- Buddhist Dictionary
- Manual of Buddhist Terms
and Doctrines
by NYANATILOKA MAHATHERA
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gantha: 'ties'. "There are 4
ties: the bodily tie (káyagantha) of covetousness (abhijjhá), of ill-will (vyápáda),
of clinging to rule and ritual (sílabbata-parámása), of dogmatical
fanaticism (idamsaccábhinivesa)" (D. 33). - "These things are ties,
since they tie this mental and material body" (Vis.M. XXII, 54).
garuka-kamma: weighty karma; s.
karma.
gati (lit. 'going'): 'course of
existence', destiny, destination. "There are 5 courses of existence: hell, animal
kingdom, ghost realm, human world, heavenly world" (D. 33; A. XI, 68). Of these, the
first 3 count as woeful courses (duggati, s. apáya), the latter 2 as happy courses
(sugati).
gems, the 3: ti-ratana (q.v.).
generation, the 4 modes of: yoni
(q.v.).
germinating once more: eka-bíjí,
is the name of one of the 3 kinds of Sotápanna (q.v.).
ghosts: cf. peta, yakkha; s.
loka.
giving: dána (q.v.).
gladness: somanassa (q.v.).
- Indulging in g., s. manopavicára.
gnosis: s. indriya (21).
gotrabhú: lit. 'who has entered
the lineage (of the Noble Ones)', i.e. the Matured One.
I. 'Maturity-Moment' (gotrabhú-citta)
is the last of the 4 impulsive moments (javana, q.v.; cf. viññána-kicca)
immediately preceding the entering into an absorption (jhána, q.v.) or into one of
the supermundane paths (s. ariya-puggala, A.). Cf. visuddhi VII.
II. The 'Matured One'. "He who is
endowed with those things, immediately upon which follows the entrance into the noble path
(ariya-magga), this person is called a 'Matured One'." (Pug 10). In the Com. to
this passage it is said: "He who through perceiving Nibbána, leaves behind the whole
multitude of worldlings (puthujjana, q.v.), the family of worldlings, the circle of
worldlings, the designation of a worldling and enters into the multitude of the Noble
Ones, the family of the Noble Ones, the circle of the Noble Ones, and obtains the
designation of a Noble One, such a being is called a Matured One." By this state of
consciousness is meant the lightning-like transitional stage between the state of a
worldling and that of a Sotápanna; s. ariya-puggala. - Gotrabhú is
mentioned in this sense, i.e. as 9th ariyapuggala (q.v.), in A. IX, 10; X, 16.
gotrabhú-ñána: 'Maturity-knowledge';
s. prec. and visuddhi (VII)
gradual instruction: ánupubbíkathá
(q.v.).
grasping: cf. parámása,
upádána.
great man, the 8 thoughts of a:
mahápurisa-vitakka (q.v.).
greed: lobha (q.v.).
greedy consciousness: s. Tab, I,
III. (22-29).
greedy-natured: rága-carita; s.
carita.
grief: domanassa (q.v.) -
Indulging in g. s. manopavicára.
groups: of existence, s. khandha;
corporeal groups, s. rúpa-kalápa; corporeality-group, s. rúpa-káya;
mind-group, s. náma-káya.
growth, bodily: rúpassa
upacaya: s. khandha I.
grudge: s. patigha.
gustatory organ: s. áyatana.