53; A monk's duties: Cv 8; How to know if a particular action is allowable: Mv 6.40.1; The standards of sila for contemplatives: DN 2; Are monks allowed to use money?: SN 42.10
Viññāna (consciousness). See also Khandha (clinging-aggregates); Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising): Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; Why desire and passion connected with ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.3; Mutual dependence of ~ and name-and-form: SN 12.67
Violence — see Non-violence
Vipassanā (insight). See also Samatha (tranquility); Tilakkhana (Three Characteristics): ~ is developed in tandem with samatha (tranquility): SN 35.205, AN 2.30, AN 4.170, AN 10.71; How ~ can be developed during or immediately after jhana: MN 111; As direct knowledge of the five aggregates (khandha):; Analyzing the five aggregates until their appeal is shattered: SN 23.2; Developing skill in applying the four noble truths to the five aggregates: SN 22.56; Developing skill in seeing seven qualities in each of the five aggregates: SN 22.57; A contemplation for every meditator, from beginner to arahant: SN 22.122; Like taking apart a lute in search of its sound: SN 35.205; As direct knowledge of the six sense bases (salayatana): MN 149; Reflection on not-self as a basis for insight: SN 22.59
Virāga (dispassion): Highest of all Dhammas: Iti 90, Dhp 273; The arahant as having gone beyond both passion and ~: Sn 4.4, Sn 4.6, Sn 4.10; "In the seen there is only the seen...": SN 35.95, Ud 1.10
Viriya (effort, energy). See also Saṃvega; Sloth & Torpor (thīnamiddha): Needed for final attainment of truth: MN 95; Wake up!: Sn 2.10; As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30; Five factors that sustain ~: AN 5.53
Virtue — see Sīla
Viveka (seclusion, solitude). See also Wilderness: Thoughts of ~ are the mark of a great person: AN 8.30; The pleasure of ~: AN 5.30, AN 6.42; True seclusion is found within: SN 9.1, SN 21.10; It's better to be alone than in the company of fools: Dhp 61, Dhp 328-330; Delighting in the wilds — the mark of a wise person: Dhp 305, Dhp 395, Thag 3.8; "Wander alone, a rhinoceros": Sn 1.3; The monks' way of life in the wilds: Sn 3.11, Sn 4.9, Sn 4.16

