and/or Terms Used in SnowFlower a HIM suh non- dristi views suh-MA-dee harming (of body, speech, meditative absorption and mind) dhyāna meditation shraddha shrud-HA faith alāyavijnāna store dhārana concentration consciousness sila SHE-luh avidya a-VI-dyuh ignorance things trainings/ ethical precepts (of the true nature of reality and who we are -- not lack dhatu DHA-too realm shunyata shun-YA-tuh of information) emptiness Gautama GOW-tuh-muh Buddhata BOO-da-tah Family name of the Buddha heap Buddha Nature/essence/suchness gatha GA-tuh short shamatha SHA-muh-tuh mindfulness verse to help stopping bo-dee-SAHT- us return to the here and vah great being (one who is now sukha well-being awake) l akshana LAK-shu-nuh sign, /sutta aphoristic bodhichitta the heart and mark sayings mind of awakening; the aspiration to realize anger samyojana sam-YO-juhnuh enlightenment for the sake internal knots of suffering/ of all living beings maitri/metta MY-tree stuck energy/ fetters lovingkindness/love budh bood awake Mahabhuta Four Great Siddhartha Si-DHAR-tuh Elements plus space and name of the Buddha chitta mind In Sanskrit, for consciousness both Hindus and Buddhists, Sakyamuni SAHK-yah-moo- chitta means more than the paramita perfection Thay nee intellectual or rational says that in Chinese it is faculty. It is a very always the sign for 'crossing Tathagata Tuh-TAH-ga-tuh expansive term, which to the other shore'. One who has come from includes heart, spirit, mind, suchness and returns to awareness, sensitivity. prajna wisdom suchness chitta samskara mental formations prajna paramita perfection upeksha u-PEK-shuh of wisdom dukha DOO-kuh ill-being rāgā craving vijnana consciousness dvesha DVEH-shu aversion smriti/ SMRIH-tee/SUH- tee remembering virya effort/diligence (mindfulness) vipāshyana/vipāssana as the Laughing Buddha. action looking deeply “to see samyak pradhana right things as they are”. Anuh-panuh- effort/diligence suh-tee Breath Sutra. samyak samadhi right vritti wave (waves/views of Literally, 'in breath, out meditative concentration the mind/mental activity) breath, remembering' samyag ajiva right livelihood vashana VA-shuh-nuh habit Suh-tee-puh- energy; literally 'aroma' TAH-nuh Four Foundations Sutra Opening Verse (Pali) (that which lingers/habit of Mindfulness Sutra. Four Namo Tassa Bhagavato energy, carried from one Foundations or Fields of Arahato Samma lifetime to another until Remembering Sambuddhassa transformed) “Homage to that Lord, the Bhaddekaratta Bha-deh- worthy one, the perfectly Avalokiteshvara Uhvuh-lo- KAR-uh=tuh Sutra on awakened one.” kee-TESH-vuh-ruh Literally, Knowing the Better Way to 'Lord who looks down' The Live Alone as great really. Bodhisattva of Great Compassion, The One Who The Five Universal Mental Hears the Cries of the Formations World/Divine Mother sparsha contact (Mary,Meera,Amma) manaskara attention vedana feeling Mon-joosh-ree samjna perception The Bodhisattva of Great vijnana volition Wisdom. (consciousness) The Bodhisattva of Great The Activity. Literally, 'universal dukha virtue' trishna nirodha Kshitigarbha Earth Store marga Bodhisattva; Literally, the one who encompasses the arya ashtangika marga earth'. Of the four great in , samyak/samma fully Kshitigarbha is the one with complete, pure, ideal the greatest vow: “If the ('right') Hell is not empty, I will not attain .” (Jizo in samyag drishti right Japanese.) samyak sankalpa right thinking My-TRAY-uh The samyak smriti right Buddha to come/ The mindfulness Buddha of Love. Literally, samyag vac right speech 'the loving one' Also known samyak karmanta right