BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -W-

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY

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water-element: āpo-dhātu (s. dhātu*).*

water-kasiṇa**,** white-k., wind-k.: s. kasiṇa*.*

weighty kamma: garuka kamma (s. kamma).

wheel of existence: s. saṃsāra , vatta.

wheel of the law: dhamma-cakka (q.v.).

will**:** cetanā (q.v.).

wind-element**:** vāyo-dhātu (s. dhātu).

wisdom**:** paññā (q.v.).

woeful courses (of existence): duggati (s. gati*).*

world**,** the 3-fold: loka (q.v.).

worldling**:** puthujjana (q.v.).

worldly**:** lokiya (q.v.).

worldly conditions, the 8: loka*-dhamma* (q.v.).

world-period**,** formation, dissolution: s. kappa*.*

wrongnesses**,** the 10: micchatta (q.v.).

wrong path: micchā-magga (q.v.).

wrong understanding (or view), w. thought, w. speech; etc: s. micchā-magga*.*

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yakkha: in popular belief, a kind of ghost, goblin. or ogre.

Yāma-deva: are a kind of heavenly beings of the sensuous world; s. deva*.*

yamaka-pāṭihāriya: 'twin miracle'. "There the Perfect One performed the twin miracle unattainable to any disciple: from the upper part of his body a flame sprang forth, and from the lower part a stream of water. etc.'' (Pts.M. I, 125 f.); App.

yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassana: 'the knowledge and vision according to reality', is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight (vipassanā, q.v.).

yathākammūpaga-ñāṇa: 'knowledge of rebirth according to one's actions'; s. abhiññā (4).

yathāsanthatik'anga: 'the practice of being satisfied with whatever dwelling', is one of the ascetical means of purification; s. dhutaṅga (12).

yoga: 'yokes, bonds', is another name for the 4 cankers (āsava, q.v.) .

yogāvacara = yogi: 'one devoted to mental training,' is in Vis.M. the usual name for the disciple cultivating mental concentration (App.).

yokes: yoga*,* q.v.

yoni: 'modes of generation.' There are 4 generation from the egg, from the mother's womb, from moisture, and spontaneous rebirth (opapātika, q.v.) in heaven, hell, etc. Explained in M. 12.

yoniso manasikāra: 'thorough attention' or wise consideration': s. manasikāra*.*

youth-infatuation: s. mada*.*

yuganaddha: s. samatha-vipassanā*,* last paragraph.