Forest Path - Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

236 forest path
majjhima:
middle; a monk of from five to ten years standing.
Majjhima Nikàya: Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha,
part of the Theravàda Pàli scriptures.
Màra:
mettà:
mudità:
nàvaka:
nekkhamma:
Nibbàna:
nimitta:
opanayiko:
paccataÿ:
Pàli:
pa¤¤à:
pansa (Thai):
pàràmã:
Parinibbàna:
Pàñimokkha:
the personification of evil, temptation; a demon.
loving-kindness.
empathetic joy.
new — a monk of less than five years standing.
renunciation.
the goal of Buddhist practice, the end of suffering.
See samàdhi nimittà.
a quality of Dhamma, leading onward.
individually experienced. (A quality of Dhamma.)
ancient scriptural language of Theravàda
Buddhism.
wisdom based on understanding the Four Noble
Truths.
the Rainy Season — also called vassa in Pàli.
accumulated virtues which manifest as skills, talents
or predilections.
The passing away of the Buddha into Nibbàna.
the 227 rules of conduct for bhikkhus.
pha kow (Thai): literally ‘white cloth’ — an eight precept layman
who shaves his head, wears white and lives in the
monastery. In the western monasteries, called
anagàrika, from the Pàli meaning ‘homeless one’.
rai (Thai):
an area of land just less than half an acre.