S

Sacca (truthfulness)
Saddhā (faith; conviction). See also Doubt;: As a factor of stream-entry: SN 55.1; ~ underlies the practice all the way to the Deathless: MN 70; Five rewards a layperson can expect for having ~: AN 5.38; As a treasure: AN 7.6
Sagga (heaven realms). See also Devas; Gradual Instruction; Hell; Kamma: A rare destination: Dhp 174; Causes of rebirth in ~: Iti 71; Proper use of wealth leads to rebirth in ~: SN 3.19
Sakkāyaditthi (self-identity view, personality-belief). See also Ditthi (views): As one of the fetters (Saṃyojana): AN 10.13; As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12; Like grabbing hold of a branch with a sticky hand: AN 4.178; How ~ comes about: MN 109; How to develop ~: MN 148; How to relinquish ~: MN 148; What is the origin of self-view?: SN 41.3; Identifying the five khandhas as "self" is the cause of affliction: SN 22.1
Salāyatana (the six sense-media). See also Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising); Sensuality: Relation between the ~ and the emotions: MN 137; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; Contemplation of ~ in terms of not-self: MN 148; Why desire and passion connected with the ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.1; How becoming consummate in the ~ leads to Awakening: SN 35.153; See the suttas in the Salāyatanasaṃyutta of the Saṃyuttanikāya
Samādhi (concentration). See also Jhāna; Samatha (tranquility, calm): ~ is to be developed in all postures: Iti 111; ~ is a progressive practice: MN 66; Five-factored noble ~: AN 5.28; Not every state of ~ is wholesome: MN 108; Five realizations that arise from ~ based on the Brahmavihāra (sublime states): AN 5.27; How ~ leads to discernment: SN 22.5; Which comes first: ~ or wisdom?: AN 3.73; Four developments of ~: AN 4.41; Progression of ~: DN 2
Samatha (tranquility, calm). See also Samādhi (concentration); Vipassanā (insight): ~ is developed in tandem with vipassana (insight): SN 35.205, AN 2.30, AN 4.170, AN 10.71
Sammappadhāna (Right Exertions). See also Bodhipakkhiyādhamma; Viriya (persistence, effort)
Sampajaññā (alertness): As a component of mindfulness: SN 48.10
Saṃsāra (the round of rebirth). See also Kamma (action); Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising): Lasts long for fools: Dhp 60; Four causes of our long journey in ~: AN 4.1; All the blood we have shed in ~: SN 15.13; All the tears we have shed in ~: SN 15.3; We have suffered hardship in past times: SN 15.11; We have enjoyed happiness in past times: SN 15.12; We wander from birth to birth, as a falling stick sometimes lands on its side, sometimes on its end: SN 15.9; Is a difficult path: Dhp 414; The preciousness of our human birth: SN 20.2, SN 56.48; See the suttas from the Saṃyuttanikāya on the topic of samsara
Saṃvega (spiritual urgency; chastened dispassion). See also Death; Pasāda: Danger #1 — death threatens from all sides: AN 5.77; Danger #2 — the conditions for practice may never again be so good: AN 5.78; Danger #3 — there may not always be good teachers around: AN 5.79; Danger #4 — the Saṅgha may someday decline: AN 5.80; Who knows? — tomorrow, death may come: MN 131; A call to wake up: Sn 2.10; Death is crashing in on you, like a huge mountain: SN 3.25; Three urgent duties for meditators: AN 3.91
Saṅgha (Monastic community or Community of Noble Ones). See also Monastic life; Tiratana (Triple Gem): Seven conditions for no decline of the Saṅgha: AN 7.21; Concord in the Saṅgha: Iti 19; Saṅgha members are dependent on the lay community: Iti 107; As one of the ten Recollections: See Recollections, Ten
Sankhāra (mental fashionings, fabrications, or formations). See also Khandha (clinging-aggregates); Paticcasamuppāda (dependent co-arising): Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9
Saṃyojana (fetter): Listed: AN 10.13
Saññā (perception). See also Khandha (clinging-aggregates): Four erroneous perceptions that keep you trapped in samsara: AN 4.49; Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63; Why desire and passion connected with ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.6
Sati (mindfulness). See also Meditation; Satipaṭṭhāna: The Buddha praises Cula Panthaka's mindfulness: Ud 5.10; Definition of ~: SN 48.10; As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30
Satipaṭṭhāna (foundations of mindfulness). See also Ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing); Kāyagatāsati (mindfulness of the body); Maranassati (mindfulness of death); Sati (mindfulness): Principal teachings on the ~: DN 22; As a basis for the development of jhana: AN 8.63; See the suttas in the Satipaṭṭhānasaṃyutta of the Saṃyuttanikāya
Seclusion — see Viveka
Self-view — see Sakkāyaditthi
