Inner Strength - Access to Insight

100GlossaryI. TermsThe definitions given here are based on the meanings these words have in Ajaan Lee’swritings and sermons. Terms marked with a single asterisk (*) are taken from thestandard chant of the qualities of the Buddha; those with a double asterisk (**), from thechant of the qualities of the Dhamma.ak›liko**: Timeless; unconditioned by time or season.ap›ya: State of deprivation; the four lower levels of existence—rebirth in hell,as a hungry ghost, as an angry demon, or as a common animal. None of thesestates are permanent.arahant: A ‘Worthy One,’ a person whose heart is freed from thefermentations (›sava) of sensuality, states of being, views, and ignorance, andwho is thus not destined for further rebirth. An epithet for the Buddha and thehighest level of his noble disciples.avijj›: Unawareness; ignorance; counterfeit awareness.bhagav›*: Blessed. This word is also related to the verb for ‘divide’ and‘separate,’ and so is sometimes interpreted in that light as well.bh›van›-maya-paññ›: Discernment achieved by developing the mindthrough meditation.brahm›: Inhabitant of the higher, non-sensual levels of heaven.bodhisattva: A being firmly on the path to becoming a Buddha.buddho*: Awake.chabba˚˚a-raºsı: Six-colored radiance or aura. Mentioned usually as anattribute of the Buddha.chalang’upekkh›: Six-factored equanimity, i.e., maintaining equanimitytoward events known through any of the six senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste,touch, and ideation.deva: Inhabitant of any of the heavens of sensual pleasure.dhamma: Event; phenomenon; the way things are in and of themselves; theirinherent qualities; the basic principles that underlie their behavior. Also,principles of behavior that human beings ought to follow so as to fit in with theright natural order of things; qualities of mind they should develop so as torealize the inherent quality of the mind in and of itself. By extension, ‘dhamma’ isused also to refer to any doctrine that teaches such things. Thus the Dhamma of