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1. Early Buddhist Schools	(another name for Early Schools)	2
2. Early Schools	EARLY SCHOOLS: The teachings of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni traditionally formed the basis for …	2
3. Earnestness	appamāda.	1
4. Earth Element	s. dhātu (I).	1
5. Earthly Realms	Earthly Realms Manusyaloka (Tib: mi) and – This is the world of humans and human like …	1
6. Eastern Buddhism	EASTERN BUDDHISM Neutral term for the Buddhism of the East Asian countries (China, Korea, Vietnam, J…	1
7. Easy Path Of Practice	Refers to Pure Land practice. The Easy Path involves reliance on the power of the Buddhas and Bodhis…	2
8. Eating	When eating, a bhikkhu should: eat his food methodically, from one side of the bowl to the other…	2
9. Eberhart Julius Dietrich Conze	(another name for Edward Conze)	1
10. Edicts Of Ashoka	The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulde…	1
11. Edward Conze	Eberhart (Edward) Julius Dietrich Conze (1904 - 1979) was an Anglo German scholar probably best know…	1
12. Effort	See Vigor.	3
13. Effort Of Control	effort of: s. padhāna.	1
14. Ego	The pattern of conditioned habits that we mistake for a sense of self	4
15. Ego Belief	s. ditthi, sakkāya-ditthi, vipallāsa.	1
16. Ego Entity	attā (q.v.).	1
17. Ego Idea	s. vipallāsa.	1
18. Ego Perception	(another name for Ego Idea)	1
19. Egolessness	anattā.	1
20. Eight Attainments	'The 8 a.'; s. samāpatti.	1
21. Eight Auspicious Signs	(another name for Eight Auspicious Symbols)	3
22. Eight Auspicious Symbols	The Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism - A Study in Spiritual Evolution A constant intriguing f…	3
23. Eight Divisions Of Gods And Dragons	Devas (gods), Nagas (Dragons) and others of eight divisions (classes): deva, nagas, yakas, ganharvas…	2
24. Eight Freedoms And Ten Endowments	Eight freedoms from impediment to spiritual practice and ten special conditions for spiritual practi…	1
25. Eight Great Sons	The eight principal Mahayana disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni: Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani, …	1
26. Eight Liberations	The Eight Liberations are a Buddhist meditation practice to eliminate all attachments.	1
27. Eight Masteries	The Eight Masteries are Buddhism meditation exercises that master the senses.	1
28. Eight Moral Rules	(another name for Five Moral Rules)	1
29. Eight Negations	The eight negations of Nagarjuna, founder of Madhyamika, are actually four pairs of neither birth no…	2
30. Eight Precepts	They are: 1 no killing 2 no stealing 3 no sexual misconduct 4 no false speech 5 no alcoholic dr…	3
31. Eight Signs Of Dissolution	Internal signs that the inner winds are dissolving within the central channel. For a detailed descri…	1
32. Eight Sufferings	(1) Suffering of Birth; (2) Suffering of Old Age; (3) Suffering of Sickness; (4) Suffering of Death;…	3
33. Eight Thoughts Of A Great Man	the 8 thoughts of a: mahāpurisa-vitakka.	1
34. Eight Unfree States	Eight states into which we can be reborn. They are: rebirth as a hell being, rebirth as a hungry gho…	1
35. Eight Verses Of Training The Mind	Lojong Tsig Gyema in Tibetan. Composed by Bodhisattva Langri Tangpa in the eleventh century, this te…	1
36. Eight Winds	Winds of Eight Directions. Most people are usually moved by the winds of the eight directions: (1) P…	2
37. Eight Worldly Concerns	The objects of the eight worldly concerns are happiness and suffering, wealth and poverty, praise an…	1
38. Eight Worldly Conditions	The Eight Worldly Conditions were named by the Buddha and recorded in the Lokavipatti Sutta of the P…	1
39. Eight Worldly Vicissitudes	According to the Buddha, we will experience these vicissitudes throughout lives, no matter what our …	1
40. Eighteen Different Characters	There are eighteen different characters of a Buddha as compared with all other beings in the Nine Re…	1
