The meaning of word:
"Thanha" තණ්හා |
Bonded ,
Attached in to the spot |
The meaning of word: “Upadana"
උපාදාන |
Wishes, Desires |
The meaning of word:
"Samsara" or "San + Saara" සංසාර =
සං+සාර |
San සං means , addition, collection,
gathering
Saara සාර Means, desirable ,
fruitful, beneficialSan + Saara means ,
Going on the endless birth and death circle, due to the
misunderstanding of that gathering a collection of good and bad
Karmas are beneficial while in reality it leads to endless
sufferings |
The meaning of word: "Niroodha"
නිරෝධ |
The ruminating thought process, or the thinking round and round on
something is called Roodha රෝධ
and stop thinking like that is called Niroodha
නිරෝධ |
The meaning of word: "Mooha"
මෝහ |
Dilution, wrongful assessment, misinterpretation, Ego |
The meaning of word: "Raaga" රාග |
Lust, Greed, Attachment through desire |
The meaning of word: "Dwesha" ද්වේශ |
Anger, Hatred, Revengeful attachment |
The meaning of word: "Anushaya"
අනුෂය |
Karmic seeds, Defilements |
The meaning of word:
"Assada". අස්සාද (ආශ්වාද )
There is no direct single English word for this Aaa..swada (Pronounsed as :Aaa..h..Swada
feeling of AaaH or Wow, an extreme feeling of pain or pleasure) |
Assada.
අස්සාද (ආශ්වාද ) is
what keeps you bound to this cruel game of life and death called Samsara are
also attractions offered to please your five senses as well as the mind. That
means visions to please your eyes, sounds to please your ears, smells, tastes,
sensory pleasers through your skin. Because of the desire for those attractions
( Those
attractions are called in one word as Kaama's කාම
) |
The meaning of word: "Kaama" කාම Definition of Kaama (Kaama = Kaa + Ama
= කා + ඇම = Eating the Lure) |
"Kaama" means Attractions offered to please your five senses as
well as the mind. That means visions to please your eyes, sounds
to please your ears, smells, tastes, sensory pleasers through
your skin. |
The meaning of word: "Avidya"
අවිද්යා
" written also as
avijjā"
|
Means thinking that
"Kaamas"
are of value, pleasurable, good, enjoyable, and stays as you like.. and
not realizing that Kaamas lead you to sufferings and makes you bound to
Samsara ... Hence an another name for
Kaama is Dukkha (Suffering) |
The meaning of word: "Aadeenawa"ආදීනව = ආදී + නව = Aadee + Nava
= resultant nine |
Consequence, Consequence of Assada
is the Aadeenawa,
that means Assada
eventually brings forth 9 kind of consequences of
sufferings which is normally hidden from the view of a normal
person due to his/her
Avidya.
Resulting 9 kinds of Sufferings are
1. Birth, 2 sickness 3 Old age 4 Death 5 Sadness,
Sorrow, weeping, 6 Struggle to make a
living is suffering. 7 Loss of loved ones 8 Compelled to put up with
tormentors or enemies is suffering, 9 Not gaining things you desired is
suffering and in short the burden of pleasing the five senses of
the body |
The meaning of word: "Nissaranaya" නිස්සරණය |
Giving up, relinquishment , loosing of interest.
After understanding the consequences of
Assada and seeing the
Aadeenawa, of that, a person follows the
path of Nissaranaya |
The meaning of word:
"Sankara"
සංකාර , San + kaara, සං + කාර |
San සං mean , collection,
Kaara Means Activities,
"Sankara" means
activities of mental, physical and verbal nature which may or
may not lead
to collection of good or bad karmas.
Even
though Sankara in general Means
Good or Bad Intentions. When talking in detail every Intention (Sankara)
does not create Good or Bad Karmas. Only the Intensive
Good or Bad Intentions (Abhi
Sankara අභි සංකාර) are powerful
enough to create Karmas. For an example, your intention to eat
the lunch does not create any Karmas, but while eating it you
got angry enough that you feel like hitting the one you cooked
the meal, then you generate Abhi Sankaras of violence and
hence Karmas.
Good intentions are called
"Punnyabhi
Sankara" and Bad intentions are called "Apunyabhi Sankara".
සංකාර
යනු කුසලාකුසල චේතනා යි. කුසල චේතනා පුඤ්ඤාභිසංකාර නම් වේ. අකුසල
චේතනා අපුඤ්ඤාභිසංඛාර වේ. අරෑපාවචර කුසල චේතනා ආනෙඤ්ජාභිසංඛාර වේ |
The meaning of word: "Gnana" "ඥාන" |
Intellect, Wisdom |
The meaning of word: "Vingnana" වින්ඥාන Vi + Gnana වි + ඥාන =
විකුර්තිවූ ඥාන |
Distorted perceptions, feelings, Ideas, intellect or
decisions |
The meaning of word: "Ruupa" රූප |
Ruupa
means images, those images can be both internal or external,
meaning either mental images or physical images, can be of physical or sensory nature.
Example
Ruupa Ruupa
means mental Image of a photo of a person,
Shabdha Ruupa
, means Mental Image of a Sound track of a song,
Ghanda rupa
means , Mental image of a Smell ect.
Rasa Ruupa
, means mental image of a taste,
Pottaba Ruupa
means Mental Image of a Sensation,
Mano Ruupa,
means Mental Image of a Imagination.
Ruupas can be of 11 kinds, such as
, mental images of past , present, or future happenings ect. |
The meaning of word: "Anichcha"
අනිච්ච
(Un + Ichcha = Anichcha).
Another similar sounding but completely different meaning
word is "Anithya" |
"Ichcha" means
the liking, "Unichcha"
Means when the things you like does not
stay or behave as you like them to be
(Un + Ichcha = Anichcha)
is the cause for all sorts of sufferings
in the world. අනිච්ච බව
කැමති පරිදි නොපවතින සිය වසගයේ තබාගත නොහැකි හා වෙනස්වෙන නිසා දුක්
ඇතිවෙන බව
For more
information about "Anichcha"
and 9 ways of defining it in Sinhala please read the leaflet of Susila Thero or listen to the following Sermon in Sinhala Leaflet :Anuloma
Shanthiya.pdf Sermon in Sinhala
"ලොව්තුරු
අරණ " ධර්ම සාකච්ඡාව 8 (02-01-21) |
The meaning of word: "Anithya" අනිත්ය |
Impermanency, decay or destruction, "Anithya"
is a part of the bigger picture of what comprise of
"Unichcha" Nature |
The meaning of word:"Dukkha" දුක්ඛ |
The direct meaning for "Dukkha" is
Suffering, Reason for Dukkha or the sufferings is "Kaama" thinking that
"Kaamas"
are of value, pleasurable, good, enjoyable, and stays as you like..
and not realizing the Anichcha Nature of those Kaamasthat Kaamas lead you to sufferings
by making you bound to Samsara ... Hence an another name for
Kaama is Dukkha (Suffering) |
The meaning of word:
"Anaththa" අනත්ථ
Another similar sounding but completely different meaning word
is "Anathma" |
Anaththa = Un + Artha = Does not + Do
good = Disastrous effects , futile pursuit, useless, to be disappointed
with, nothing of substance (Asara
අසාර ) . Because the Kaamas
ultimately brings Suffering due to it's
Anichcha Nature, running after Kaamas Does not do good (Anaththa)
as that creates Karmic Seeds called
Anushaya which leads to prolonging of the
Samsara and hence bringing untold
Sufferings (Dukkha) |
The meaning of word: "Anathma" අනාත්ම |
Soul Less |
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