NUMERICAL DHAMMAS

     Two principles guarding the world ( Lokapala dhamma):

1. Shame to do the evil (hiri) and
2. Fear to do the evil (ottapa)

     Two kinds of Bhava:

1. Kamma Bhava: Kammas caused by four Upadanas
2. Upapatti Bhava: Rebirth Bhava

     Three kinds of Bodhisatta; those destined to become a Buddha ():

1. Fulfilling the practice of Perfection (parami) for four asankheyyas and one thousand aeons (pannadhikabodhisatta), (Intellectual Bodhisatta)
2. Fufilling the practice of Perfection (parami) with conviction (saddha) for eight asankheyyas and one hundred thousand aeons (saddhadhikabodhisatta (Devotional Bodhisatta), and
3. Fulfilling the practice of Perfection (parami) with Endevour predominating for sixteen asankheyyas and one hundred thousand aeons (viriyadhikabodhisatta) (Energetic Bodhisatta)

      Three kinds of Sasana:

1. (1) learning the Buddha's Teaching, Pariyatti Sasana;
2. (2) practical application of the Buddha's Teaching, Patipatti Sasana; and
3. (3) the realization of the Buddha's Teaching, i.e., attainment of jhana, magga, phala and Nibbana, Pativedha Sasana.

      The Three Types of Essence:

1. Dana
2. Sila
3. Vipassana

     Three characteristic marks or signs inherent in a sentient being:

1. Impermanence ( anicca),
2. Suffering or unsatisfactoriness (dukkha) and
3. The uncontrollable and non-self nature (anatta)

     Three kinds of attachment to existence (Raga):

1. In the sensuous sphere;
2. In the fine-material sphere and
3. In the non-material sphere.

      Three categories of bhikkhu:

1. (a)Therabhikkhu or elders are bhikkhus who have spent ten or more years in the Order;
2. (b) Majjhimabhikkhu or those of middle standing who have been in the Order from five to nine years;
3. (c) Navabhikkhu or newly admitted ones who have been in the Order for less than five years.

      Three kinds of craving (Tanha):

1. Attachment for pleasures of the senses (kama tanha)
2. Attachment for continued existence (bhava tanha)
3. Attachment to non-belief in kamma for rebirth nor future existenxe (vibhava tanha)

     The Three Kappas (Disasters)

1. The disaster by famine
2. The disaster by weapons
3. The disaster by epidemic

The Three Lokas or Worlds:

1. The Conditioned World (Sankhara Loka)
2. The Animal World (Satta Loka)
3. The Inanimate World (Okasa Loka)

The Three Lokuttara Dhamma:

1. The Dhamma of Magga
2. The Dhamma of Phala
3. The Dhamma of Nibbana

The Three kinds of training (sikkha):

1. Virtue or morality (sila);
2. Concentration (samadhi);
3. Wisdom or understanding (panna).

     Four Noble Truths

1. Dukkha Ariya Sacca ( Comprehension of Suffering)
2. Dukkha Samudaya Sacca ( Cause of Suffering)
3. Dukkha Nirodha Ariya Sacca (Cessation of Suffering)
4. Dukkha Nirodha Gamini Patipada Ariya Sacca or Magga Ariya Sacca(Path leading to Cessation of Suffering)

     Four Magga (the Path leading to the Nibbana)

1. The Path of Stream-winner ( Sotapatti-magga)
2. The Path of Once-returner(Sakadagami-magga)
3. The Path of Non-returner (Anagami-magga)
4. The Path of Arahat (Arahatta-magga)

     Four Asavas (Intoxicant, stain, canker, corruption)

     1. Kamasava:attachment to sensual pleasures
      2.Bhavasava: attachment to rupa-jhana and arupa-jhana as well as to the existence in rupa and arupa planes.
      3.Ditthasava: 62 kinds of false views
      4.Avijjasava: ignorance with regard to the four Noble Truths, Past and Future Lives, and the Law of Dependent Orignation.

