Quiz #3 Nirvana

Asankhatā dhātu

The unconditioned element.

Nikāyas

The collections of Buddhist discourses.

Mahādeva

The figure associated with the schism and the Five Theses.

Five Theses: Ignorance

The claim that an Arhat can still possess certain types of ignorance.

Five Theses: Doubt

The claim that an Arhat can still experience doubt.+2

Five Theses: Wet Dreams

The controversial claim regarding an Arhat's physical impurities/emissions.+2

Five Theses: Saying Suffering

The claim that one can verbalize "suffering" while in meditation above the first jhāna.+2

Five Theses: Enlightenment

The claim that an Arhat might not intuitively know they are enlightened.+1

Prājñāpārāmīta

The Perfection of Wisdom or the Prājñāpārāmīta sutras.

Mahāyāna

"The Great Vehicle" Buddhist tradition.

Paramārtha

Ultimate truth or reality.

Samvrti

Conventional or relative truth.

Abhidhamma Category: Cittas

Consciousness, one of the four categories of the Pāli Abhidhamma.

Abhidhamma Category: Rūpa

Matter or form.+2

Abhidhamma Category: Cetasika

Mental factors.+2

Abhidhamma Category: Dharmas

Factors or constituents of reality.+2

Abhidhamma Category: Nibbāņa

The unconditioned state/Liberation.+1

Bodhisattva

A being on the path to becoming a Buddha.

Buddhavācana

The word or teachings of the Buddha.

Buddhānusmrti

The practice of recollecting or meditating on the Buddha.

Buddhakstra

A "Buddha-field" or pure realm.

Parāmīta: Dana

The perfection of Generosity.

Parāmīta: Śīla

The perfection of Morality.+2

Parāmīta: Ksanti

The perfection of Patience.+2

Parāmīta: Vīrya

The perfection of Energy.+2

Parāmīta: Dhyana

The perfection of Concentration.+2

Parāmīta: Prājñā

The perfection of Wisdom.+1

Śunyatā

Emptiness; the lack of inherent existence in all phenomena.