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Pali

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The canon of texts preserved by Theravada school and the language in which they are composed

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Theravada

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The doctrine of the elders

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Mahayana

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Alternative major tradition in Buddhism

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Hinayana

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inferior vehicle - prejorative term

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Buddha

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the name given to the one who rediscovers for himslef the liberating path of Dhamma

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Samana

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A person who abandons the conventional obligations of social life to find a way of life more in tune with nature

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Brahamana

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A collection of ancient Indian texts with commentaries on the 4 vedas

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Samsara

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The round of death and rebirth

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Kamma

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Intentional acts that result in states of being and birth

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Nibbana

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Liberation. The unbinding of the mind from the mental effluents, defilement and round of rebirth

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Dhamma

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teaching and direct experience of nibbana by the Buddha

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Vinaya

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the monastic discipline

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Dukkha

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stress, suffering

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Khandha

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Physical and mental components of the being (the 5 aggregates)

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15
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Samatha

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Meditation

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Vipassana

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Clear intuitive insight into physical and mental phenomena as they arise and disappear

17
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Panna

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Wisdom, one of the 10 perfections

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Sila

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Morality, one of the 10 perfections, prevents falling from the eight fold path

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Samadhi

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concentration

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Sangha

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the community of buddhist monks

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Sangiti

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Reciting together, chanting

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Paticca-samuppada

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dependent origination

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Patimokkha

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the basic code of monastic discipline

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bhikkhu

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monk

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bhavana

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meditation

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jhana

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mental absorption, temporary suspension of the five hinderances

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