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The Four Noble Truths Three Poisons /De fil ements (Kilesas)

1. Dukkha exists – unsatis fac tor iness, suffering, discont ent, stress (to 1. Greed (lobha) – mindful ness transforms this into Faith be Investi gated) 2. Avers ion /ha tred (dosa) – mindful ness transforms this into discri‐ 2. The cause or origin of dukkha is craving (tanha- lit. thirst) or mina ting Wisdom clinging (to be Abandoned) 3. Delusion (moha) – mindful ness transforms this into Equanimity 3. Dukkha ceases with the relinqu ish ment of that craving (to be (Kilesas – lit. torments of the mind) Realized) 4. The path leading to the cessation of dukkha is the Noble Eightfold Three Refuges (Triple Gem, Three Jewels) Path (to be Developed) 1. Buddha – both the historical Buddha and one’s own innate potential for Awakening The Eightfold Path (ariya- magga) 2. Dhamma – the Buddha’s teaching of liberation and the ultimate Wisdo m/D isc ern ment (pañña) Truth towards which it points 1. Wise or Right View/Un der sta nding (samma- dit thi) 3. Sangha – the monastic community, those who have achieved at 2. Wise or Right Intenti on/ Res olve (sammá- san kappa) least some degree of Awakening, and more recently the community Virtue (sila) of followers of the Buddhist path (tradit ion ally called the Parisa) 3. Wise or Right Speech (sammá- vácá) 4. Wise or Right Action (sammá- kam manta) Three Types of Dukkha 5. Wise or Right Livelihood (sammá– ájíva) 1. Dukkha as pain (dukkha –du kkh ata) – body or mental pain Conce ntr ati on/ Med ita tion (samadh i) 2. Dukkha that is inherent in formation (sankha ra- duk kha ta) – 6. Wise or Right Effort (samma- vay ama) mainten ance of body and things, oppressive nature of continuous 7. Wise or Right Mindful ness (samma- sati) upkeep 8. Wise or Right Concent ration (samma- sam adhi) 3. Dukkha of change (vipari nam a-d ukk hat a) – pleasant and happy conditions in life are not permanent Three Charact eri stics of Existence

1. Imper man ence (anicca) Success (Iddhip ada) 2. Unsat isf act ori ness (dukkha) 1. Desire (chanda) 3. Not-self (anatta) – empty of inherent existence; not “me”, 2. Persi ste nce /En erg y/E ffort (viriya) “myself”, nor “what I am” 3. Inten tion, Mind, Thought ful ness (citta) Nirvana is attained when we are at peace with the three princip les. 4. Inves tig ati on/ Dis cri min ation (vimamsa or panna)

Three Pillars of Dhamma (dharma) Four Brahma- vih aras (Highest Attitud es/ Emo tions) 1. Gener osity (dana) 1. Lovin gki ndn ess, good-will (metta) :: Near enemy – attachm ent; 2. Moral restraint (sila) far enemy – hatred. 3. Medit ation (bhavan a) – consists of Concent ration (samadhi) & 2. Compa ssion (karuna ): Near enemy – pity; far enemy – cruelty Mindful ness (sati) 3. Sympa thetic joy, Appreci ation (mudita ), joy at the good fortune Grounds for Making Merit of others: Near enemy – compari son ,hy poc risy, insince rity, joy for others but tinged with identif ica tion (my team, my child); far enemy – envy 4. Equan imity (upekkh a): Near enemy – indiffe rence; far enemy – anxiety, greed

Heavenly or sublime abodes (best home). Near enemy is a quality that can masquerade as the original, but is not the original. Far enemy is the opposite quality.

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Four Foundat ions of Mindful ness Four Taints

1 Mindf ulness of the body (kaya) Obstruc tions to Enlight enment (most suttas don’t include the 4th 2. Mindf ulness of feeling (vedana) - pleasant, unpleas ant, neutral; taint) initial reactions to sensory input 1. Attachment to sensuality 3. Mindf ulness of mind/co nsc iou sness (citta), of the mind-st ates, 2. Aattach ment to existen ce/to becoming moods (greed, aversion, delusion and their opposites) 3. Ignorance of the dhamma (of the way things are) 4. Mindf ulness of mind objects -me ntal events (dharma s); Five 4. Attachment to opinion s/v iews categories of dhammas: Five hindran ces, Five aggrega tes, 6 sense ( most Suttas do not include this one-Abh idh amma does) bases, Seven factors of enlight enm ent, Four Noble Truths Four Taints, effluents, intoxic ants, ferment ati ons, cankers, defilem ents (asavas) Four Form Jhanas (rupa jhanas)

