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Sanskrit Flashcards

quick vocab drill

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abhidharma

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Buddhist psychology, super Dharma

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adhipati pratyaya

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condition for development

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ahimsa

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non-harming

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akushala mula

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unwholesome roots

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alambana-pratyaya

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object as condition

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alaya

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store consciousness

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alayavijñana

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store consciousness

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anashrava

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without setbacks

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anatman

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nonself

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animitta

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signlessness

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anitya

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impermanence

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apranihita

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aimlessness, wishlessness

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arya ashtangika marga

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noble path of eight limbs

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asamskrita

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realm of the unconditioned

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ashrava

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with setbacks

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ashraya paravritti

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transformation at the base

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avidya

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ignorance

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avihimsa

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non-harming

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avyapada

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absence of anger

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ayatana

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sense organ + sense objects

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ayoniso manaskara

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inappropriate attention

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balani

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(5) powers - “energy in action”

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bhava

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becoming

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bija

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seed

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buddhata

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Buddha nature

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chitta samskara

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mind conditioned things ex: sadness, anger

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Dhamma Cakka Pavattana Sutta

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Discourse on Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma

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Dharma mudra

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Dharma seals

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dharma-pravichaya

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investigation of phenomena

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Dharmakaya

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teaching body, source of enlightenment and happiness

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dhatus

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(18) elements

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dhyana

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meditation, meditative state of concentration

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domanassa

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anxiety

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drishta dharma sukha viharin

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dwelling happily in things as they are

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drishtadharma nirvana

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nirvana in this very life

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dukkha

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suffering

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dukkha dukkhata

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suffering of suffering

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indriyani

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(5) faculties (or bases)

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jaramarana

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death

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jati

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birth

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jñana

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looking deeply

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kama

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craving

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karana-hetu

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motivating or creative force

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karuna

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compassion

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klesha

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affliction

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kshanti

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capacity, inclusiveness, patience

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kushala mula

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wholesome roots

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lakshana

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sign, image, appearance

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mahabhuta

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four great elements (earth, water , fire, air)

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mahaparinirvana

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Great Passing Away

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mahapranidhana

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Great Aspiration

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maitri

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love (Pali: metta)

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manaskara

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manovijñana

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mind consciousness

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marga

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mudita

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nama rupa

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mind-body, “name-form”

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nekkhama

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freedom from craving

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nidanas

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(Twelve) links

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nirmanakaya

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transformation body, historical embodiment of the Buddha

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nirodha

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nirvana

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joy of completely extinguishing our ideas and concepts, rather than our suffering

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paccaya

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conditions

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paramartha satya

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absolute truth

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paramita

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perfection, perfect realisation, Chinese: crossing over to other shore

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prajña

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insight, wisdom, true vision, true knowledge

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prajña paramita

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“mother of all Buddhas” energy of love and understanding that has the power to free us

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prashrabdhih

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pratitya samutpada

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Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-arising

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pratyaya

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(four kinds of) conditions

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priti

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rupa

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form, body

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rupa samskara

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form-conditioned thing (seen with eyes)

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sabhaga-hetu

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seed condition of the same kind

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saha

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world of dust

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sahabhu-hetu

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concurrent condition

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samadhi

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concentration; lit. “absorption”

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samanantara-pratyaya

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condition of continuity

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Sambhogakaya

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Result Body, body of bliss or enjoyment

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samjña

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perceptions

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samprayukta-hetu

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associated condition

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samsara

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vicious cycle of suffering and confusion lasting many lifetimes

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samsara dukkhata

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suffering of composite things

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samskara

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formations, mental formations, volitional actions

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samskrita

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realm of the conditioned

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samudaya

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origin (of suffering)

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samvriti satya

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worldly truth

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samyag ajiva

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Right Livelihood

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samyag drishti

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Right View

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samyag vac

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Right Speech

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samyak karmanta

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Right Action

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samyak pradhana

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Right Diligence, Right Effort

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samyak samadhi

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Right Concentration

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samyak sambodhi

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complete, perfect awakening

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samyak samkalpa

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Right Thinking

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samyak smriti

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Right Mindfulness

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samyojana

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internal formations

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sapta-bodhyanga

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seven factors of awakening

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sarvatraga-hetu

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universal conditions

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shamatha

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shraddha

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shunyata

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shunyata samadhi

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concentration on emptiness

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siddhanta

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Four Standards of Truth

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skhandas

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aggregates, sense organs

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smriti

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mindfulness

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sparsha

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sukha

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tathagata

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“wondrous nature of reality”

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tathagatagarbha

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womb of the tathagata

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tripitaka

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Three Baskets: sutras, vinaya, abhidharma

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trishna

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upadana

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attachment, grasping

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upeksha

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equanimity, letting go

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vairochana

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soul of the Buddha, ontological Buddha

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vashana

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habit energies

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vedana

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vichara

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developing thought

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vihara

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abode, dwelling place

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vihimsa

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vijñana

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consciousness, differentiation, discrimination

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vikalpa

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discriminative perception

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vipaka-hetu

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ripening condition

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viparinama dukkhata

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suffering associated with change

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viparyasa

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upside down way

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vipashyana

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looking deeply

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virya

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diligence, effort, energy, perseverance

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Visuddhimagga

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Path of Purification

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vitarka

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initial thought

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vyapada

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yatha bhuta jñana

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understanding things as they are

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yoniso manaskara

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appropriate attention

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