Flower Ornament Scripture Glossary
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four fearless]]nesses —
four kinds of expertise, or in
fallibility, or
confidence peculiar to
Buddhas. In the
Chinese tradition these are understood as
freedom from
fear of contradiction, or
confidence, in
realizing all
truths; in
awareness]] of
extinction of all contami
nations; in
definitive de[[scription]] of all
obstacles to
Enlightenment; and in
accuracy of
realization of all
ways to
emancipation.
Indian]]
tradition refers to these as
types of expertise. There are also
four kinds of expertise
proper to
enlightening
beings: expertise in
memory and
explanation of
teachings
heard; expertise in
protecting others by
virtue of
purity of
thought,
word, and
deed, with no
thing in
one's
conduct harmful to others, this
being attained]] as a
result of
realization of
selfless]]ness]];
rightly taking up the
teaching without heedlessness,
attaining
ultimate wisdom and
skillfulness,
liberating sentient [[beings, cau
sing joy to all who see the
enlightening
being, and
clearing away
obstructions to
Enlightenment; and never
forgetting the
thought of
omni[[science, not
seeking emancipation by any other
way,
attaining full
mastery]] and
benefiting
sentient [[beings in all
ways. (Also
fourfold fearless]]ness)
four meditations —
four stages of
meditation, each having several
characteristic elements: (1)
focused
awareness]],
precise thought,
joy,
bliss,
single-
mindedness; (2) inner
purity,
joy,
bliss,
single-
mindedness; (3)
equanimity,
mindfulness,
precise knowledge,
bliss,
single-
mindedness; (4) neither
pain nor
pleasure,
equanimity,
mindfulness,
single-
mindedness.
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methods of fostering the
path —
Thirty-
seven aids to
Enlightenment consisting of the
four points of
mindfulness,
four right efforts,
four bases of
spiritual powers,
five faculties, and
five powers (all of the foregoing are glossed separately), the
seven branches of
Enlightenment (
analysis of
things,
vigor,
joy,
ease,
equanimity,
st[[ability and
concentration, and
mindfulness), and the
Eightfold Path (
right seeing,
thinking]],
speech,
action,
livelihood,
effort, re
collection, and
concentration).
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points of totality —
yogic practices involving total
absorption in
ten objects of
concentration, which are expanded to
cover the total
field of
awareness]]:
absorption in the
color blue, the
color yellow, the
color red, the
color white,
earth,
water,
fire,
air,
space, and
consciousness.
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thirty-
seven aids to
Enlightenment —
elements of the
path of
Enlightenment —
four points of
mindfulness (
mindfulness of the
body,
sensations,
mind, and
phenomena);
four right efforts (to
eliminate existing bad states,
prevent future ari[[sing of
bad states, foster
good states, and further
develop existing good states);
four bases of
psychic]]
powers (
desire,
effort,
concentration,
contemplation);
five faculties and
five powers (
faith,
perseverance,
mindfulness,
concentration,
precise awareness]]);
seven branches of
Enlightenment (
discernment, diligence,
joy, alleviation, relinquishment,
st[[ability,
attention); the
eightfold right path (
right in[[sight,
right thought,
right speech,
right action]],
right livelihood,
right effort,
right re
collection,
right meditation).
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