Terminology

As I read along and discuss with other Buddhists, there are some terminology that I’ve come across that I’ve had to have explained to me, or read about, in order to continue in my growing understanding. I’ll try to organize the terms here as I find them and research them. Rather than write up my own definitions, they’ll be linked to articles/definitions that I find that helped me understand their meaning. There are a lot of people out there who can (and have) explain things much better than I could ever hope to! I’ll be adding them as I find them, so here goes:

EIGHTFOLD PATH

• From The Big View
• Very thorough treatment from Bikkhu Bodhi via Access to Insight
  

FEELING TONE

• According to opendharma.org
  

FIVE AGGREGATES

• Access to Insight’s posting of the Khanda Sutta
• “Study Guide” for the Five Aggregates, by Access to Insight’s Thanissaro Bikkhu
• A shorter explanation by Bikkhu Bodhi

FIVE HINDERANCES

• The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest: Selected Texts from the Pali Canon and the Commentaries compiled and translated by Nyanaponika Thera
• “Practicing with the Five Hindrances” — Interesting article from Tricycle Magazine on the topic, with Q&A with Geri Larkin

FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

• Short and sweet explanation from thebigview.com
• “Study Guide” on the Four Noble Truths according to Thanissaro Bikkhu on Access to Insight

SEVEN FACTORS OF ENLIGHTENMENT

• The Seven Factors of Enlightenment by Piyadassi Thera via Access to Insight
• Jack Kornfield’s take on the Seven Factors as published by Shambhala SunSpace