41. Eighteen Fields	The Six Consciousness and the Twelve Bases are together called the Eighteen Fields.	1
42. Eighteen Sects Of Hinayana	1 Mahasanghikah is divided into eight schools: Ekavyavaharikah Lokottaravadinah Kaukkutikah (Go…	1
43. Eightfold Path	The eight right ways leading to the cessation of sufferings. Right View; Right Thou…	12
44. Eightfold Way	(another name for Eightfold Path)	12
45. Eisai Zenji	Eisai Zenji also Myōan Eisai (Yōsai) or Senkō (Zenkō) Kokushi, 1141–1215; Japanese Zen …	1
46. Eja Sutta	Two suttas on the evils of passion (eja) and the ways of getting rid of it. S.iv.64-6.	1
47. Eka Bījī	'germinating only once more', is the name for one of the 3 kinds of Stream-winners: s. Sot…	1
48. Eka Sutta	Neither beauty, nor wealth, nor kin, nor sons, nor virtue, can avail a woman who is mastered by a ma…	1
49. Eka Vokāra Bhava	one-group existence, is the existence of the unconscious beings (asañña-satta) as they…	1
50. Ekaayana Magga	(another name for Ekayana Magga)	1
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51. Ekabala	A kingdom in Jambudipa, whose king was Sankhapala. Once the king raised a large army and Mahosadhas …	1
52. Ekabbohara	One of the divisions of the Mahasanghikas (Dpv.v.40; Mhv.v.4). They were so called because they he…	1
53. Ekabhinna Sutta	See Ekabiji Sutta.	1
54. Ekabiji Sutta	On the five controlling powers (indriyani) - faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and insigh…	1
55. Ekacakkhu	A city of Jambudipa, where reigned Kambalavasana (or Kambalavasabha) and his descendants, thirty two…	1
56. Ekacampakapupphiya		0
57. Ekacariya	An arahant. One hundred thousand kappas ago, when in Tavatimsa, he heard sounds of great excitemen…	1
58. Ekachattiya	An arahant. In the time of Atthadassi he was an ascetic with a large following, living on the bank…	1
59. Ekacintita	1. Ekacintita - Sixteen kappas ago there were eighteen kings of this name. They were previous birt…	1
60. Ekadamsaniya	An arahant. In the time of Atthadassi Buddha, he was named Narada Kesava. He heard the Buddha pr…	1
61. Ekadhamma Peyyala	Two groups of suttas in which various things are mentioned singly, each of them being given as a con…	1
62. Ekadhamma Sutta	1. Ekadhamma Sutta - There is no other single condition which, when developed, is conducive to the…	1
63. Ekadhamma Vagga	1. Ekadhamma Vagga - The sixteenth chapter of the Eka nipata of the Anguttara Nikaya. It contains …	1
64. Ekadhammasavaniya	1. Ekadhammasavaniya Thera - He was the son of a banker in Setavya and he went to see the Buddha w…	1
65. Ekadhammika	See Ekadhammasavaniya (1).	1
66. Ekadhitu Sutta	A devout lay sister should admonish her only daughter to be like Khujjuttara or Velukantakiya Nandam…	1
67. Ekadipi	The abode of Ekadipiya when he was born in the deva world. There were always one hundred thousand li…	1
68. Ekadipiya	1. Ekadipiya Thera - An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he kept a lamp lighted all night near the …	1
69. Ekadussadayaka	An arahant. In the time of Padumuttara Buddha be was a grass cutter of Hamsavati and gave to the B…	1
70. Ekadvairika	See Ekadvara.	1
71. Ekadvara	A vihara built by King Subha to the east of Anuradhapura, at the foot of the Ekadvarika pabbata. Mhv…	1
72. Ekagattaa Rammana	(another name for Ekaggatarammana)	1
73. Ekaggata	One pointedness (of mind) concentration.	5
74. Ekaggatarammana	Singleness of preoccupation; "one pointedness." In meditation, the mental quality …	1
75. Ekahavapi	One of the tanks built by Parakkamabahu I. Cv.lxxix.28.	1
76. Ekajjha	A king of fifty seven kappas ago; a previous birth of Phaladayaka Thera (Ap.i.239).	1
77. Ekakkharakosa	A well known Pali vocabulary, composed in the sixteenth century by Saddhammakitti, pupil of Ariyavam…	1
78. Ekamandariya	An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he was a youth in Tavatimsa and, seeing the Buddha Vipassi in sama…	1
