VU Pāli course

Question 1

catu ariya sacca

Answer 1

four noble truths

Question 2

dukkha ariya sacca

Answer 2

noble truth of suffering

Question 3

dukkha samudaya ariya sacca

Answer 3

noble truth of the cause of suffering

Question 4

dukkha nirodha ariya sacca

Answer 4

noble truth of the cessation of suffering

Question 5

dukkha nirodha-gamini patipada ariya sacca

Answer 5

noble truth of the path

Question 6

ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga

Answer 6

noble eightfold path

Question 7

samma diṭṭhi

Answer 7

right view

Question 8

sammā saṃkappa

Answer 8

right attitude

Question 9

sammā vācā

Answer 9

right speech

Question 10

sammā kammanta

Answer 10

right action

Question 11

sammā vāyāma

Answer 11

right livelihood

Question 12

samā ājīva

Answer 12

right effort

Question 13

sammā sati

Answer 13

right mindfulness

Question 14

sammā samādhi

Answer 14

right concentration

Question 15

sammā ñāna

Answer 15

right wisdom

Question 16

sammā vimutti

Answer 16

right liberation

Question 17

majjhimā patipadā

Answer 17

middle path

Question 18

anicca

Answer 18

impermanent

Question 19

anatta

Answer 19

non-self

Question 20

dukkha

Answer 20

suffering

Question 21

paticca samuppada

Answer 21

dependent origination

Question 22

dhammacakkappavattana

Answer 22

setting the wheel of dhamma in motion

Question 23

Katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā
cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati?

Answer 23

And what is the middle way, monks, realised by the Tathāgatha that producing vision, producing knowledge, leading to calm, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to nibbana?

Question 24

vipallāsa sutta

Answer 24

perversion discourse

Question 25

kusala

Answer 25

skillful

Question 26

saññā

Answer 26

perception

Question 27

citta

Answer 27

mind

Question 28

diṭṭi

Answer 28

view

Question 29

asubha

Answer 29

unpleasant

Question 30

lokiya

Answer 30

worldly, mundane

Question 31

lokuttara

Answer 31

transcendental, supramundane

Question 32

yathā bhūtha nāna dassana

Answer 32

the knowledge and vision according to reality

Question 33

putthujjana

Answer 33

worldling

Question 34

sotāpanna

Answer 34

stream-enterer

Question 35

sakadāgāmi

Answer 35

once-returner

Question 36

anāgāmi

Answer 36

non-returner

Question 37

arahant

Answer 37

worthy one

Question 38

atīta

Answer 38

past

Question 39

anāgata

Answer 39

future

Question 40

anattalakkhana

Answer 40

the characteristic of non-self

Question 41

pheṇapiṇḍūpama sutta

Answer 41

lump of foam discourse (aggregates)

Question 42

khajjanīya sutta

Answer 42

chewed up discourse (aggregates)

Question 43

aniccasaññā sutta

Answer 43

perception of impermanence (aggregates)

Question 44

mūlapariyāya sutta

Answer 44

root sequence (4 bhūmis)

Question 45

idappaccayatā

Answer 45

specific conditionality

Question 46

paṭicca-saṃuppanna

Answer 46

dependently arisen

Question 47

sekha

Answer 47

trainee

Question 48

namo tassa Bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa

Answer 48

homage to him, the blessed one, worthy one, fully enlightened by himself

Question 49

buddhānussati

Answer 49

recollection of the qualities of the Buddha

Question 50

vattamana

Answer 50

present

Question 51

kaccanagotta sutta

Answer 51

on right view discourse

Question 52

sabba

Answer 52

all

Question 53

dhammesu

Answer 53

locative case; in the dhamma

Question 54

appatihata

Answer 54

unique

Question 55

dasa bala

Answer 55

ten powers

Question 56

catuvesarajja

Answer 56

4 special qualities

Question 57

visāradassa

Answer 57

erudite

Question 58

dhamma rājassa

Answer 58

dative case; for a king of dhamma

Question 59

dhammissarassa

Answer 59

dative case; for the lord of the dhamma

Question 60

sabbaññuno

Answer 60

all knower/all knowing

Question 61

tathāgatassa

Answer 61

dative case; for the thus gone one

Question 62

bhavatu sabba maṃgalam

Answer 62

-

Question 63

rakkhantu sabba devatā

Answer 63

-

Question 64

sabba buddhānubhāvena

Answer 64

-

Question 65

sadā sotthi bhavantu te

Answer 65

-

Question 66

ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā

Answer 66

once the blessed one stayed

Question 67

evaṃ me sutaṃ

Answer 67

thus have I heard

Question 68

assutavā puthujjano

Answer 68

worldling who hasn’t heard it

Question 69

ariyānaṃ adassāvī

Answer 69

one who hasn’t seen a worthy one

Question 70

pathaviṃ pathavito sañjānāti, pathaviṃ pathavito saññatvā

Answer 70

he perceives earth as earth, having perceived earth as earth

Question 71

anuttaraṃ

Answer 71

unsurpassable

Question 72

sopi

Answer 72

he too

Question 73

bujjhāti

Answer 73

he realizes/awakens

Question 74

doṇa suttaṃ

Answer 74

Doṇa is the name of a brahmin

Question 75

addasā

Answer 75

so

Question 76

cakkāni

Answer 76

cakras, discs

Question 77

viharati

Answer 77

he lives

Question 78

anāthapiṇḍikassa

Answer 78

dative case; name of a wealthy merchant

Question 79

Bhagavā etadavoca

Answer 79

the blessed one said this

Question 80

desessāmi

Answer 80

I teach you

Question 81

taṃ suṇātha

Answer 81

listen to that

Question 82

sādhukaṃ manasi karotha

Answer 82

reflect well

Question 83

jānato

Answer 83

one who knows

Question 84

passato

Answer 84

one who sees

Question 85

khayaṃ

Answer 85

disappearance

Question 86

yoniso manasikāraṃ

Answer 86

the beginning point of attention

Question 87

uppajjanti

Answer 87

they appear

Question 88

pavaḍḍhanti

Answer 88

they grow

Question 89

anupannā āsavā

Answer 89

unborn cankers

Question 90

sabhasava sutta

Answer 90

discourse on all cankers