Sensuality. See also Asubha (unattractiveness, loathsomeness); Body; Nekkhamma (renunciation); Pleasure; Restraint; Salāyatana (six sense-media); Sexual identity; Upādāna (clinging): As a yoke: AN 4.10; As a flood: SN 45.171; The allures and drawbacks of ~: MN 13; Jhāna is required to overcome temptation to ~: MN 14; Dangers of: MN 45; What's wrong with sensual pleasures?: SN 5.6; Like falling into debt: AN 6.45; Be careful with ~ as you would a venomous snake: Sn 4.1; Clinging to sense-pleasures is a fetter: Ud 7.3; Like a fish caught in a trap: Ud 7.4; Like a suckling calf dependent on its mother: Ud 7.4; Renouncing ~ brings an even higher happiness: Ud 3.2; Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63; Ananda's advice to Vangisa on overcoming lust: Thag 21; The source of ~ lies in the mind's passionate response to sense-objects, not in the objects themselves: AN 6.63
Sexual identity: Dwelling on one's ~ is counterproductive to meditation: SN 5.2; Obsessing over one's ~ causes only suffering: AN 7.48
Sexual intercourse. See also Sensuality; Sexual identity: ~ is to be abandoned: AN 4.159
Sexual misconduct. See also Precepts; Sīla: As a cause of one's downfall: Dhp 309; Causes of promiscuity: AN 2.9
Shame (moral) — see Hiri
Sickness — see Illness
Sīla (virtue; morality). See also Gradual Instruction; Manners; Precepts; Uposatha: If you truly care about your welfare, then develop your inner goodness: SN 3.4; As the foundation upon which the entire path is built: AN 11.1, AN 11.2; As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39; As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, Ten; As a treasure: AN 7.6; Guard your ~ well: Iti 76; The Buddha's instructions to his young son: MN 61; Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143; Admirable ~: Iti 97; How to recognize a virtuous person: AN 4.192, Ud 6.2; How to recognize a wise person: AN 3.2; The layperson's code of conduct: DN 31; Development of ~ as a way to ease the inevitable bad results of one's past bad deeds: SN 42.8; Results of transgressing the precepts: AN 8.40; Rewards of observing the precepts: AN 8.39; Standards of ~ for contemplatives: DN 2; Claiming to be enlightened does not justify unrestrained behavior: MN 105; Heightened ~ (adhisila): AN 3.88
Simplicity: As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30
Sleep. See also Sloth & Torpor (thīnamiddha): How to get a good night's ~: SN 10.8, AN 3.34, AN 11.16, Dhp 79, Dhp 168
Sleepiness — see Sloth & Torpor (thīnamiddha)
Sloth & Torpor (thīnamiddha). See also Nīvarana (hindrances); Sleep; Viriya (effort): Prescription for dealing with ~ in meditation: AN 7.61; The eight grounds for laziness: AN 8.80; Excuses: "It's too cold to meditate. It's too hot... It's too...": Thag 3.5; As an obstruction to Awakening: Iti 34
Smile, what makes the Buddha ~: AN 5.180, Thag 12.2
Social Action: The Buddha attends to a monk with dysentery: Mv 8.26.1-8; How a layperson can best work for the welfare of others: AN 8.26, AN 4.99
Solitude — see Viveka
Speech. See also Listening; Noble silence; "Right Speech" in Noble Eightfold Path: The criteria for determining whether something should be said: MN 58; Five aspects of suitable ~: MN 21; Five keys to blameless ~: AN 5.198; Ten kinds of praiseworthy ~: AN 10.70; Four ways to answer a question: AN 4.42; Lying is to be avoided: Iti 25; Sensual desire is usually the motive behind telling lies: SN 3.7; The nature of well-spoken ~: Sn 3.3; The results of various kinds of wrong ~: AN 8.40; Right ~ does not mean total frankness or openness: AN 4.183; Ten topics of proper conversation: AN 10.69; Either speak Dhamma, or keep noble silence: Ud 2.2
Stream-entry, stream-winning (Sotāpatti) See also Nibbāna; Lay Practice (for examples of lay stream-winners); Wise person: Better than ruling the world or going to heaven: SN 55.1, Dhp 178; Six rewards of ~: AN 6.97; Upon ~, one does away with a vast amount of suffering: SN 13.1, SN 13.2, SN 13.8; Like a thirsty traveler looking into a well: SN 12.68; How to recognize a lay stream-winner: AN 5.179; The kind of conviction and discernment required to attain ~: SN 35.1-10; What it takes for a layperson to become a stream-winner: AN 10.92; How appropriate attention (yoniso manasikāra) leads to ~: SN 22.122; The four factors of ~ (and their variations): SN 55.30, SN 55.31, SN 55.32, SN 55.33, AN 10.92; How to recognize — and become — a person of integrity: MN 110; Why doubt does not arise in a stream-winner: AN 7.51; The teaching that led Ananda to ~: SN 22.83
Suicide. See also Death: Sappadasa chooses life: Thag 6.6
Supranormal powers: Mind-made Body: DN 2; Clairaudience: DN 2, DN 11; Mind Reading: DN 2, DN 11, AN 3.60; Recollection of past lives: DN 2, DN 11; Divine Eye: DN 2, DN 11; Ending of fermentations (āsava): DN 2,DN 11; Is the development of ~ a prerequisite for enlightenment?: SN 12.70; As a miracle: AN 3.60; As the fruit of five-factored noble concentration: AN 5.28; How to reduce a pile of wood to its constituent elements: AN 6.41; Drawbacks of ~: DN 11; One monk's abuse of his ~: SN 41.4; Beware: you can't hide from those with ~: AN 3.40

