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Technical Meditation Terms[Back]

This glossary covers only a partial list of technical terms that you may come across in the books and articles available on this website. New terms will be added to the list, from time to time, as work progresses on the web project.

  • Saṃyojana

    Fetter that binds the mind to the cycle of rebirth (see vaṭṭa) — self-identification views (sakkāya-diṭṭhi), uncertainty (vicikiccha), grasping at precepts and practices (sīlabbata-parāmāsa); sensual passion (kāma-rāga), resistance (vyāpāda); passion for form (rūpa-rāga), passion for formless phenomena (arūpa-rāga), conceit (māna), restlessness (uddhacca), and unawareness (avijjā). Compare anusaya.