     Four Brahma Viharas ( Sublime abode/ State of living)
      1. Metta (Loving kindness, goodwill)
      2. Karuna (Compassion)
      3. Mudita (Sympathetic joy)
      4. Upekkha (Equanimity)

1. Kayanupassana Satipatthana: Contemplating the Body
2.       Vedananupassana SatipatthanaContemplating the Feeling
3. Cittanupassana SatipatthanaContemplating the Consciousness
4. Dhammanupassana SatipatthanaContemplating the Dhamma

      1. Pathavi (Element of extension/ hardness and softness)
      2. Apo (Element of Cohesion / cohesiveness and fluidity)
      3. Tejo (Element of heat/ hotness and coldness)
      4. Vayo (Element of motion / wind, vibration etc.)(

1. The birthplace of the Buddha (Lumbini on the Indian borders of Nepal).
2. The place where the Buddha attained enlightenment (Buddha Gaya, in India).
3. The place where the Buddha established the wheel of truth (Saranath), and
4. The place where the Buddha attained Parinibbana (Kusinara-modern Kasia in India)

     The Four apayas (Nether Worlds)

1. The Realm of intense continuous suffering/ Hell (Niraya);
2. The Realm of animals (Tiracchana)
3. The Realm of ever hungry beings (Peta)
4. The Realm of miserable beings (Asurakaya).

1. expounded by the Fully Enlightened One sammasambuddha desitam;
2. free of sorrow (asokam);
3. free of corruptions or kilesa (virajam)
4. peace (khemam).
   

     Four Analytical Insights (patisambhidas):

1. Into meaning and consequences of things (atthapatisambhida),
2. Int the nature of the doctrine (dhammapatisambhida),
3. Into the language, grammar and the suntax of the language (niruttipatisambhida) and
4. Into the nature of the above three knowledges (patibhanapatisambhida).

1. assemblies of bhikkhus,
2. assemblies of bhikkhunis,
3. assemblies of male lay disciples and
4. assemblies of female lay disciples.

1. death through the expiry of life span, ayukkhaya marana;
2. death through the expiry of the kammic force, kammakkhaya marana; death through the simultaneous expiry of both life span and kammic force, ubhayakkhaya marana; and
3. death through the intervention of a destructive force, although the life-span and the kammic force have not ended, upacchedaka marana.

      Four things in the world which are incomprehensible: Acinteyyas:

1. the domain of a Buddha, Buddha-visaya;
2. the sphere of the trances, jhana-visaya;
3. the consequences of volitional action, kammavipaka; and
4. brooding over the world, loka-cinta.

    Four Vipatti (Deficiencies)(Impairment; destruction; misfortune)

1. Living during the time of bad rulers (Kalavipatti)
2. Being reborn in four miserable existences (Gativipatti)
3. Having physical deformities and disfigurements (Upadhivipatti) and
4. Being deficient in intelligence, knowledge, mindfulness, right effort and diligence (Payogavipatti)

    Four Material Requisites of Bhikkhus

1. Robes
2. Alms-food
3. Dwelling, and
4. Medicine

    Four Kinds of Kammas:

1. Garu Kammas: weighty kammas
2. Asanna Kammas: deeds, words or thoughts on the verge of death
3. Acinna Kammas: deeds, words or thoughts which are repeated or regular.
4. Katatta Kammas: all other kammas

    Four Upadanas:four causes of Kammas

1. Kamupadana: sensual pleasures
2. Ditthupadana:false view (belief in annihilation)
3. Silabbatupadana: false views regarding practices for liberating oneself from samsaric cycle.
4. Attavadupadana:false view based on belief in atta (soul)

    Four Constituents of the body:

1. 1. Kammaja rupa, corporeality caused by one's kamma.
2. 2. Cittaja rupa, corporeality caused by one's mind.
3. 3. Utuja rupa, corporeality caused by heat and cold.
4. 4. Aharaja rupa, corporeality caused by nutritive essence.

