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vaibhasika [ THE JOY OF LIVING ]; An early school of Buddhism;

vaishya, farmer, merchant, 1 of the 4 castes in ancient India; also see: brahmana; kshatriya; shudra;

Varanasi, a name of holy city [ nowadays in India ], in BC; [ nation name such as India, Burma, ... have been defined by British, a few centuries ago ... , in Asia, so many dynasties and kingdoms disappear in thousands of years ... ];

Varanasi, an ancient city; Buddha traveled from Bodhgaya to Varanasi, [2009; Joyful Wisdom];

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

Vasala Sutta;

Vattaka aka Wat;

vatthu-kāma, sensual objects; desirable objects;

vedana, feeling; IFF verb, also see: vedeti;

vedanā, sensations; 1st object yogi will observe WHEN meditating;

vedeti, feel and know;

vera, literally enemy, or literally enmity;

vera sutta, the discourse on enemy, defined in anguttara nikāya, pañcaka nipāta; also see: bhaya-vera;

veri-puggalato sattānam bhaye paccupatthite, tato parittāna-bhāvena veditabbam, when danger arises from a hostile person, protecting people from that danger is known as abhaya-dana;

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

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

vibhanga, Book of divisions; aka 2nd of abhidhamma pitaka;

vibhavatanhā, annihilation; also see: tanhā;   IFF Physics, also see: pair annihilation;

vicāra, sustained attention aka full attention, one of the 5 jhāna factors;

vicara, sustained mental application (vicara) and initial mental application (vitakka) ... ;

vici-kicchā, doubts, aka one of the fetters ;

viddhansana, to destroy;

vihara, a dwelling place for monks, donated by king, 2500+ years ago; 6000+ vihara exist for monks and nuns in Myanmar, in 1990s; monastery; aka vihaan; IFF Khmer, vihear; wihan;

vijja, transmutation into knowingness; also see: avijja;

vikkhambhana-vimutta, lasting liberation, a category of liberation;

vīmamsā-dhipati, reasoning power; ambition, moral courage, willpower, and reasoning power are 4 factors of accomplishments, prior to 3 types of sīla; visudhimagga classifies sīla into 3 types as hīna-sīla, majjhima-sīla, and panita-sīla;

Vimāna vatthu, Stories of celestial mansions; also see: Khuddaka nikāya is subdivided into 15 books;  5.*  

vimutta, liberated, ceto vimutta, freedom of the mind; Also see: Satipatthana meditation; vimutti: ceto vimutti; panna vimutti; ... ;

viraga nupassi, ... ; Also see: Satipatthana meditation;

vinaya pitaka, aka discipline books for monks and nuns; 1st of tripitaka;

vineyya abhijjha domanassa, free from desire and discontent;

vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassam, seeing the mind with its associate kilesa led by covetousness [wrongfully desire] and aversion;

vinnana, arising of consciousness;

vinnana, consciousness; Also see: Satipatthana meditation;

vipallasa, specific distortion; Also see: Satipatthana meditation;

vipassana, vipassanā, levels of insight, can only be attained by practice self; Have confidence and faith, to practice vipassana meditation; vipassana mental states are free from sensual desire, because understanding of mind and matter distinctly, because understanding of impermanence, because understanding of suffering, because understanding of non-self, ... are stages of insight knowledge renunciation;

vipassanā-jhāna, vipassana insights;

vipassanā-ñāna and magga phala enlightenment, also see: jhāna;

vipassanā paññā, Insight;

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

vīriyā-dhipati, moral courage; ambition, moral courage, willpower, and reasoning power are 4 factors of accomplishments, prior to 3 types of sīla; visudhimagga classifies sīla into 3 types as hīna-sīla, majjhima-sīla, and panita-sīla;

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

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

vitakka, do aiming and initial attention toward physical phenomena, one of the 5 jhāna factors;

vitakka, initial mental application (vitakka) AND sustained mental application (vicara) ... ;

vitekama kilesa, transgressive form that manifests in body and speech;

Vyagghapajja Sutta;

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