☸4nt glossary



See UPED for Pali to english dictionary.	English to Pali glossary

discernment / pañña

b.bodhi usually translates as 'wisdom'

lucidity (see undistractible-lucidity)

lucid-discerning / sam-pajāno from (S&S)

often translated as 'he knows' or 'he understands'.

b.thanissaro's 'discern' is nice because it makes a connection with discernment (pañña),

and also sam-pajāno, of (S&S) sati-&-sam-pajāno that occurs so frequently

mindfulness (see remembering)

nirvana 🚫🔥 / nibbāna

Noun: nirvana |nir'vaa-nu|

(Hinduism and Buddhism)

the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

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enlightenment

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beatification, beatitude, blessedness

(Any place of complete bliss )

Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

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Eden, Shangri-la, heaven, paradise, promised land

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part, region

pain (& suffering) / dukkha

* dukkha as a noble truth, encompasses gross and subtle aspects of pain-&-suffering

* dukkha as the feeling aggregate (vedana), covers both mental and physical pain.

* dukkha indriya would cover just physical pain

* do-manassa covers just mental pain

* dukkha-vedana covers both dukkha-indriya and do-manassa

remembering, remembrance / sati

see ☸4nt → ☸ 8aam → 7🐘 (sammā-sati) for detailed treatment of this important term ‘sati’

(S&S) / sati & sampajāno

Remembering & lucid-discerning

stress

see pain (& suffering) / dukkha

B.Thanissaro like to translate dukkha = stress, to capture the subtle aspects of dukkha not so obvious from ‘suffering’.

suffering

see pain (& suffering) / dukkha

undistractible-lucidity / samādhi

distractible (Adjective:)

Capable of being drawn aside or distracted

Derived

Noun: distractibility

Verb: distract

☸ Lucid 24 (lucidity/samādhi in EBT context)

Samādhi, sati, should be active all the time, 24/7. There is no off switch, no vacation. 4nt ☸ 8aam should be on your mind. Always. If you're conscious, you should be lucid. If you're asleep and dreaming, hijack your way into a lucid dream. During waking hours, wake up and smell the Dukkha. See things as they actually are (yathā-bhūtaṃ). That's lucidity.

lucid (Adjective: )

|loo-sid|

1. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable • lucid directions

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crystal clear, limpid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous

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clear

2. Having a clear mind • a lucid moment in his madness

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sane

3. Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner • a lucid thinker

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coherent, logical

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rational

4. Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity • lucid air

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crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, pellucid, transparent

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