H

Happiness. See also Vedanā (feeling): True ~ lies beyond the realm of sensual pleasure: MN 75; How Nibbāna is understood as happy and pleasant: AN 9.34; Sometimes confused with suffering: Sn 3.12; Seeing even pleasurable feelings as stressful: SN 36.5, Iti 53; There are many kinds and degrees of ~; which one do you want?: DN 2, MN 59, SN 36.19, SN 36.31, Iti 73
Harmlessness — see Non-harming
Hatred. See Ill-will (byāpāda)
Headache, Sariputta's "slight": Ud 4.4
Heaven realms — see Sagga
Heedfulness — see Appamāda
Hell (realm); Sagga (heaven); Kamma: As the destination for one with no discernment: Dhp 137; "Hell" (Dhammapada XXII); Five grave deeds that lead to rebirth in ~: AN 5.129; Causes of rebirth in ~: Iti 70
Heterosexuality — see Sexual identity
Hindrances — see Nīvarana
Hiri (conscience, moral shame). See also Ottappa (moral dread): Although your past bad deeds cannot be undone, you can overcome your guilt: SN 42.8; As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39; As a basis for acquiring discernment: AN 8.2; As a quality that safeguards the world: Iti 42; As a rare and fine quality: SN 1.18; As a treasure: AN 7.6; As a guardian: AN 2.9; Associated with skillful qualities: Iti 40
Homosexuality — see Sexual identity
Householders. See also Family; Lay Practice; Marriage; Money; Precepts; Sensuality: Showing the proper respect to one's parents: Iti 106; ~ are dependent on the monastic community (Saṅgha): Iti 107; ~ should put aside all worries as death nears: AN 6.16; Four kinds of bliss available to ~: AN 4.62; Citta the householder's final teaching on generosity: SN 41.10; Household life is crowded and dusty: Sn 3.1, Ud 5.6
Humility. See also Integrity: As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4

F

Faculties, Five — see Indriya
Faith — see Saddhā
Family. See also Children; Lay Practice; Parents: How a ~ can preserve its wealth: AN 4.255; Qualities that hold a ~ together: AN 4.32; Causes of a ~'s downfall: SN 42.9
Fear. See also Death: In the wilderness, the Buddha comes face-to-face with his ~: MN 4; Adhimutta reveals his secret for overcoming ~: Thag 16; Four ways of overcoming ~ of death: AN 4.184; Overcoming ~ by recollecting the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha: SN 11.3; Your ~ of birth, aging, and death should be greater than your ~ of a dangerous cliff: SN 56.42
Feeling — see Vedanā
Fermentations — see Āsava
Fire imagery. See also "Fire" in the Index of Similes: Used to describe the nature of clinging: SN 12.52; The Fire Sermon: SN 35.28; Fires of passion, aversion, and delusion: Iti 93; Fire as an illustration of the destiny of a fully Awakened being: MN 72
Fool — see Wise person
Food (physical and otherwise). See also Nutriment (āhāra): Mindfulness as a preventative against overeating: SN 3.13
Friendship (admirable) — see Kalyānamittata