1. Five nivaranas
2. Five khandhas
3. Twelve Ayatanas
4. Seven Bojjhangas, and
5. Four Ariya Saccas

1. Collection of long Discourses, Dighanikaya;
2. Collection of medium-length Discourses, Majjhimanikaya;
3. Collection of groups of connected Discourses, Samyuttanikaya;
4. Collection: of numerically graduated Discourses, Anguttaranikaya; and
5. Collection of shorter, i.e. ,the remaining Discourses, Khuddakanikaya

     Five Aggregates(Khandhas):

1. The aggregates of corporeality (rupakkhandha),
2. The aggregates of sensation (vedanakkhandha),
3. The aggregates of perception (sannakkhandha),
4. The aggregates of volitional activities (sankharakkhandha) and
5. The aggregates of consciousness (vinnanakkhandha).

     Pancanantariya Kamma or the five great misdeeds that definitely lead to niraya at death.

1. Matricide,
2. Patricide,
3. The murder of an Arahant,
4. The wounding of a Buddha and
5. The creation of a Schism (splitting) in the Bhikkhu Samgha

     The Five Nivarana or Hindrances of the way to liberation

1. Kamachanda: sensual desire or lust
2. Byapada: ill will, hatred or anger
3. Thina middha: sloth and torpor
4. Uddhacca, Kukkucca: restless and worry, and
5. Vicikiccha: sceptical doubt or wavering

     The Five Veras (Enemies )

1. Floods
2. Fire(Conflagrations)
3. Bad Ruler
4. Thieves
5. Bad sons and daughters who are unworthy heirs

     Five Indriyas :
(Factors or faculties of Enlightenment)

1. Saddhindriya: Faith or confidence
2. Viriyindriya: energey or effort
3. Satindriya: mindfulness
4. Samadhindriya: concentration
5. Pannindriya: wisdom

     Five kinds of delightful satisfaction piti:

1. The thrill of joy and delightful satisfaction of low intensity which makes the flesh tingle or creep:khuddaka piti;
2. Instantaneous joy like a flash of lightning (of delightful satisfaction): khanika piti;
3. A surge of delightful satisfaction or flood of joy like surf breaking on the shore; okkantika piti;
4. Delightful satisfaction which transports and enables one to float in the air like a wisp of cotton, ubbega piti; and
5. Intense delightful satisfaction which suffuses the whole body for a long time, or like a flood overflowing small tanks and ponds: pharana piti.

     Five Kinds of Losses (Byasana)

1. Loss of relatives (Nati-byasana)
2. Loss of wealth (Bhoga-byasana)
3. Loss of health due to illness (Roga-byasana)
4. Loss of right view (Ditthi-byasana)
5. Loss of morality (Sila-byasana)

     Five Spiritual Faculties:

1. faith (saddha);
2. energy (viriya);
3. mindfulness (sati);
4. concentration (samadhi);
5. wisdom (panna).

Five Things hindering the mind from making right exertion

1. doubts about the Buddha;
2. doubts about the Dhamma;
3. doubts about the Sangha;
4. doubts about the three Sikkha (sila, samadhi and panna);
5. ill-will towards his fellow monks and companions.

      The Six Rays of the Buddha (chabbannaramsi)are:

1. rays of dark blue colour, nila;
2. rays of yellow colour, pita;
3. rays of red colour, lohita;
4. rays of white colour, odata;
5. rays of dark red colour, manjittha; and
6. glittering rays of a mixture of the above five colours, pabhassara.

     The six super-normal Powers -Abhinnas

1. Supernormal Powers for producing miracles(Iddhividha)
2. The Divine Ear like that of the devas(Dibbasota)
3. Power to read the minds of others (Paracitta vijanana)
4. Knowledge of Former existences( Pubbenivasanussati)
5. The Divine Eye (Dibba-cakkhu)
6. Higher psychic power which can eradicate defilements (Asavakkhaya)

1. Catumaharajika
2. Tavatimsa
3. Yama
4. Tusita
5. Nimmanarati
6. Paranimmita-vasavati

     The six hindrances nivarana :

     They prevent the arising of good thoughts and good deeds, jhanas and maggas.

