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Mae Daw, [Mae Daw is not a Pali word, Mae Daw is Myanmar transcription word] also see: Tuyatadi Mae Daw [in Myanmar]; aka Sarawasti; aka Lady Deity; also see: Who are the Buddhist Deities.html; also see: Guanyin Mae Daw。

magga, a stage of enlightenment, also see: 2008 Ashin Pyinnya Thiha taught suttas .htm;

magga-ñāna, phala-ñāna: also known as magga-phala enlightenment; also see: jhāna;

magga-phala, enlightenment, insight knowledge stage after practicing of mindfulness; enlightenment can uproot dormant form of defilements;

maggagata sutta, sensual pleasure life is a bit pleasurable appa-sāda, very miserable baha-dukkha, very stressful bahu-pāyāsa, and very inferior and impure sādīnava, therefore reliable happiness is described in the discourse on the journey to reliable happiness maggagata sutta;

MAHA, a prefix: imperial and dynasty; somehow big; something royal; Not in English dictionary, therefore, usage "maha" is not from Western Civilization; Mahayana Buddhism; Like a dialog "shin", in addition to imperial and dynasty, "maha" refers to title;

mahaggata, great state of mind; Also see: Satipatthana meditation;

mahā-padesa, 4 principles, mentioned in Pāli text;

mahamudra [ THE JOY OF LIVING ]; Great Seal; Great Gesture; maha + mudra;

mahasiddha [ THE JOY OF LIVING ]; extraordinary achievement of profound understanding; maha + siddha; also see: cittā-dhipati;

mahāvagga pali, aka greater section, aka khandaka part I, one of the discipline books for monks and nuns;

Mahavairochana, cosmic truth itself; Mahayana Buddhism; In Nippon, aka Dainichi Nyorai;

mahayana Buddhism, a Buddhism; also see: theravada;

            In mahayana Buddhism, trikaya aka triple body of Buddha; also see: Zen;

mahiccha, insatiable desire for more;

Maitreya, the Future Buddha;

majjhimā patipadā, middle path;

Majjhima Nikaya, also see: Satipatthana Sutta;

majjhima-sīla, middle class morality, because observing with expectation for its benefits;

mala [ THE JOY OF LIVING ]; a string of prayer beads; it is used for counting repetitions of mantra;

māna, conceit; one of the remaining fetters at anāgāmi stage to be arahat, the path to nibbāna;

mandala, in Shingon, aka mantra; 4 types of mandala , in Shingon; also see: pali canon;

Mangala Sutta, also see: Mingala Sutta;

mannati, activity of thought;

mano, the mind;

mantra [ THE JOY OF LIVING ]; special ancient syllables, to be a combination of, and to be a repetition of, sometimes belief to be more than super power of; aka mandala in Shingon; also see: pali canon; pictorial representations of cosmos;

mara, also see: 2008 Ashin Pyinnya Thiha taught suttas .htm;

mātugāma, women;

meru, also see: 2008 Ashin Pyinnya Thiha taught suttas .htm;

mettā, loving kindness, aka one of the 4 sublime states ;

metta, mettā, kind intention; loving kindness;

metta-jhāna, the absorption in loving kindness; also see: jhāna;

metta sutta, also see: 2008 Ashin Pyinnya Thiha taught suttas .htm;

micchā-ditthi, wrong view;

micchā-saññā, wrong perception;

micchasati, wrong mindfulness;

middha, torpor, uddhacca, restlessness, kukkucca, worry, nivarana, hindrance, thina, sloth; Also see: Satipatthana meditation;

misa, also see: samisa (worldly), niramisa (unworldly), amisa (flesh); Also see: Satipatthana meditation;

Majjhima nikāya, Collection of middle length discourses, aka 2nd of sutta pitaka;

mīla-sukha, filthy pleasure;

mingala sutta, also see: 2008 Ashin Pyinnya Thiha taught suttas .htm;

Moggalana, a monk's name, in 2500+ years ago, also see: 2008 Ashin Pyinnya Thiha taught suttas .htm;

Moggallana, one of the 8 arahants;

moha, delusion;

mudita, muditā, sympathetic joy, aka one of the 4 sublime states ;

mudra aka gesture; each mudra has its own meaning;

muttha sati, absent mindedness (muttha sati) opposes to mindfulness being present (upatthita sati) ... ;

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