Q

Quarreling — see Conflict
Questions. See also Ditthi (views); Yoniso manasikāra (appropriate attention): Four types of ~: AN 4.42; Five motivations behind asking ~: AN 5.165; How to answer ~: AN 3.67; ~ not worth asking: DN 9, MN 2, AN 4.77, AN 10.69; ~ best answered by silence: SN 44.10; ~ that assume an abiding "self" are invalid: SN 12.12; ~ the Buddha left unanswered: Avyakata Saṃyutta; How the Buddha handles difficult ~: MN 72

W

Wakefulness. See also Appamāda (heedfulness): As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39
Walking meditation. See also Meditation
War. See also Anger; Conflict: In ~, there is no winning side: SN 3.14, SN 3.15; Only forbearance, never revenge, can bring an end to ~: Mv 10.2.3-20; Hostility can never be conquered with hostility: Dhp 3; What kind of rebirth can a soldier expect?: SN 42.3
Wealth. See also Money; Dhana (treasures); Puñña (merit, inner wealth): The ~ of a householder vs. the ~ of one who has lived the renunciate life to its culmination: Sn 1.2; Downfall caused by stinginess: Sn 1.6; How ~ should be both shared and enjoyed: SN 3.19; Actions that lead to the loss of one's material ~: DN 31; ~ can't buy true happines: AN 10.46; Focusing on material gain leads one away from Nibbāna: Dhp 75; Five skillful ways of using one's ~: AN 5.41; How a family can preserve its ~: AN 4.255; How to safeguard one's material ~: AN 8.54; Relative value of material and spiritual ~: Ud 2.2; The bliss that arises from using ~ wisely: AN 4.62; Few are those who don't get intoxicated by ~: SN 3.6; Contentment is the greatest ~: Dhp 204
Wilderness. See also Nature; Viveka (seclusion, solitude): Where ardent meditators prefer to dwell: Dhp 99, Dhp 305, Dhp 395; Mountains, forests, and grasslands: Dhp 188, Thag 1.41, Thag 1.113, Thag 3.5, Thag 19, Thig 3.4; Qualities required for living in the ~: AN 4.259; As a suitable place for meditation: DN 12, DN 22, MN 118, MN 119, SN 11.3, AN 5.76, AN 8.86; As a place to sleep at ease: AN 3.34; What can one possibly accomplish by living in the forest, just meditating?: SN 7.17; In the ~, the Buddha comes face-to-face with his fear: MN 4; In the ~, the Buddha shows by example how best to handle physical pain: SN 1.38, SN 4.13; Wandering like a wild deer: Snp I.3; ~ is for those not seeking sensual delight: Dhp 99; The Buddha exhorts others to seek out ~: AN 5.114; The hazards of the ~ as an incentive to meditate: AN 5.77; Proper attitude for living with hardship in the ~: Thag 3.8, Thag 5.8; Why do those who live in the forest look so happy?: SN 1.10; Craving follows you, even into the ~: SN 35.63; A lonely monk briefly considers leaving the forest: SN 9.9; An early example of "wilderness poetry": Thag 18; Maha Kassapa's life in the forest: Thag 18; Why Maha Kassapa chose to live in the forest: SN 16.5
Wings to Awakening — see Bodhipakkhiyādhamma
Wisdom — see Paññā
Wise person. See also Paññā (discernment, wisdom): How to recognize a ~: AN 3.2, AN 4.35, AN 4.192, Ud 6.2; What distinguishes the ~ from the fool: SN 12.19, AN 2.21, AN 2.98; It's better to be alone than in the company of fools: Dhp 61, Dhp 328-330; What the ~ and the fool have in common: MN 33, AN 11.18
Wise reflection — see Yoniso manasikāra
Women. See also the names of individual nuns in the Index of Proper Names: The thought, "Women can't attain Awakening" is not to be believed: SN 5.2; Bhikkhunisaṃyutta — stories concerning nuns and their battles with Māra (from the Saṃyuttanikāya); Verses of the Elder Nuns (Therigatha)
Work, monastics'. See also Monastic life: Do contemplatives do any useful work? (various answers): SN 7.17; Thig 13.2; Sn 1.4
World, origin of — see Questions not worth asking
Worship — see Devotion