1. Kamacchanda; sensual desire,
2. Byapada; ill will,
3. Thina middha; sloth and torpor,
4. Uddhacca kukkucca; restlessness and worry,
5. Vicikiccha; doubt, and
6. Avijjaa ignorance of the Ariya Truths,

     Six kinds of words :(The Buddha rejected No. 1 to No. 4; No. 5 and No. 6 were accepted)

1. Words that are untrue, unpleasing, unbeneficial.
2. Words that are untrue, pleasing, unbeneficial.
3. Words that are true, unpleasing, unbeneficial
4. Words that are true, pleasing, unbeneficial
5. Words that are true, unpleasing, beneficial.
6. Words that are true, pleasing, beneficial.

     Six everlasting charity (Tharavapunna)

1. Setting up gardens and orchards for public use
2. Planting shady trees and fruit trees for public use
3. Building roads and bridges for public use
4. Providing drinking water at the wayside
5. Constructing wells, tanks and ditches as means of public water supply
6. Donation of monastic dwellings, etc.

     Six qualities of the law (Dhamma)

1. well-proclaimed by the Blessed One (svakkhato);
2. visible here and now (sanditthiko);
3. not delayed and timeless (akaliko);
4. inviting inspectioin (ehipassiko);
5. onward-leading (opaneyyiko);
6. directly experienceable by the wise (paccatam veditabbo vinnuhi).

      They are the seeds of potentiality of defilements

1. Ditthanusaya, false view of mind and body.
2. Vicikicchanusaya,sceptical doubts about the Buddha, Dhamrna and Samgha
3. Kamaraganusaya, attachment to sensual pleasures.
4. Patighanusaya, ill-will hatred and anger.
5. Mananusaya, Conceit/ pride
6. Bhavaraganusaya, attachment to rebirth as a brahma/ attachment to rupa and arupa jhanas and the existence in rupa and arupa planes/ craving for continued existence
7. Avijjanusaya, not knowing the Four Ariya Truths, namely, (a) dukkha (rebirth, old age, disease, death, tribulation, grief, separation from dear ones, etc.), (b) samudaya (cause of dukkha), Cc) nirodha (end of dukkha), (d) rnagga (path to the end of dukkha).

contact (phassa);
feeling (vedanta);
perception (sanna),
volition (cetana);
one-pointedness (ekaggata);
psychic life or vitality (jivitindriya);
attention (manasikara).

1. Sati Sambojjhan: Mindfulness
2. Dhammavicaya Sambojjhan: Vipassana wisdom analysig anicca, Dukkha and Anatta
3. Viriya Sambojjhan: Energy
4. Piti Sambojjhan: Rapture due to progress of Insight
5. Passaddhi Sambojjhan: Tranquility at stage of Udayabbaya Nana
6. Samadhi Sambojjhan: Concentration
7. Upekkha Sambojjhan: Equanimity

     Seven Days of the Week with special reference to the Buddha

1. Monday, Full Moon Day of Waso: Renunciation by the Bodhisatta, Prince Siddhattha, at the age of 29.
2. Tuesday, Full Moon Day of Kason: Parinibbana of the Buddha at the age of 80 in 543 B.C.
3. Wednesday, Full Moon Day of Kason: The Bodhisatta attained Enlightenment at the age of 35 in 588 B.C.
4. Thursday, Full Moon Day of Waso: Conception of the Bodhisatta.
5. Friday, Full Moon Day of Kason: The Bodhisatta was born in 623 B.C.
6. Saturday, Full Moon Day of Waso: Buddha preached the first discourse, Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta to the five ascetics.
7. Sunday, New Moon Day of Kason: The Buddha's body was cremated.

     Seven Qualities of an Ariya;

1. rich in faith (saddha dhana);
2. morality (sila dhana);
3. concientiousneus (hiri dhana)
4. fear of blame (ottappa dhana);
5. quality of listening (suta dhana))
6. generosity (caga dhana);
7. wisdom (panna dhana).

