Four Noble Truths
There is suffering (dukkha-sacca). The Five Aggregates. To be understood.
The origin of suffering (samudaya-sacca). Dependent Origination. To be abandoned.
The cessation of suffering (nirodha-sacca). Nibbana. To be realized.
The way to the cessation of suffering (magga-sacca). Insight-knowledge, Path-knowledge. To be cultivated.
Eightfold Path (sila, samadhi, pañña)
Right View
Right Intentions
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration
The Three Marks (universal characteristics of existence)
Impermanence (anicca)
Suffering (dukkha)
Not-self (anatta)
Satipatthana - The Four Foundations of Mindfulness (frames of reference)
The Contemplation of the Body
The Contemplation of Feeling
The Contemplation of Consciousness
The Contemplation of Dhammas (aka mental qualities or objects)
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
Mindfulness
Investigation of Mental Objects
Energy
Joy
Tranquillity
Concentration
Equanimity
The Four Right Exertions (right effort)
There is the case where a monk generates desire, endeavors, activates persistence, upholds & exerts his intent for the sake of the non-arising of evil, unskillful qualities that have not yet arisen
He generates desire, endeavors, activates persistence, upholds & exerts his intent for the sake of the abandonment of evil, unskillful qualities that have arisen.
He generates desire, endeavors, activates persistence, upholds & exerts his intent for the sake of the arising of skillful qualities that have not yet arisen.
He generates desire, endeavors, activates persistence, upholds & exerts his intent for the maintenance, non-confusion, increase, plenitude, development, & culmination of skillful qualities that have arisen
The Five Strengths
Strength of conviction (faith)
Strength of persistence (energy)
Strength of mindfulness
Strength of concentration
Strength of discernment (wisdom)
The Four Bases of Power
Concentration founded on persistence
Concentration founded on intent
Concentration founded on discrimination
Concentration founded on the fabrications of exertion
The Eight Precepts
I undertake to abstain from harming or killing living beings.
I undertake to abstain from taking what is not given.
I undertake to abstain from erotic behaviour.
I undertake to abstain from false speech.
I undertake to abstain from intoxicating drink and drugs.
I undertake to abstain from eating after midday.
I undertake to abstain from entertainments, beautification and adornments.
I undertake to abstain from using luxurious beds and seats.
The Five Hindrances
Sensual Desire
Ill-will
Sloth and Torpor
Restlessness and Remorse
Skeptical Doubt
The Five Clinging Aggregates (khandas)
Whatever form is past, future, or present; internal or external; blatant or subtle; common or sublime; far or near: that is called the aggregate of form.
Whatever feeling is past, future, or present; internal or external; blatant or subtle; common or sublime; far or near: that is called the aggregate of feeling.
Whatever perception is past, future, or present; internal or external; blatant or subtle; common or sublime; far or near: that is called the aggregate of perception.
Whatever (mental) fabrications are past, future, or present; internal or external; blatant or subtle; common or sublime; far or near: those are called the aggregate of fabrication.
Whatever consciousness is past, future, or present; internal or external; blatant or subtle; common or sublime; far or near: that is called the aggregate of consciousness.
The Four Divine Abodes (Brahma-viharas)
Compassion (karuna)
Lovingkindness (metta)
Sympathetic Joy (mudita)
Equanimity (upekkha)
The Four Requisites
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Medicine
The Ten Perfections (paramis)
1) generosity
2) moral conduct
3) renunciation
4) wisdom
5) energy
6) patience
7) truthfulness
8) determination
9) loving-kindness
10) equanimity
The Four Protections
- recollecting the Buddha's attributes
- recollecting lovingkindness (metta)
- recollecting the loathsomeness (asubha) of the body
- recollecting the certainty of death
The 10 Recollections
1 - Recollection of the Buddha
2 - Recollection of the Dhamma
3 - Recollection of the Sangha
4 - Recollection of Virtue
5 - Recollection of Generosity
6 - Recollection of Divine Beings (i.e. of their qualities)
7 - Recollection of Death
8 - Recollection (or Mindfulness) of the Body
9 - Recollection (or Mindfulness) of Breathing
10 - Recollection of Peace (i.e. of Nibbana)
The 4 Formless Spheres
1: Boundless Space
2: Boundless Consciousness
3: Nothingness
4: Neither-perception-nor-nonperception
The 4 Factors of Stream Entry
1: Association with good people is a factor of stream-entry
2: Listening to the true Dhamma is a factor of stream-entry
3: Appropriate attention is a factor of stream-entry
4: Practice in accordance with the Dhamma is a factor of stream-entry
The 10 Fetters by which Beings are Bound to the Wheel
- self illusion
- skepticism
- attachment to rites and rituals
- sensual lust
- ill-will
- craving for fine-material existence
- craving for immaterial existence
- conceit
- restlessness
- ignorance
The Five Exertions
A monk has conviction, is convinced of the Tathagata's Awakening.
He is free from illness & discomfort, endowed with good digestion — fit for exertion.
He is neither fraudulent nor deceitful.
He keeps his energy aroused for abandoning unskillful mental qualities and taking on skillful mental qualities.
He is endowed with discernment leading to the arising of the goal — the right ending of stress.
The Four Bases of Success (Roads to Power, Iddhipadha)
- Desire to concentrate (chanda)
- Energy (viriya)
- Concentration (citta)
- Investigation (vimamsa)
The Four Characteristics of Dukkha
- Oppression (pilana)
- Conditioned (sankhata)
- Heat and Fire (santapa)
- Change (viparinama)
The Seven Stages of Purification
(I) the purification of morality (sila-visuddhi) is
(II) the purification of mind (citta-visuddhi); its goal:
(III) the purification of view (ditthi-visuddhi); its goal:
(IV) the purification by overcoming doubt (kankhavitarana-visuddhi); its goal:
(V) the purification by knowledge and vision of what is path and not-path (maggamagga-ñanadassana-visuddhi); its goal:
(VI) the purification by knowledge and vision of the path-progress (patipada-ñanadassana-visuddhi); its goal:
(VII) the purification of knowledge and vision (ñanadassana-visuddhi); but the goal of this purification is deliverance freed from all clinging.
The 37 Factors of Enlightenment
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness (contemplation of body, feeling, consciousness, dhammas)
The Four Great Efforts (restraint of the senses, abandonment of defilements, cultivation of enlightenment factors, preservation of concentration)
The Eightfold Path (right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration, right understanding, right wisdom)
The Five Spiritual Faculties (conviction, persistence, mindfulness, concentration, discernment)
The Five Spiritual Strengths (faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, wisdom)
The Four Roads to Power (unbroken desire to concentrate, intention to concentrate, effort while concentrating, investigation of concentration)