79. Ekanala	A brahmin village near Dakkhinagiri, to the south of Rajagaha. Once, during the eleventh year of h…	1
80. Ekanalika	A famine that broke out in Ceylon during the time of King Kuncanaga. The people were reduced to very…	1
81. Ekanjalika	1. Ekanjalika: A king of fourteen kappas ago, a previous birth of Ekanjaliya Thera. Ap.i.236. 2. Ek…	1
82. Ekanjaliya	1. Ekanjaliya Thera - An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he provided a place of residence for the B…	1
83. Ekantadukkhi	and Ekantasukhi Sutta - Two suttas dealing with the respective views that after death the self is sh…	1
84. Ekantaka Sutta	See Janapada and Sedaka Sutta.	1
85. Ekapada Jataka	Once the Bodhisatta was born as a rich merchant in Benares. One day his son, sitting on his lap, a…	1
86. Ekapadumiya	An arahant. In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a king of swans, and seeing the Buddha near the…	1
87. Ekapanna Jataka	The Bodhisatta was once a brahmin ascetic of great iddhi power and dwelt in the Himalaya. One day …	1
88. Ekapannita	See Ekaphusita.	1
89. Ekapassita	Sixty two kappas ago there were three kings of this name, all previous births of Alambanadayaka Ther…	1
90. Ekapattadayaka	An arahant. In the past, ninety one kappas ago, he was a potter of Hamsavati, and once gave a well…	1
91. Ekaphusita	A king of twenty six kappas ago, a previous birth of Saccasannaka Thera. v.l. Ekapannita. Ap.i.209.	1
92. Ekapindadayika Theri	An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago she was the wife of King Bandhuma, of Bandhumati. Wishing to do …	1
93. Ekapuggala Sutta	A group of suttas on the uniqueness of the Tathagata (A.i.22f). The sutta is quoted in the Kathavatt…	1
94. Ekapuggala Vagga	The thirteenth chapter of the Eka Nipata of the Anguttara Nikaya. It consists of seven suttas, six o…	1
95. Ekapundarika	1. Ekapundarika - A paribbajakarama, the residence of Vacchagotta (M.i.481f ).It was near the Kuta…	1
96. Ekapupphiya	An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he was a Pisaca at the southern gate of the city (Bandhumati?), an…	1
97. Ekaputtika Brahmadatta	King of Benares. He had only one son, of whom he was extremely fond. One day when the king was enj…	1
98. Ekaraja	1. Ekaraja - King of Benares. He was the Bodhisatta. A minister, whom he expelled on the ground of…	1
99. Ekaraja Jataka	The story of Ekaraja (1). For the circumstances relating to the story see Seyyamsa Jataka. …	1
100. Ekasala	A Brahmin village in the Kosala kingdom. The Buddha once stayed there, and when a large congregati…	1
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101. Ekasanadayaka	1. Ekasanadayaka Thera - An arahant. In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was an ascetic named Nar…	1
102. Ekasanadayika Theri	An arahant. She is evidently identical with Ubbiri Theri (q.v. for her story of the past).	1
103. Ekāsanik Anga	the exercise of eating at one sitting, is one of the ascetic practices; s. dhutanga.	1
104. Ekasanika	One of the Thirteen Dhutaygas. The Pali word "ekasanika" means "the one …	1
105. Ekasanika Sutta	On the five classes of monks who practise the ekasanikanga. A.iii.220.	1
106. Ekasankhiya	An arahant. In the past, when a festival was being held in honour of Vipassis Bodhi tree, be blew a …	1
107. Ekasannaka	1. Ekasannaka Thera - An arahant. In the past he gave a meal to a monk named Khanda, a disciple of…	1
108. Ekasataka	A very poor brahmin who lived in the time of Vipassi Buddha. He was so called because he and his w…	1
109. Ekassara	A king of ninety four kappas ago; a previous birth of Kisalayapujaka Thera. Ap.i.200.	1
110. Ekatthambha Pasada	One of the buildings erected by Parakkamabahu I. It rose sheer from the ground and was crowned…	1
111. Ekavajjaka Brahmadatta	A king. He was extremely obliging, and would grant an interview to any who desired it, no matter w…	1