     Eight Constituents of the Path, Eightfold Path, Noble Ariya Atthangika Magga, (magganga)

right understanding (samma ditthi);
right thought (samma sankappa),
right speech (samma vaca;
right action (samma kammanta);
right livelihood (samma ajiva);
right effort (samma vayama);
right mindfulness (samma sati);
right concentration (samma samadhi).

     Eight qualities of a good friend (Kalyanamitta)

endowed with faith (saddha sampanna);
endowed with virtue (sila sampanna);
endowed with learning (suta sampanna);
endowed with generosity (caga sampanna),
endowed with effort (viriya sampanna);
endowed with mindfulness (sati sampanna);
endowed with concentration (samadhi sampanna);
endowed with wisdom (panna sampanna).

     Eight kind of madness(Ummattaka)

frenzied with lust (kamummattaka);
frenzied with hate (kodhummattaka);
frenzied with wrong view (ditthummataka);
frenzied with infatuation (mohummattaka);
driven mad by yakkhas or demoniacal possession (yakkhummattaka),
mad from organic disorders (pittummattaka);
frenzied with intoxicants (surummattaka);
maddened by misfortune (uyasanummattaka).

     The Eight Atthakkhanas (Inopportune Times)

1. Being born in the Hell/ Niraya
2. Being born as animals
3. Being born as petas
4. Being born as Asaannatta-brahamas and Arupa-brahamas.
5. Being born as a human being in the remote part of a country which can not be reached by Buddha and his disciples.
6. Being born as a human being having the wrong view during the time of the Buddha and his Teachings.
7. Being born as a human being with no intellingence to understand the teachings of the Buddha.
8. Being born as a human being with adequate intellingence to understand the teachings of the Buddha but not in the time of the Buddha.

     Eight different places of Niraya Realm ( Hell, devoid of happiness )

1. Sanjiva
2. Kalasutta
3. Sanghata
4. Roruva
5. Maharoruva
6. Tapana
7. Mahatapana
8. Avici

     Nine benefits of Satipatthana Practice

mental piuification;
overcoming of sorrow (soka);
overcoming of lamentation (parideva);
overcoming of physical pain (kayika dukkha);
overcoming of grief (domanassa);
overcoming of defilements (kilesa);
detachment (viveka);
freedom (pamokkha);
liberation (vimokkha).

     Ten Akusala Kammapathas
: Paths to evil or demerit

1. Killing
2. Stealing
3. Commiting Adultery and taking Intoxicants
4. Telling lies
5. Setting one against others
6. Using rough and abusive words
7. Indulging in unbeneficial speech
8. Belief in false theoris
9. Ill will
10. Covetousness

     Ten Armies of Mara

sensuous pleasures (kama);
dissatisfaction (arati);
hunger and thirst (khuppassa);
craving (tanha);
sloth and torpor (thina middha);
fear (bhiru);
doubt (vicikkicha);
hypocrisy and obstinacy (makkha and thambha);
gain, fame and reverence (labha, siloka and sakkara);
self-exaltation and disparaging others (attukkamsana and paravambhana)

     Ten kinds of mind-defiling factors (Kilesas)have been enumerated as:

1. greed , lobha;
2. hatred, dosa;
3. bewilderment, moha;
4. conceit, mana;
5. wrong view, ditthi;
6. doubt, vicikiccha;
7. mental torpor, thina;
8. restlessness, uddhacca;
9. shamelessness (to do evil), ahirika; and
10. not fearing (to do evil), anottappa.

     Ten Meritorious Deeds(Punnakiriya vatthu)

1. Generosity or charity , dana
2. Morality or good moral conduct, sila
3. Meditation, bhavana
4. Paying due respect to those who are worthy of it, apacayana
5. Helping others perform good deeds, veyyavacca
6. Sharing of merit after doing some good deed, pattidana
7. Rejoicing at others merit - making, pattanumodana
8. Listening well to the Doctrine, dhammassavana
9. Teaching the Doctrine, dhammadesana
10. Straightening one's views, ditthizukammma.

     Ten Samyojanas or Fetters
Bonds or fetters binding all beings to the wheel of existence.

