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Duggati

'woeful course' of existence

Duccarita

'evil conduct', is threefold: in deeds, words and thoughts

Dittha-dhamma-vedanīya-kamma

kamma bearing fruit in this present life

Ditthi-nissita-sīla

'morality based on wrong views'

Ditthi-ppatta

the 'vision attainer', is one of the 7 Noble Persons ariya-puggala.

Ditthi-vipallāsa

'perversion of views'

Ditthi-visuddhi

'purification of view' is the 3rd of the 7 stages of purification.

Domanassupavicāra

'indulging in grief'

That is a good story. It comes from the Samyutta Nikaya: "Suppose, headman, a person would hurl a huge boulder into a deep pool of water. Then a great crowd of people would come together and assemble around it, and they would send up prayers and recite praise and circumambulate it making revere...

I have recently acquired another Buddhist domain name which I use as a redirect to a Dhamma Wiki page on another 'passion' of mine: Maha Bodhi Replicas Here is the domain, which redirects to an article with a list of all the known Maha Bodhi Temple replicas: http://www.mahabodhireplicas.com/" o...

Hi there. According to the Pali Canon, the historical Buddha is said to have "Blue Eyes". We can still find blue/green eyes amongst Northern Indians today. Few samples: If you accept the literal word of the 32 marks (and there is no indication to do so according to the Pali Canon), then t...

Pativedha

'penetration', signifies the realization of the truth of the Dhamma, as distinguished from the mere acquisition of its wording pariyatti or the practice patipatti of it, in other words, realization as distinguished from theory and practice. Cf. pariyatti.

Peta

(Sanskrit preta) lit. 'departed spirit', ghost