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(updated
11-01-05 with 18 Pali terms & 51 English terms defined)
I: aha.m. pro.
Icchati: (isu) wishes, desires.
Idáni: ind. now.
iddhi: 'power', 'magical power'. The magical powers constitute
one of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers (abhiññá, q.v.). One distinguishes many kinds of magical powers:
the power of determination (adhitthán' iddhi), i.e. the power of becoming oneself manifold; the power
of transformation (vikubbana iddhi), i.e. the power of adopting another form; the power of
out-of-body (OOB) travel (manomaya iddhi), i.e. the power of letting issue from this body another mentally produced
body; the power of penetrating knowledge (ñána-vipphara iddhi), i.e. the power of inherent insight to remain unhurt
in danger; the power of penetrating absorption (samádhivipphará iddhi) producing the same result. The magical powers are treated
in detail in Vis.M. XII; Pts.M., Vibh. - (App.). They are not a necessary
condition for final deliverance, however, they are seen as the fruits of
the contemplative life (D 2.
M 119) editor's commentary.
'Noble power' (ariyá-iddhi) is the power of controlling one's ideas in such a way
that one may consider something not repulsive as repulsive and something
repulsive as not repulsive, and remain all the time imperturbable and full
of equanimity. This training of mind is frequently mentioned in the Suttas
(e.g. M. 152, A.V. 144), but only once the name of ariyá-iddhi is applied to it (D. 28). See further Pts.M., Iddhi-kathá,
Vis.M. XII.
iddhi-páda: 'roads to power' (or success) (D 26) are the 4 following qualities, "for
as guides, they indicate the road to power connected therewith; and because
they form, by way of preparation, the roads to the power constituting the
fruition of the path" (Vis.M. XII), namely: "intention arising
from absorption (chanda-samádhi) accompanied by effort of will (padhána-sankhára-samannágata), energy
arising from absorption (viriya-samádhi) ...
cognition arising from absorption (citta-samádhi) ... and investigation arising from absorption (vimamsa-samádhi) accompanied by effort of will."
As such, they are supramundane (lokuttara,
i.e. as tehy are connected with the path or the fruition of the path (magga
phala); s. ariya puggala). But, commentary erroneously considers them mundane
(lokiya, q.v.) as predominant factors (adhipati; s. paccaya 3), for it
is said: "Because the monastic, through making intention a predominant
factor, reaches absorption, it is intention arising from absorption (chanda-samádhi)" (Vis.M.
XII), however, since they arise due to absorption (samádhi), they are nonetheless
supramundane (lokuttara).
See the chapter on Iddhipáda in The Requisites
of Enlightenment by Ledi Sayadaw (WHEEL 169/172).
Idha: ind. here.
ignorance: avijjá (q.v.);
further s. paticcasamuppáda (1).
Ignorance: bálatta. n.
ill-humour, heavenly
beings who come to grief through: mano-padosika-deva (q.v.).
ill-will: vyápáda,
is a synonym of dosa (s. múla) and patigha and
is one of the 10 fetters (samyojana, q.v.), 5 hindrances (nívarana, q.v.) and 10 unwholesome courses of action (s. kammapatha, I).
illness:
affliction, infirmity, sickness, Sick: (gilána).
Ima: this.
image, mental: s. nimitta, samádhi, kasina.
immaterial sphere: arúpávacara: cf. avacara, jhána (5-8);
Tab. I.
immaterial world: arúpa-loka;
s. loka.
immediacy: an alternative rendering for contiguity-condition, samanatara-paccaya, which is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya, q.v.)
immediate, the: ánantariya (q.v.).
Immediately: khippa.m. ind.
immortality: s. amata.
imperfections: s. upakkilesa.
impermanence: anicca (q.v.).
- Contemplation of leading to: i., cf. vipassaná (1).
impersonality of existence: s. anattá.
- Contemplation of leading to: s. vipassaná (3).
imperturbable karma-formations: áneñjábhisankhára; s. sankhára.
impression, sensorial or mental: phassa (q.v.).
impulsion: javana (q.v.).
impurities: s. upakkilesa.
impurity of the body, contemplation of the: s. asubha, sívathiká.
In: anto. ind.
inclinations: s. anusaya.
Indeed: have, hi, eva. ind.
independently enlightened: Pacceka-Buddha (q.v.).
indifferent feeling cf. vedaná,
incorrectly assigned to upekkhá.
individual: puggala (q.v.).
indriya: 'faculties', is a name for 22, partly physical, partly
mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma.
They are:
6 Bases (áyatana, q.v.):
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1
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eye
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cakkhu
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2
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ear
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sota
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3
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nose
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ghána
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4
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tongue
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jivhá
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5
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body
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káya
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6
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mind
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mano
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Sex (bhava, q.v.):
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7
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femininity
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itthi
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8
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masculinity
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purisa
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9
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vitality
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jívita
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5 Sensing (vedaná, q. v.)
