the subject for meditation comprising the five constituents ending with the skin; also called Mulakammatthana.

the third Jhana; the third absorbtion.

1. the Accomplished One; the Thus-come; the Thus-gone; the Truth-winner; an epithet of the Buddha. 2. an Arahant. 3. a being.

abandoning by substitution of opposites.

deliverance by substitution of opposites.

1. religious austerity; penance 2. exertion; mental devotion; ascetic practice.

Enlightenment. v. to be enlightened; attain enlightenment.

certificate of appointment; credentials; eccl. warrant. เทียบ สัญญาบัตร.

v. to offer food to the monks on their alms round.

the formal act of censure.

craving; desire; thirst.

equanimity; equipoise; mental; balance.

inflicting a penalty on one who is at fault; decision for specific depravity.

a palm leaf. (T.) a fan made of palm-leaves. With long handle, used by a monk in ceremonies; ceremonial fan. ดู พัดยศ.

tradition; chronicle.

procedure for covering over (as) with grass, (a reconciliation of both parties without need for clearing up the rights and wrongs.)

a variety of worldly talk; childish talk; aimless talk.

the animal kingdom; the realm of the brute creation.

a low art; pseudo-sciences; any study tending to be an obstacle on the way to Nibbana.

ordination by talking the Threefold Refuge.

fire-contemplation; fire as a meditational device.

fire-element; the element of heat; heat.

lit. pronouncing three words or three times; esp. one who pronounces the threefold formula of refuge, the first being Yasa’s father.

a set of altar tables.

the three robes of a Bhikkhu, consisting of the under, the upper and the outer robes; Triple Robe.

the three doors or avenues of action: body, speech, and mind.

lit. the Three Baskets; Tripitaka; Tipitaka; the three divisions of the Buddhist Cannon, viz., Vinaya, Sutta and Abhidhamma, generally known as the Pali Canon.

lit. the three knowledge; the three Vedas; the three divisions of the Brahmanic canon of authorized religious teaching and practice, viz., Irubbeda, Yajubbeda and Samaveda, to which the fourth, Athabbana, was added later.

the Three Spheres, viz., the Sense-Sphere, the Form-Sphere and the Formless Sphere; three realms; three worlds; three planes of existence.

three months, esp. those of the rainy season.

the Three Jewels; the Three Gems. ดู รัตนตรัย.

the Three Characteristics; the Three Signs of Being; also called the Common Characteristics. ดู สามัญลักษณะ.

the three worlds. ดู ไตรภพ.

the threefold Refuge; Three Refuges; Triple Guide.

talking the Threefold Refuge; going to the Buddha, the Doctrine, and the Order for refuge.

the threefold training; the three studies: morality, concentration and wisdom, (preferably, training in higher morality, in higher mentality, and in higher wisdom.)