BUDDHIST DICTIONARY - C-

• cāga
• cakka
• cakkh' āyatana: 'the base "visual organ" ' (s. āyatana).
• cakkhu
• cakkhu-dhātu: 'the element "visual organ" '(s. dhātu).
• cakkhu-viññāna: 'eye-consciousness' (s. viññāna).
• cankers: s. āsava.
• carana: s. vijjā-carana.
• carita
• cāritta- and vāritta-sīla
• catu-dhātu-vavatthāna: 'analysis of the four elements'; s. dhātu-vavatthāna.
• catu-mahārājika-deva a class of heavenly beings of the sensuous sphere; s. deva.
• catu-pārisuddhi-sīla: s. sīla.
• catu-vokāra-bhava
• cause: cf. paccaya (1). - For the five c. of existence, s. paticca-samuppāda (10).
• cemetery: ascetic practice of living in a c.; s. dhutanga.
• cemetery-meditations: s. sīvathikā.
• cetanā
• cetasika
• cetaso vinibandha
• cetokhila
• ceto-pariya-ñāna: 'penetrating knowledge of the mind (of others)', is one of the 6 higher powers (abhiññā 3).
• ceto-vimutti
• chal-abhiññā: the 6 'higher powers'; s. abhiññā.
• chal-abhiñño: an Arahat who is a 'possessor of the 6 higher powers' (s. abhiññā).
• chanda
• change, contemplation of: one of the 18 chief kinds of insight (vipassanā).
• chaos: cf. kappa.
• character: On the 6 kinds of human character, s. carita.
• characteristics of existence, the. 3: ti-lakkhana.
• chaste life: brahma-cariya.
• chief-elements, the 4: mahā-bhūta, s. dhātu.
• cintā-maya-paññā: 'Wisdom (or knowledge) based on thinking', s. paññā.
• citta
• citta-ja (citta-samutthāna)-rūpa: 'mind-produced corporeality'; s. samutthāna.
• citta-kammaññatā, °lahutā, °mudutā, °paguññatā, °passaddhi, °ujukatā; s. Tab. II.
• citta-kkhana
• cittānupassanā: 'contemplation of consciousness', is one of the 4 foundations of mindfulness (satipatthāna)
• citta-samutthāna-rūpa: 'mind-produced corporeality'; s. samutthāna.
• citta-sankhāra: s. sankhāra.
• citta-santāna: 'consciousness-continuity'; s. santāna.
• cittass'ekaggatā: 'one-pointedness of mind', is a synonym of concentration, or samādhi.
• citta-vipallāsa: 'perversion of mind'; s. vipallāsa.
• citta-visuddhi: 'purification of mind', is the 2nd of the 7 stages of purification (visuddhi, II).
• citta-vīthi: 'process of consciousness'; s. viññāna-kicca.
• citt'ekaggatā = cittass'ekaggatā (s. above).
• clarity of consciousness: sampajañña.
• clinging, the 4 kinds of: upādāna.
• cognitive series: s. viññāna-kicca.
• companionship: Influence of good and bad° = samseva.
• compassion: karunā; s. brahma-vihāra.
• comprehension: clear c.: s. sampajañña. - c. in insight, s. sammasana. - As an alternative tr. for full understanding, s. pariññā.
• co-nascence: sahajāta-paccaya, is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya).
• conceit: māna; further s. samyojana.
• concentration: samādhi (q.v.) - right°, s. sacca (IV. 8), magga (8). - wrong°, s. micchā-magga (8).
• conception 1. thought-c°: cf. vitakka-vicāra.
• conception 2. (in the mother's womb): okkanti.
• conditions, the 24: paccaya.
• conditions of existence, deliverance from the: see ceto-vimutti; vimokkha.
• confidence: s. saddhā.
• consciousness
• contemplation: s. anupassanā.
• contentedness (with whatever robe, etc.) belongs to the noble usages: ariya-vamsa.
• contentment: appicchatā, is one of the ascetic virtues. Cf. A.X.181-90.
• contiguity: samanantara-paccaya, is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya).
• continuity (of body, sub consciousness, consciousness or groups of existence): santāna.
• control, effort of: s. padhāna.
• conventional (expression or truth): s. desanā.
• corporeality: produced through consciousness, karma, etc.; s. samutthāna. - Sensitive c.: pasāda-rūpa.
• corporeality and mind: s. nāma-rūpa.
• corporeality-group: rūpa-kkhandha: s. khandha.
• corporeality-perceptions: rūpa-saññā: s. jhāna.
• corruptions: s. upakkilesa.
• cosmogony: cf. kappa.
• counteractive karma: upapīlaka-kamma; s. karma.
• counter-image (during concentration): s. nimitta, kasina, samādhi.
• course of action (wholesome or unwholesome): kamma-patha.
• covetousness: abhijjhā; further s. kamma-patha (1).
• cowardice: s. agati.
• craving: tanhā, rāga; further s. mūla.
• created, the: sankhata.
• cuti-citta: 'death-consciousness', lit. 'departing consciousness', is one of the 14 functions of consciousness (viññāna-kicca).
• cutūpapāta-ñāna the 'knowledge of the vanishing and reappearing' (of beings) is identical with the divine eye; s. abhiññā.
• cycle of existence: s. samsarā, vatta.