Einstein Questions, Buddha Answers Glossary

Glossary Aggregates or five aggregates: The five parts or groups or constituents that comprise human beings; the physical self (material or mass), and the four formless or mental parts: feelings, memories, memories, thoughts and the consciousness consciousness (mental self). Arahat or Arahant: A fully enlightened person or the one who has left the prison of life (samsara) following the practice of the four foundations of mindfulness. Homes refer refer to the four foundati foundations ons of  BMSBH - Bringing Bringing the mental self self back home: Homes mindfulness, mindfulness, i.e. having the mental eye (consciousness, (consciousness, Tom) observing observing the breathing, movements and physical sensations and observing Jerry (thoughts, memories, feelings, emotions, and so forth). Buddhadasa One of the famous and controversial monks in Thailand and the founder of  Suan Mokkh monastery situated in the south of Thailand. Defilements: Unwholesome thoughts or mental qualities that harm the mind and cause harmful thoughts and consequences. (kilesa). Experience X: the not innocent perception, perception, experienced experienced by most people in the world . Experience Y: the innocent innocent percept perception, ion, reached reached by practiti practitioner onerss of BMSBH BMSBH only, only, practicing the four foundations of mindfulness. Five constituents or groups or entities: According to the Buddha, the human life form consists of five different groupings groupings (five aggregates or khandhas)– khandhas)– one group is mass and the other four parts are of a formless nature (energy). 1. Body Body = phy physic sical al self self = mass mass = rup rupaa 2. Memor Memories ies = Jerry Jerry = energ energy y = nama nama 3. Thoug Thoughts hts = Jerry Jerry = ener energy gy = nam namaa 4. Feeli Feeling ngss = Jerry Jerry = energ energy y = nama nama 5. Conscio Consciousne usness ss = mental mental self self = true self self = Tom = energ energy y = nama Four foundations of mindfulness: Four grounds of awarenesses (satipatthana): (satipatthana) : 1) contemplation of the breathing and movements (body), 2) contemplation of  physical sensations, 3) contemplation of thoughts and mental feelings, 4) contemplation contemplation of everything everything with innocent perception. perception. Four homes: The four foundations of mindfulness. referring to the fourth foundation foundation of  Innocent perception: Supawan’s coinage referring mindfulness, mindfulness, the ultimate truth, God, Nirvana, Nirvana, Tao and the rest of the 28 terminologies given in this book. Jail-breaking: Referring to the ultimate mental freedom, Nirvana or God. The disconnection disconnection between consciousnes consciousnesss (Tom, subject) subject) and thoughts thoughts and feelings (Jerry, object) by bringing the mental mental self back home. Jerry: Supawan’s coinage for thoughts, memories, imaginations, feelings, emotions. See Tom and Jerry. Khandhas: The five parts of human existence, translated as aggregates, constituents, groups or entities. karma. Law of action: See Law of karma. Law of karma: A universal universal law of actions (deeds) based on cause and effect effect as in wholesome actions (physical, verbal or mental) have a corresponding wholesome effect and unwholesome unwholesome actions have a corresponding corresponding unwholesome effect. effect. Law of action creates the cycle of rebirth (samsara, the prison of life) Mental eye: The sixth sense, consciousness, Tom, the subject. Mental self : The sixth sense, consciousness, Tom, the subject.

Parami See Perfection Perfection (parami) the wholesome wholesome deeds (very good karma) which which are the main factors releasing a person from the prison of life (samsara). The perfection accumulation is the long preparation of all Buddhas-to-be, the runner-up to ultimate enlightenment. Individuals also need to collect perfections (but not as long as the Buddha-to-be) to secure ones’ own ultimate freedom. Samsara, the cycle of rebirth rebirth due to the law of karma. karma. Prison of life: Samsara, th Real self : The consciousness element, the 6 sense, the mental self.

phenomena in the external external world world both in mass and energy form. form. Rupa: Referring to all phenomena They are: sights, sounds, sounds, smells, tastes and textures. textures. Einstein used two words: words: mass and energy, the Buddha simply use one word: rupa. Samsara: The round/cycle of rebirth; the ring road of rebirth or the prison of life (Supawan’s coinage), closely relates to the law of action (karma). Samsara has two major spheres/realms spheres/realms accommodate accommodate different different human actions good good and bad alike. The favorable realms/the left wing of life prison: human, deva (god) and brahma, and the unfavorable realms/the right wing of life prison: animal, hungry ghost and hellish being. Buddha refers refers to the conscio consciousne usness ss element element (mental (mental self/eye self/eye), ), which which Sixth sense: The Buddha every human has. It has different meaning from the western concept which refers to psychic ability. Tom and Jerry: Cartoon characters used as analogies to illustrate the four mental components components of the mind: consciousne consciousness ss (mental self) self) is represented represented as Tom and thoughts, thoughts, memories and feelings are represented as Jerry. Tom: The mental mental self, the sixth sense, sense, the consciousness consciousness element. Supawan’s words to describe mental activity regarding regarding acquiring Tube of intellect: Supawan’s intellectual knowledge; having a nature similar to digging endless rabbit holes. 28 terminologies: Words or phrases representing the ONE ultimate truth or the same ultimate experience in nature. 1. The ultimate enlightenment, 2. Nirvana, 3. The Kingdom of God, 4. The Tree of Life, 5. Godhood, 6. Tao, 7. Eternity, 8. Immortality, 9. The ultimate (absolute) truth, 10. The ultimate reality, 11. The grand ultimate (the meaning of Tai chi), 12. The absolute ruling point in nature (Einstein’s concept), 13. The absolute simplicity, 14. The absolute ordinariness, 15. The absolute normality, 16. The ultimate certainty, 17. The true self, 18. The real self, 19. The non-self, 20. The eternal peace, 21. The absolute harmony, 22. The ultimate freedom, 23. The end of suffering, 24. The true (real) happiness, 25. Here and Now, 26. The final frontier, 27. Life out of prison, 28. The innocent perception. Ultimate truth or ultimate element: Referring to an ultimate experience, an experience or truth that is beyond all other mental states. Vipassana: Insight meditation; the four foundations of mindfulness, bringing the mental self back home. Making direct observation of the inner-sights: breathing, movements, physical sensations, thoughts and mental feelings.