misc terms

Question 1

shamantha

Answer 1

just sitting; (calming the mind)

Question 2

vipassana

Answer 2

insight

Question 3

mantra meditation is derived from

Answer 3

Vedantist and Tantric lineages

Question 4

mindfulness meditation is a western adaptation of

Answer 4

Theravada Buddhist and Zen Buddhist lifestyle practice that goes along with meditation practice

Question 5

zen emphasizes what meditation

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koan meditation

Question 6

koan

Answer 6

is a riddle or puzzle or question that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves

Question 7

pali canon

Answer 7

the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition

Question 8

tipikata

Answer 8

aka (Pali ti, “three,” + pitaka, “baskets”), or Pali canon

Question 9

zazen

Answer 9

refers to sitting meditation. It’s a meditative practice that’s meant to give insight into your true nature of being

typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition

Question 10

sunyata

Answer 10

in Theravada Buddhism refers to often refers to the non-self

Question 11

bhavana

Answer 11

in the Pali canon; literally means “development”[3] or “cultivating”[4] or “producing”[1][2] in the sense of “calling into existence”

Question 12

citta-bhāvanā,

Answer 12

“development of mind”[7][8] or “development of consciousness.”

Question 13

kāya-bhāvanā

Answer 13

translated as “development of body.

Question 14

mettā-bhāvanā

Answer 14

the “cultivation”[9] or “development of benevolence.”

Question 15

paññā-bhāvanā

Answer 15

“development of wisdom”[11] or “development of understanding.”

Question 16

samādhi-bhāvanā

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“development of concentration.”

Question 17

samatha-bhāvanā

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the development of tranquility

Question 18

vipassanā-bhāvanā

Answer 18

meaning the development of insight

Question 19

dhyāna (Sanskrit) or jhāna (Pāḷi)

Answer 19

the training of the mind, commonly translated as meditation, to withdraw the mind from the automatic responses to sense-impressions, and leading to a “state of perfect equanimity and awareness

Question 20

anapanasati

Answer 20

mindfulness of breathing

Question 21

the path to entering the jhanas begins with what?

Answer 21

access concentration

Question 22

what are two forms of access concentration

Answer 22

anapanasati and metta

Question 23

piti

Answer 23

the rapture, euphoria, ecstasy, delight that overcomes you during the first jhana

Question 24

what type of sensation is piti?

Answer 24

physical and mental

Question 25

in piti, you have physical ____ and mental ____

Answer 25

energy; exhiliration

Question 26

dukkha

Answer 26

pain/suffering

Question 27

tummo is to _____ as Kundalini is to ______

Answer 27

Tibetan Buddhism; Hinduism

Question 28

Some teachers say what three words describe the same energy?

Answer 28

tummo; Kundalini; piti

Question 29

prana

Answer 29

Sanskrit for “life force energy”