Four Form Jhanas (rupa jhanas) or Meditative Absorpt ions Five Aggregates (khandhas or skandas or heaps) 1. First Jhana, charact erized by intense pleasure, has five jhanic Physical and mental components of the persona lity (ego) and of factors: applied thought (vittaka), sustained thought (vi cara), joy (piti), sensory experience in general happiness (sukha), one-poi nte dnesss (ekkagata) 1. Form/ phy sical phenomena, body (rupa ) 2. Second Jhana, charact erized by joy, has 3 factors: joy (piti), 2. Feeling (vedana ) pleasant, unpleas ant, neutral. Feelings arise happiness (sukha) , and one–poi nte dness (ekkagata) when there is contact between the 6 internal organs and the 6 3. Third Jhana, charact erized by content ment, has 2 factors: external objects: (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind & corresp on‐ content ment and one-poi nte dness (ekkagata) ding: sight, sound, odor, taste touch, mental object) 4. Fourth Jhana, charact erized by equanimity and stillness, has 1 3. Perce ption (sañña) – recogni tion factor: one-poi nte dness (ekkagata) 4. Mental Formations (sankha ra) – includes mental states, Four Form Jhanas (rupa jhanas) or Meditative Absorpt ions emotions, volition (fabric ati ons) 5. Consc iou sness (viññan a) – grasps the charact eri stics of the 6 Four Heavenly Messengers external objects

1. An old person Five Faculties (indriya) 2. A sick person 3. A corpse Faith & Wisdom balance each other, as do Energy & Concent rat ion. 4. A wandering monk The Five Faculties are ‘contro lling’ faculties because they control or master their opposites. Four Right Efforts (sammap pad hana) 1. Faith (saddha) – controls doubt 2. Energ y/E ffo rt/ Per sis tence (viriya) – controls laziness 1. Not to let an unwhole som e- unskillful thought arise, which has 3. Mindf ulness (sati) – controls heedles sness not yet arisen- Gua rding 4. Conce ntr ation (samadh i) – controls distrac tion 2. Not to let an unwhole some - unskillful thought continue, which 5. Wisdom (panna) / Discern ment – controls ignorance has already arisen- Aba ndon 3. To make a wholeso me - skillful thought arise, which has not yet Five Faculties (indriya) and Five Strengths or Powers arisen- Dev elop The faculties and powers are two aspects of the same thing. 4.To make a wholeso me - skillful thought continue, which has already arisen- Sus tain

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Five Hindrances (Nivarana) Six Senses

1. Sensual Desire (kámacc han da) Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Tasting, Touching, Thinking 2. Aversion or Ill-will (vyápád a) 3. Sleep ine ss – sloth (thina), torpor (middha), sluggis hness The Ten Perfect ions (Pāramitā) 4. Restl ess ness – worry about the future, regret of the past, anxiety 1. Gener osity (dana) (uddhac ca- kuk kucca) 2. Morality (sila) - virtue, integrity 5. Doubt (viciki cch á) (skeptical doubt) 3. Renun cia tion (nekkha mma) 4. Wisdom (pañña) Five Precepts 5. Energ y/S tre ngth (viriya) - effort To refrain from killing 6. Patience (khanti) To refrain from stealing (taking that which is not offered) 7. Truth ful ness (sacca) To refrain from sexual misconduct 8. Resol ution – determi nation (adhitt han a) To refrain from lying, harsh speech, idle speech, and slander 9. Lovin gki ndness (metta) To refrain from taking intoxic ants that cloud the mind and cause 10.Eq uan imity (upekkh a) heedles sness Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood

Five Daily Recolle ctions Seven Factors of Enlight enment (bojjha nga) 1. I am of the nature to grow old; I cannot avoid aging. Neutr al 2. I am of the nature to become ill or injured; I cannot avoid illness or 1. Mindf ulness (sati) - Arousing injury 2. Inves tig ation of Phenomena (dhamma vicaya) - Wisdom 3. I am of the nature to die; I cannot avoid death. Factor: seeing anicca, anatta, dukkha; how mind body operates 4. All that is mine, dear and delight ful, will change and vanish. 3. Energ y/E ffort (viriya) 5. I am the owner of my actions; 4. Rapture, Joy-int ense interest in object (piti) - Calming I am born of my actions; 5. Calm/ Tra nqu ility (passad dhi) I am related to my actions; 6. Conce ntr ation (samadh i) I am supported by my actions; 7. Equan imity (upekkh a) Any thoughts, words or deeds I do, good or evil, those I will inherit. Three arousing, Three calming, mindful ness is neutral

Five Things that lead to Awakening

1. Admir able friends 2. Sila (morality, virtue) 3. Hearing the dharma 4. Exert ion. Effort in abandoning unskillful qualities and cultiva ting skillful ones 5. Aware ness of Imperma nence (anicca) – Insight into imperm‐ anence

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Eight Worldly Dhammas (Condit ions, Concerns) Twelve Links of Dependent Origina tion

