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A metaphysical Self/Soul whose existence is upheld by<br> the Brahmanical schools.  +
‘Happy dwelling (state of bliss) in the<br> present existence’. This is one of the terms describing<br> the blissful experiences of dhyāna.  +
The 'predominantly distracted type' of personality. The meditation to <br>counteract this is ānāpānasmṛti.  +
Topsy-turviness, erroneousness. E.g.: taking what is duhkha for sukha,<br> śūnya for aśūnya, anitya for nitya, anātman for ātman.  +
Preparatory effort. This stage comprises the mokṣa-bhāgīya and the<br> nirvedha-bhāgīya.  +
One of three types of direct realization. It refers to the<br>fact of the outflow-free prajñā taking the same objects as its conjoined <br>dharma-s in the process of direct realization. —► abhisamaya  +
That which accords with the latter (and not the former) alternative.  +
"Nirvāṇa is called Dharma; the noble eightfold path<br> is called anu-dharma. The Buddha’s disciples’practice therein<br> is called dharma-anudharma-pratipatti" (DŚŚ, 463b)  +
Knowable-hindrance. Only a Buddha can overcome this, in addition to<br>overcoming the defilement-hindrance (kleśāvaraṇa). When it is overcome,<br>a Buddha is perfectly omniscient, capable of knowing both the intrinsic<br>(svalakṣaṇa)and common characteristics (sāmānya-lakṣaṇa) of all things.  +