112. Ekavandiya	An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he saw the Buddha Vessabhu and, with devout heart, worshipped him.…	1
113. Ekavihariya	1. Ekavihariya Thera - An arahant. In the time of Kassapa Buddha he entered the Order and dwelt in…	1
114. Ekavyaharaka	The Ekavyaharaka school of Buddhism split from the Mahasamghikas during the reign of Asoka. The Ekav…	1
115. Ekavyavaharika	Ekavyavaharika in Sanskrit, Ekabyohara in Pali. One of the Hinayana sect, a branch of Mahasanghikah,…	1
116. Ekayana Magga	A unified path; a direct path. An epithet for the practice of being mindful of the four frames of re…	1
117. Ekuddana	An arahant. He was the son of a wealthy brahmin of Savatthi, and being convinced of the Buddhas ma…	1
118. Ekuddaniya	(another name for Ekuddana)	1
119. Ekunavisatipanha	The section of the Maha Ummagga Jataka which deals with the nineteen questions solved by Mahosadha w…	1
120. Ekuposathika Theri	Arahant. In the past she was a slave girl, a water carrier in the city of Bandhumati. Seeing the K…	1
121. Ekuttara	See Anguttara.	1
122. Elakamara	King of Benares. The king of Kosala invaded his fathers kingdom and, having killed the king, took …	1
123. Elara	King of Anuradhapura (145-101 B.C.) He was a native of Cola, and having come to Ceylon, overpowere…	1
124. Elasticity	(of corporeality, mental factors or consciousness): mudutā; s. khandha (Corporeality I.B.) and Tab.I…	1
125. Element	(Tib. kham) The nature of any phenomenon. All phenomena hold their own natures, which are all includ…	1
126. Elemental Purity	the elements of the effort for: pārisuddhipadhāniyanga.	1
127. Elements	(Tib. jung wa) Earth, water, fire, wind, and space. All matter can be said to be composed of a combi…	3
128. Eleyya	A raja, probably of Magadha. He was a devout follower of Uddaka Ramaputta. In his retinue were Yamak…	1
129. Emanation	Animate or inanimate form manifested by Buddhas or high Bodhisattvas to benefit others.	1
130. Emanation Body	aE NirmanakayaaE in Sanskrit. A gross Form Body of a Buddha that can be seen by ordinary beings. The…	1
131. Emotion	An emotion is a state of deep feeling, an "inward stirring" which can act as a mot…	2
132. Empowerment	A special potential power to attain any of the four Buddha bodies that is received by a Tantric prac…	1
133. Emptiness	Emptiness is usually the description of Enlightenment. To the western mind, this description is ofte…	7
134. Endless Knot	(another name for Shrivatsa)	2
135. Ends	'attaining two ends simultaneously'; sama-sīsī.	1
136. Endurance	See "Saha World."	2
137. Energy	See Vigor.	2
138. Energy Winds	See Inner winds.	1
139. Engaging Bodhichitta	A bodhichitta held by The Bodhisattva Vow. After we have taken The Bodhisattva Vow our aspiring bodh…	1
140. Eni	A river. According to the Bakabrahma Jataka, one of Bakas good deeds which brought him rebirth i…	1
141. Enijangha Sutta	One of the suttas in the Devata Samyutta. A deva asks the Buddha how it is possible to wander indiff…	1
142. Enikula	See Eni. The scholiast to the Jataka (J.iii.361) explains the name in the following way: Eniya nama …	1
143. Eniphassa	A name, either of some kind of musical instrument or, more probably, of a class of celestial musicia…	1
144. Enjoyment Body	aE SambhogakayaaE in Sanskrit. A BuddhaaE s subtle Form Body that can be perceived only by Mahayana …	1
145. Enkhbayar	21st Prime Minister of Mongolia, from 2000 to present. Was head of the Government Commission on the …	1
146. Enlightened Being	See 'Bodhisattva';	1
147. Enlightened Existence	See 'Bodhisattva';	1
148. Enlightened One	(another name for Buddha)	30
149. Enlightenment	Perfect knowledge or wisdom by which a person becomes a Buddha.	17
150. Ensa Whispered Lineage	Another name for the Uncommon Whispered Lineage of the Virtuous Tradition. See also Kadam Emanation …	1
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