BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -E-

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY

-E-

earnestness: appamāda (q.v.).

earth-element: s. dhātu (I).

eating, knowing the measure in bhojane mattaññutā (q.v.).

effort, the 4 right e.: samma-ppadhāna*;* s. padhāna*.* Right e. s. sacca (IV 6), magga (6) . - 5 elements of e.: padhāniyaṅga (q.v.).

ego-entity: attā(q.v.).

ego-belief: s. diṭṭhi*, sakkāya-diṭṭhi, vipallāsa.*

ego-idea, ego-perception: s. vipallāsa*.*

egolessness: anattā(q.v.).

eightfold path: s. magga*.*

eka-bījī: 'germinating only once more', is the name for one of the 3 kinds of Stream-winners: s. Sotāpanna*.*

ekāsanikaṅga: the exercise of eating at one sitting, is one of the ascetic practices; s. dhutaṅga*.*

eka-vokāra-bhava: one-group existence, is the existence of the unconscious beings (asañña-satta, q.v.) as they possess only the corporeality-group. Cf. catu-vokāra-bhava*,* pañca-vokāra-bhava*.*

elasticity (of corporeality, mental factors or consciousness): mudutā*;* s. khandha (Corporeality I.B.) and Tab. II.

elders, the teaching of the: Theravāda (q.v.).

elements: dhātu (q.v.). - Analysis of the 4 e.: dhātu*-vavatthāna* (q.v.).

emotion: 8 sources of e.: saṃvega*-vatthu* (q.v.). The 4 places rousing emotion; saṃvejanīya-ṭṭhāna (q.v.).

emptiness: suññatā (q.v.). - Contemplation of e.: suññatānupassanā*.* - For emptiness of self, pertaining to the 4 truths, s. sacca*.*

ends: 'attaining two ends simultaneously'; sama-sīsī (q.v.).

energy: viriya (q.v.); further s. bojjhaṅga*, bala, pāramī.*

enlightened one, the: Buddha; s. sammā-sambuddha .

enlightenment: bodhi (q.v.). - The 7 elements of e.: bojjhaṅga (q.v.). - A being destined for e.: Bodhisatta (q.v.).

enthusiasm: pīti (q.v.).

envy: issā (q.v.).

equality-conceit: s. māna*.*

equanimity: upekkhā (q.v.) = tatra-majjhattatā (q.v.). - Knowledge consisting in e. with regard to all formations, s. visuddhi (VI, 8). - Indulging in e., s. manopavicāra*.*

equilibrium of mental faculties: indriya-samatta (q.v.).

escape: nissaraṇa (s. pahāna*).*

eternity: cf. kappa*.*

eternity-belief: sassata-diṭṭhi*;* s. diṭṭhi*.*

exertion: see padhāna*, viriya, magga* (6). - Reaching Nibbāna with or without e.; s. Anāgāmi.

existence: bhava (q.v.) - The 5 groups of e.: khandha (q.v.) - The 4 substrata of e.: upadhi (q.v.). - Courses of e.: gati (q.v.). - Wheel of e.: saṃsāra (q.v.). - Craving for e.: bhava-taṇhā*;* s. taṇhā*;* - The 3 characteristics of e.: ti-lakkhaṇa (q.v.).

expression (bodily and verbal): s. viññatti*.*

extinction: s. nirodha*;* - of craving: taṇhakkhaya (q.v.).

extremes: the two e. and the middle path; s. majjhima-paṭipadā*.*

eye: 5 kinds, s. cakkhu*.* - Visual organ, s. āyatana*.*

eye-consciousness: cakkhu-viññāṇa*;* s. dhātu*, khandha.*

eye-organ: s. āyatana*.*