These conditions are inconstant & imperma nent. The doctrine of the conditi ona lity of all physical & mental •Gain & Loss phenomena; how ignorance conditions old age,dis ease and death •Plea sure & Pain From ignorance (avijja) come karma formati ons /fa bri cat ion s/v ol‐ •Praise & Blame itional formations (sankhara) •Fame & Disrepute (status /di sgr ace) From karma formations comes conscio usness (viññana) From conscio usness comes mind and matter (nama-r upa) Ten Fetters (samyoj ana) From mind and matter come the six senses (salaya tana) From the six senses comes contact (phassa) 1. Self- ide ntity beliefs From contact comes feeling (vedana) 2. Doubt From feeling comes craving (tanha) 3. Clinging to rites & rituals From craving comes clinging (upadana) 4. Sensual craving From clinging comes becomin g/e xis tence (bhava) 5. Ill will From becomin g/e xis tence comes birth (jati) 6. Attac hment to the form From birth, then aging & death 7. Attac hment to formless phenomena 8. Conce it (mána, literally measuri ng-as measuring oneself and Twelve Links of Dependent Origina tion- comparing to others)- (a subtle sense of self) Dependent Co-arising (Paticc a-S amu ppada) 9. Restl ess ness 10. Ignor ance (with regard to the Four Noble Truths) Twelve Links of Transce nde ntal Dependent Arising

Twelve Links of Transce nde ntal Dependent Arising Four Stages of Enlight enment 1. Suffe ring (dukkha) 1. The Stream- ent erer (sotapa nna) - has eradicated the first three 2. Faith (saddha) fetters; will be enlight ened in Seven lives or less (cognit ive, unders‐ 3. Joy (pamojj a) tand ing) 4. Rapture (piti) 2. The Once-re turner (sakada gam i) has eradicated the first three & 5. Tranq uility (passad dhi) weakened the fourth and fifth (affect ive, emotional) 6. Happi ness (sukha) 3. The Non-ret urner (anagam i) has eradicated the first five fetters 7. Conce ntr ation (samadh i) 4. The Arahat has eradicated all ten fetters. (transc end ent -has 8. Knowl edge & vision of things as they are (yathab hut aña na‐ eliminated attachment to altered states) dass ana) 9. Disen cha ntment (nibbid a) Note: The first 3 fetters are cognitive (unders tan ding), the next 2 are 10. Dispassion (viraga) affective (emotio nal), the last 5 are Transce ndent 11. Emancip ation (vimutt i) 12. Knowl edge of destruc tion of the cankers (asavak khaye ñana)

This continues from the 12 “mundane” links of dependent origina tion, the last one being dukkha (or suffering) instead of “birth, aging and death”.

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37 Factors of Enlight enment Five NIKAYAS (Discou rses) (cont)

37 Factors of Enlight enment or Wings of Awakening Consists of 15 “books” (17 in the Thai edition; 18 in the Burmese), (bodhip akk hiy a-d hammá) The set of teachings that the Buddha including the Dhammapada (Path of Dhamma,) Therigatha (Verses himself said formed the heart of his message: of the Elder Nuns), Theragatha (Verses of the Elder Monks), Sutta •Four Foundat ions of Mindful ness (satipa tth ana) Nipata, Udana, Itivutt aka, Jataka stories, etc. •Four Right Efforts (sammap pad hana) The Sutta Pitaka, the second division of the Tipitaka, consists of over •Four Bases of Power (iddhip ada) 10,000 suttas, or discour ses, delivered by the Buddha and his close •Five Faculties (indriya) disciples during the Buddha’s forty-five year teaching career, as well •Five Strengths (bala) as verses by other members of the Sangha. •Seven Factors of Enlight enment (bojjha nga) •Eight Fold Path (ariya- magga)

37 Factors of Enlight enment or Wings of Awakening (bodhip akk hiy a-d hammá)

Five NIKAYAS (Discou rses)

1. Digha Nikaya – The “Long” Discourses Consists of 34 suttas, including the Maha-sa tip att hana Sutta (The Greater Discourse on the Foundat ions of Mindful nes s-D N22), the Samañña phala Sutta (The Fruits of the Contemp lative Life-DN2), the Maha-pa rin ibbana Sutta (The Buddha’s Last Days-DN16) 2. Majjhima Nikaya – The “Middle -le ngth” Discourses Consists of 152 suttas, including the Sabbasava Sutta (All the Taints/ Fer men tat ion s-MN 2), Cula-ka mma vib hanga Sutta (Shorter Exposition of Kamma-MN 135), the Anapana sati Sutta (Mindfu lness of Breathi ng- MN1 18), Kayagat asati Sutta (Mindfu lness of the Body- MN 119), Satipat thana Sutta (Founda tions of Mindful nes s-M N10), the Angulimala Sutta (MN86) 3. Samyutta Nikaya – The “Connected or Grouped” Discourses Consists of 2,889 shorter suttas grouped together by theme into 56 samyuttas. 4. Angut tara Nikaya – The Numerical or “Furthe r-f act ored” Discourses Consists of 8,777 short suttas, grouped together into eleven nipatas according to the number of items of Dhamma covered in each sutta. (Book of ones to Book of elevens) 5. Khuddaka Nikaya – The “Division of Short Books”