(i) sakkaya ditthi: belief in atta or soul; ego illusion; the view that the body and mind is "myself".

(ii) vicikiccha. doubt or wavering concerning the Buddha's Enlightenment, his Teaching, and his Order.

(iii)silabbataparamasa: the belief that there are practices and paths other than the Ariya Path of Eight Constituents, that can liberate one from dukkha.

(iv) kamaraga: sensual desire; attachment to and satisfaction in sensual objects such as colours, shapes, sounds, odours, tastes, tactual objects.

(v)patigha: ill will, including feelings of hatred, anger, resentment, revulsion, dissatisfaction, aversion, annoyance, disappointment.

(vi) ruparaga: (a) craving for existence in the Fine- Material (Brahma) realms; (b) desire for the bliss, the tranquillity, the attractive flavour or the various stages of concentration on forms, or colours, or materiality.

(vii) aruparaga: (a) craving for existence in the Formless (i.e., with only mind and no body) (Brahma) realms; (b) desire for the bliss, the tranquillity, the attractive flavour of full concentration on objects other than forms, such as space or Consciousness or emptiness.

(viii) mana: pride, awareness of superiority or inferiority; the illusion of having this or that status relative to one another.

(ix) uddhacca: restlessness; agitation; mental unrest, distraction, lack of peace and quiet (arising from curiosity, inquisitiveness).

(x) Avijja:Ignorance, lack of correct knowledge as to the nature of existence, it is the main root of dukkha and of rebirth.

     Eleven Advantages of Metta Bhavana

sleeps well (sukham supati);
wakes in comfort (sukham patzbujjhati,
dreams no evil dreams (na papakam supinam passati,
dear to and beloved by human beings (manussanam piyo hoti);
dear to and beloved by non-human beings (amanussanam piyo hoti;
deities guard him (devata rakkhanti;
not affected by fire, poison and weapons (nassa aggi va visam va sattham va kamati;
mind easily concentrated (tuva tam cittam samadhiyati);
serene facial expression (mukhavanno vippasidati).
dies unconfused (assammutho kalam karoti},
reappears in Brahma world (uttarim appativijjhanto Brahmalokupago hoti)

     Twelve kinds of Bhikkhu

four persons who attain the realization of Magga (Path);

four persons who attain the realization of Phala (Fruit);

four persons who are striving through Vipassana Meditation to attain the four stages of realization.

      21 wrong Livelihood for Bhikkhus (

1. Medical practice.Vejjakammam Karoti
2. Acting as a messenger.Dutakammam karoti
3. Doing things at the behest of laymen.Pahina kammam karoti
4. Lancing boils.Gandam phaleti
5. Giving oil for medical application.Arumakkhanam deti
6. Giving emetics.Uddham virecanam deti
7. Giving purgatives.Adho virecanam deti
8. Preparing oil for nose-treatment.Natthutelam pacati
9. Preparing oil for medicine.Pivanatelam pacati
10. Presenting bamboos. Veludanam deti
11. Presenting leaves.Pattadanam deti
12. Presenting flowers.Pupphadanam deti
13. Presenting fruits.Phaladanam
14. Presenting soap-clay.Sinanadanam deti
15. Presenting tooth-sticks.Dantakatthadanam deti
16. Presenting water for washing the face.Mukhodakadanam deti
17. Presenting clay-powder.Cunnamattikadanam deti
18. Using flattering speech. Catukamuam karoti
19. Speaking half-truthsMuggasupiyam karoti
20. Fondling children.Paribatyam karoti
21. Running errands. Janghapesaniyam karoti

REFERENCES

"DHAMMA RATANA", Vol. 1, Ashin Kundalabhivamsa, 1998

"On the Path to Freedom", By Sayadaw U Pandita, 1995

"The Teachings of the Buddha", the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Myanmar, 1997

"Ten Suttas from Digha Nikaya", Burma Pitaka Association, Rangoon, 1984

"A Dictionary of Buddhist Terms", Ministry of Religious Affairs, Myanmar, 1996

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