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10
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bodily pleasant feeling
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sukha
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11
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bodily pain
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dukkha
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12
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gladness
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somanassa
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13
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sadness
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domanassa
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14
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equanimity
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upekkhá
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5 Spiritual Faculties (s. bala)
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15
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faith
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saddhá
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16
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energy
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viriya
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17
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mindfulness
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sati
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18
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absorption
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samádhi
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19
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wisdom
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paññá
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3 Supermundane Faculties (lokuttara)
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20
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the assurance: 'I shall know what I did not yet know!'
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aññátañ-ñassámít' indriya
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21
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the faculty of highest knowledge
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aññindriya
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22
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the faculty of him who knows
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aññátávindriya.
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(1-5, 7-8) are physical; (9) is either physical
or mental. All the rest are subjective. - (14) (s. upekkhá) is a sensation that is 'neither pleasant nor unpleasant'
(= adukkha-m-asukhá vedaná)
and is identical with the signs of absorption (jhaná-nimitta) and arises at the moment of entering the Sotápatti-Path
(sotápatti-magga), (21) on
reaching the Sotápatti-Fruition (sotápatti-phala), (22) at attaining the Arahat-Fruition (arahatta-phala). For the three last, s. ariya-puggala.
The faculties, excepting (7) and (8), form
one of the 24 conditions (paccaya 16,
q.v.).
In Vibh. V all these faculties are treated
in the above order, whereas S. XLVIII enumerates and explains them by way
of the above indicated groups, leaving only 20-22 unexplained. See Vis
XVI; Path 138ff. - For the 5 spiritual faculties (15-19), s. The Way of
Wisdom (WHEEL 65/66).
indriya-paccaya: s. paccaya 16.
indriya-samatta: 'equilibrium, balance, or harmony of faculties', relates
to the 5 spiritual faculties: faith, energy, mindfulness, absorption and
wisdom (s. indriya 15-19).
Of these there are two pairs of faculties, in each of which both faculties
should well counter-balance each other, namely: faith and wisdom (saddhá,
paññá, q.v.) on the one hand and energy and absorption (viriya,
samádhi, q.v.) on the other.
For excessive faith with deficient wisdom leads to blind belief, whilst
excessive wisdom with deficient faith leads to cunning. In the same way,
great energy with weak absorption leads to restlessness, whilst strong
absorption with deficient energy leads to indolence. Though for both faculties
in each of the 2 pairs a balanced degree of intensity is desirable, mindfulness
should be allowed to develop to the highest degree of strength. Cf. Vis.M.
III- (App.).
indriya-samvara-síla: 'morality consisting of purity of restraint of the
senses'; s. síla.
indriyesu gutta-dváratá: 'guarding the sense-doors' is identical with sense-control
(indriya-samvara; s. síla).
in-and-out-breathing watching over: ánápána-sati (M 118) (q.v.).
inducement: an alternative rendering for decisive-support condition, upanissaya,
is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya;
q.v.).
indulging (in joy, sadness etc.): s. manopavicára.
ineffective karma: s. karma.
infatuation: cf. mada, moha (s. múla), avijjá.
inference of meaning: an 'expression the meaning of which is to be inferred': neyyattha-dhamma (q.v.).
- Antonym: 'expression with an established meaning': nítattha-dhamma (s. neyyattha-dhamma).
inferiority-conceit: s. mána.
infirmity: affliction,
illness, sickness, Sick: (gilána).
Informs: ároceti.
influxes (cankers), the 4: ásava (q.v.).
inoperative cognitive state, karmically; s. kiriyacitta.
inseparable mental factors, the 7 i. m. f. in all cognitive states: s. cetaná, phassa, náma.
insight: cf. paññá, vipassaná, ñána.
intelligent-natured: s. carita.
intention: chanda (q.v.)
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interest: píti (q.v.);
cf. Tab. II.
intimation: cf. viññatti.
intoxicants: s. ásava.
Intoxicating: majja.
intoxicating drinks, the evil effect of taking: s. surámeraya.
investigating function (of cognition): santírana; s. viññána-kicca.
investigation, full understanding through: tíranapariññá, s. pariññá.
- 'Investigation' (vímamsá) is one of the 4 roads to power (iddhipáda, q.v.) and one of the 4 predominants (adhipati; s paccaya
3). - i. of truth: dhamma-vicaya, is one of the 7 factors of enlightenment (bojjhanga, q.v.).
iriyá-patha (lit. 'ways of movement'): 'bodily postures', i.e. going,
standing, sitting, lying. In the Satipatthána-sutta (s. satipatthána), they form the subject of a contemplation and an exercise
in mindfulness.