BUDDHIST
DICTIONARY - T -
'overcoming by the opposite', is one of the 5 kinds of
overcoming (pahāna).
tadārammana-citta
taints: āsava.
talk, low: tiracchāna-kathā.
tanhā
tanhā-kkhaya: 'extinction of craving', is
identical with 'extinction of cankers' (āsavakkhaya) and the attainment
of perfect Holiness or Arahantship. Cf.
ariya-puggala.
tanhā-nissita-sīla: 'morality based on craving' (s.
nissaya).
tathāgata
tathāgata-bala: the 'ten powers of the Perfect One'; s.
dasa-bala.
tathatā
tatra-majjhattatā
tāvatimsa: 'the Thirty-three (Gods)', a class of heavenly beings in
the sensuous sphere; s. deva (I).
te-cīvarik'anga: 'practice of the three-robber', is one of the
ascetical means for purification (dhutanga).
tejo-dhātu: 'fire-element, heat-element'; s.
dhātu.
tejo-kasina: 'fire-kasina', is one of the 10 kasina exercises; s.
kasina.
temperature: utu. - For
corporeality produced by temperature, s.
samutthāna.
tendencies: anusaya.
terror, awareness of: one of the insight-knowledge; s.
visuddhi
VI. 3.
te-vijja
theravāda
thīna-middha
thinking, wisdom based on: cintāmayapaññā: s.
paññā.
thiti-bhāgiya-sīla, -samādhi, -paññā: 'static morality, static
concentration, static wisdom'; s.
hāna-bhāgiya-sīla.
thought, thought-conception: s. vitakka.
thought, Right: sammā-sankappa; .s.
sacca,
magga.
ties, the 4: gantha.
ti-hetu-patisandhika: s. patisandhi.
ti-lakkhana
ti-pitaka
tiracchāna-kathā
tiracchāna-yoni: 'animal womb'; birth as animal. The animal kingdom
belongs to the sensuous world (s. loka), is
one of the 4 lower worlds (s. apāya) and one
of the 3 woeful courses of existence (s.
gati).
tīrana-pariññā: 'full understanding by investigating'; s.
pariññā.
ti-ratana
ti-sarana
titthāyatana
torpor: thīna, s.
thīna-middha.
training, the 3-fold: sikkhā. -
The steps of: sikkhāpada.
trance: jhāna.
tranquillity (of mind): s. samatha,
samatha-vipassanā,
bhāvanā, bojjhanga.
- 'One who has taken t. as his vehicle':
samathayānika.
tranquilisation, Overcoming (of defilements) by way of: s.
pahāna.
transference of merit: patti-dāna.
transformation, power of: s. iddhi.
transitoriness: anicca.
treasures, the 7: s. dhana.
tree: Living under a tree is one of the ascetical practices (dhutanga).
truths, the 4 Noble: sacca. -
2-fold knowledge of the t.; s.
saccañāna.
turning away, contemplation of the: vivattanupassanā;
s. vipassanā.
tusita: a class of heavenly beings in the sensuous plane; s.
deva (1).
twin miracle: yamaka-pātihāriya.
