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Buddhist Dictionary
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water-element:
ápo-dhátu (s. dhátu).
water-kasina,
white-k., wind-k.: s. kasina.
weighty
karma: garuka-kamma (s. karma).
wheel
of existence: s. samsára, vatta.
wheel
of the law: dhamma-cakka (q.v.).
will:
cetaná (q.v.).
wind-element:
váyo-dhátu (s. dhátu).
wisdom:
paññá (q.v.).
woeful
courses (of existence): duggati (s. gati).
world,
the 3-fold: loka (q.v.).
worldling:
puthujjana (q.v.).
worldly:
lokiya (q.v.).
worldly
conditions, the 8: loka-dhamma (q.v.).
world-period,
formation, dissolution: s. kappa.
wrongnesses,
the 10: micchatta (q.v.).
wrong
path: micchá-magga (q.v.).
wrong
understanding (or view), w. thought, w. speech; etc: s.
micchá-magga.
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yakkha:
in popular belief, a kind of ghost, goblin. or ogre.
yáma-deva:
are a kind of heavenly beings of the sensuous world; s.
deva.
yamaka-pátiháriya:
'twin miracle'. "There the Perfect One performed the
twin miracle unattainable to any disciple: from the upper part
of his body a flame sprang forth, and from the lower part a
stream of water. etc.'' (Pts.M. I, 125 f.); App.
yathá-bhúta-ñána-dassana:
'the knowledge and vision according to reality', is one
of the 18 chief kinds of insight (vipassaná, q.v.).
yathákammúpaga-ñána:
'knowledge of rebirth according to one's actions'; s. abhiññá
(4).
yathásanthatik'anga:
'the practice of being satisfied with whatever dwelling', is
one of the ascetical means of purification; s. dhutanga
(12).
yoga:
'yokes, bonds', is another name for the 4 cankers (ásava,
q.v.) .
yogávacara
= yogi: 'one devoted to mental training,' is in Vis.M. the
usual name for the disciple cultivating mental concentration
(App.).
yokes:
yoga, q.v.
yoni:
'modes of generation.' There are 4 generation from the egg,
from the mother's womb, from moisture, and spontaneous rebirth
(opapátika, q.v.) in heaven, hell, etc. Explained in
M. 12.
yoniso
manasikára: 'thorough attention' or wise consideration':
s. manasikára.
youth-infatuation:
s. mada.
yuganaddha:
s. samatha-vipassaná, last paragraph.
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