Eight sets of fifty supplementary qualities
Three meditative stabilizations (samādhis) |
Four trances (dhyānas) |
Four immeasurables (apramāṇas) |
Four formless absorptions (ārūpyasamāpattis) |
Eight liberations (vimoksas) |
Eight spheres of mastery (abhibhvāyatanas) |
Nine successive absorptions (anupūrvasamāpattis) |
Ten spheres of totality (kṛtsnāyatanas) |
Six sets of forty-four qualities
Nine horrible notions (aṣubhasaṃjñās) |
Eight recollections (anusmṛtis) |
Ten concepts (saṃjñās) |
Eleven knowledges (jñānas) |
Three meditative stabilizations (samādhis) (2) |
Three faculties (indriyas) |
Attributes of the Buddhas
The ten powers (balas) |
The four fearlessnesses (vaiśāradyas) |
The four unobstructed knowledges (pratisaṃvids) |
The eighteen special attributes (āveṇikadharmas) |
37 factors of enlightenment
Four foundations of mindfulness (smṛtyupasthānas) |
Four right exertions (samyakpradhānas) |
Four bases of power (ṛddhipādas) |
Five faculties (indriyas) |
Five powers (balas) |
Seven factors of Enlightenment (saṃbodhyaṅgas) |
Noble Eightfold Path (mārgāṅgas) |
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Eight liberations (vimoksas)
A being with form perceiving form |
A being with no idea of internal visible forms perceiving external visible forms |
Dwelling within a pleasurable absorption |
Transcending the fourth dhyāna |
Transcending the first formless absorption |
Transcending the second formless absorption |
Transcending the third formless absorption |
Transcending the fourth formless absorption (nirodha-samapatti) |
DN 15; MN 77; AN 8.66, 8.120
Ten spheres of totality (kṛtsnāyatanas)
Totality of earth |
Totality of water |
Totality of fire |
Totality of wind |
Totality of blue |
Totality of yellow |
Totality of red |
Totality of white |
Uninterrupted sphere of space |
Uninterrupted sphere of consciousness |
Nine successive absorptions
First dhyāna |
Second dhyāna |
Third dhyāna |
Fourth dhyāna |
First formless absorption |
Second formless absorption |
Third formless absorption |
Fourth formless absorption |
Cessation of feelings and perception (nirodha-samapatti) |
Eight spheres of mastery (abhibhvāyatanas)
Perceiving a small amount of external form with an idea of internal form |
Perceiving an unlimited amount of external form with an idea of internal form |
Perceiving a small amount of external form with no idea of internal form |
Perceiving an unlimited amount of external form with no idea of internal form |
Perceiving the color blue externally absent of the idea of form |
Perceiving the color yellow externally absent of the idea of form |
Perceiving the color red externally absent of the idea of form |
Perceiving the color white externally absent of the idea of form |
Four formless absorptions (ārūpyasamāpattis)
First formless absorption: infinite space (ākāsānañcāyatana, Pali: ākāsānañcāyatana) |
Second formless absorption: infinite consciousness (vijñānānantyāyatana, Pali: viññāṇañcāyatana) |
Third formless absorption: nothingness (ākiṃcanyāyatana, Pali: ākiñcaññāyatana) |
Fourth formless absorption: neither perception nor non-perception (naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana, Pali: nevasaññānāsaññāyatana) |
Four immeasurables (apramāṇas)
Loving-kindness (maitrī, Pali: mettā) |
Compassion (karuṇā) |
Empathetic joy (muditā) |
Equanimity (upekṣā, Pali: upekkhā) |
Four trances (dhyānas)
First dhyāna (prathamadhyāna, Pali paṭhama-jhāna) |
Second dhyāna (dvitīyadhyāna, Pali dutiya-jhāna) |
Third dhyāna (tṛtīyadhyāna, Pali tatiya-jhāna) |
Fourth dhyāna (caturthadhyāna, Pali catuttha-jhāna) |
Three meditative stabilizations (1)
Samādhi of the body (śūnyatāsamādhi, Pali: suññato samādhi) |
Samādhi of signlessness (ānimittasamādhi, Pali:. animitto samādhi) |
Samādhi of wishlessness (apranihitasamādhi, Pali: appaṇihito samādhi) |
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Nine horrible notions (aṣubhasaṃjñās)
bloated corpse (vyādhmātakasaṃjñā) |
torn-up corpse (vidhūtakasaṃjñā) |
the bloody corpse (vilohitakasaṃjñā) |
the rotting corpse (vipūyakasaṃjñā) |
the corpse turning bluish (vinīlakasaṃjñā) |
the devoured corpse (vikhāditakasaṃjñā) |
the scattered corpse (vikṣiptakasaṃjñā) |
the corpse reduced to bones (asthisaṃjñā) |
the burned corpse (vidagdhakasaṃjñā) |
Ten concepts (saṃjñās)
impermanence (anityasaṃjñā) |
suffering (duḥkhasaṃjñā) |
non-self (anātmasaṃjñā) |
the disgusting nature of food (āhāre pratikūlasaṃjñā) |
distaste for the entire world (sarvaloke ’nabhiratisaṃjñā) |
death (maraṇasaṃjñā) |
impurity (aśucisaṃjñā) |
abandonment (prahāṇasaṃjñā) |
detachment (virāgasaṃjñā) |
cessation (nirodhasaṃjñā) |
Eleven knowledges (jñānas)
the knowledge of things (dharmajñāna) |
subsequent knowledge (anvayajñāna) |
the knowledge of another’s mind (paracittajñāna) |
conventional knowledge (saṃvṛtijñāna) |
the knowledge of suffering (duḥkhajñāna) |
the knowledge of the origin of suffering (samudayajñāna) |
the knowledge of the cessation of suffering (nirodhajñāna) |
the knowledge of the path of the cessation of suffering (mārgajñāna) |
the knowledge of the cessation of the impurities (kṣayajñāna) |
the knowledge of the non-rearising of the impurities (anutpādajñāna) |
the knowledge conforming to reality (yathabhūtajñāna) |
Three meditative stabilizations (samādhis) (2)
Samādhi with both conceptualization and analysis (savitarka savicāra samādhi, Pali savitakkasavicāro samādhi) |
Samādhi with analysis only (avitarka vicāramātra samādhi, Pali avitakkavicāramatto) |
Samādhi with neither conceptualization nor analysis (avitarka vicāra samādhi, Pali avitakkaavicāro) |
Three faculties (indriyas)
The faculty signifying “I will understand [the holy truths] which I do not yet understand” (anājñātamāsyāmīdriya Pali anaññātaññassāmītindriyaṃ) |
The faculty of understanding assuring the understanding of these truths (ājñendriya Pali aññindriyaṃ) |
The faculty belonging to the saint who has understood the truths (ājñātāvīndriya, Pali aññātāvindriyaṃ) |
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