Buddhist Romanticism

Gotama: The Buddha’s clan name.
Jhāna: Mental absorption. A state of strong concentration focused on a
single sensation or mental notion. This term is derived from the verb
jhāyati, which means to burn with a steady, still flame.
Kamma: Intentional act. Sanskrit form: Karma.
Khandha: Aggregate; physical and mental phenomena as they are
directly experienced; the raw material for a sense of self: rūpa—
physical form; vedanā—feelings of pleasure, pain, or neither pleasure
nor pain; saññā—perception, mental label; saṅkhāra—fabrication,
thought construct; and viññāṇa—sensory consciousness, the act of
taking note of sense data and ideas as they occur. Sanskrit form:
Skandha.
Māra: The personification of temptation and all forces, within and
without, that create obstacles to release from saṁsāra.
Nibbāna: Literally, the “unbinding” of the mind from passion, aversion,
and delusion, and from the entire round of death and rebirth. As this
term also denotes the extinguishing of a fire, it carries connotations of
stilling, cooling, and peace. “Total nibbāna” in some contexts denotes
the experience of awakening; in others, the final passing away of an
arahant. Sanskrit form: Nirvāṇa.
Papañca: Objectification—thinking that derives from the perception, “I
am the thinker,” and lead to conflict.
Paṭicca-samuppāda: Dependent co-arising; dependent origination. A map
showing the way ignorance and craving interact with the aggregates
(khandha) and sense media (āyatana) to bring about stress and
suffering. As the interactions are complex, there are several different
versions of paṭicca samuppāda given in the suttas. In the most
common one, the map starts with ignorance. In another common one,
the map starts with the mutual dependence between name (mental
activities—nāma) and form (physical data(rūpa) on the one hand, and
sensory consciousness on the other.
Pāli: The language of the oldest extant Canon of the Buddha’s teachings.
Pāṭimokkha: Basic code of monastic discipline, composed of 227 rules for
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