- Buddhist Dictionary
- Manual of Buddhist Terms
and Doctrines
by NYANATILOKA MAHATHERA
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earnestness: appamáda (q.v.).
earth-element: s. dhátu
(I).
eating, knowing the measure in bhojane
mattaññutá (q.v.).
effort, the 4 right e.: samma-ppadhána;
s. padhána. Right e. s. sacca (IV 6), magga (6) . - 5
elements of e.: padhániyanga (q.v.).
ego-entity: attá (q.v.).
ego-belief: s. ditthi,
sakkáya-ditthi, vipallása.
ego-idea, ego-perception: s. vipallása.
egolessness: anattá (q.v.).
eightfold path: s. magga.
eka-bíjí: 'germinating only
once more', is the name for one of the 3 kinds of Stream-winners: s. Sotápanna.
ekásanik'anga: the exercise of
eating at one sitting, is one of the ascetic practices; s. dhutanga.
eka-vokára-bhava: one-group
existence, is the existence of the unconscious beings (asañña-satta, q.v.) as
they possess only the corporeality-group. Cf. catu-vokára-bhava, pañca-vokára-bhava.
elasticity (of corporeality,
mental factors or consciousness): mudutá; s. khandha (Corporeality I.B.)
and Tab. II.
elders, the teaching of the: Theraváda
(q.v.).
elements: dhátu (q.v.). -
Analysis of the 4 e.: dhátu-vavatthána (q.v.).
emotion: 8 sources of e.: samvega-vatthu
(q.v.). The 4 places rousing emotion; samvejaníya-tthána (q.v.).
emptiness: suññatá
(q.v.). - Contemplation of e.: suññatánupassaná. - For emptiness of
self, pertaining to the 4 truths, s. sacca.
ends: 'attaining two ends
simultaneously'; sama-sísí (q.v.).
energy: viriya (q.v.);
further s. bojjhanga, bala, páramí.
enlightened one, the: Buddha; s. sammá-sambuddha.
enlightenment: bodhi
(q.v.). - The 7 elements of e.: bojjhanga (q.v.). - A being destined for e.:
Bodhisatta (q.v.).
enthusiasm: píti (q.v.).
envy: issá (q.v.).
equality-conceit: s. mána.
equanimity: upekkhá
(q.v.) = tatra-majjhattatá (q.v.). - Knowledge consisting in e. with regard
to all formations, s. visuddhi (VI, 8). - Indulging in e., s. manopavicára.
equilibrium of mental faculties: indriya-samatta
(q.v.).
escape: nissarana (s. pahána).
eternity: cf. kappa.
eternity-belief: sassata-ditthi;
s. ditthi.
exertion: see padhána, viriya,
magga (6). - Reaching Nibbána with or without e.; s. Anágámi.
existence: bhava (q.v.) -
The 5 groups of e.: khandha (q.v.) - The 4 substrata of e.: upadhi
(q.v.). - Courses of e.: gati (q.v.). - Wheel of e.: samsára
(q.v.). - Craving for e.: bhava-tanhá; s. tanhá; - The 3
characteristics of e.: ti-lakkhana (q.v.).
expression (bodily and verbal): s. viññatti.
extinction: s. nirodha; - of
craving: tanhakkhaya (q.v.).
extremes: the two e. and the
middle path; s. majjhima-patipadá.
eye: 5 kinds, s. cakkhu.
- Visual organ, s. áyatana.
eye-consciousness: cakkhu-viññána;
s. dhátu, khandha.
eye-organ: s. áyatana.