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FIVE PRECEPTS
1. I vow to keep the precept of refraining from killing any living being.
2. I vow to keep the precept of refraining from stealing or taking what is not given.
3. I vow to keep the precept to refrain from sexual misconduct.
4. I vow to keep the precept of refraining from wrongful or harsh speech.
5. I vow to keep the precept of refraining from intoxicants that cloud the mind or cause heedlessness.
I vow these five precepts
THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF EXISTENCE (also called three marks of existence)
Anicca - impermanence, things are transient
Anatta - not self, without a self
Dukkha - stress or suffering
THREE REFUGES
Buddha - awakening
Dharma - teachings
Sangha - practicioners
THE FIVE HINDRANCES
Desire
Ill will
Sloth or Torpor
Restlessness
Doubt
THE VICISSITUDES
Gain and Loss
Pleasure and Pain
Fame and Disrepute
Praise and Blame
THE SEVEN FACTORS OF AWAKENING
Mindfulness - Sati
Investigation - dhamma vicaya
Energy - viriya
Joy or Rapture - piti
Relaxation or Tranquility - passaddhi
Concentration - samadhi
Equanimity - upekkha
10 PARAMIS or PARAMITAS (perfections)
Perfection of Giving (Dana)
Perfection of Morality (Sila)
Perfection of Renunciation (Nekkhamma)
Perfection of Wisdom (Panna)
Perfection of Energy (Virya)
Perfection of Patience (Khanti)
Perfection of Truthfulness (Sacca)
Perfection of Determination (Adhitthana)
Perfection of Loving kindness (Metta)
Perfection of Equanimity (Upekkha)
MEDITATION POSTURES
Standing
Reclining
Sitting
Walking
HEART PRACTICES - BRAHMAVIHARAS
Loving Kindness - Metta
Compassion - Karuna
Appreciation - Mudita
Equanimity - Upekkha
THREE ASPECTS
Sila - morality
Samadhi - concentration
Panna - wisdom
FOUR RIGHT EFFORTS
Restraint (saṁvara)
Abandoning (pahāna)
Developing (bhāvanā)
Protecting (anurakkhanā)
FIVE AGGREGATES (SKHANDAS)
Material Form (Rūpa)
Feeling Tone (Vedana)
Perception (Saññā)
Mental Formations (Sankhara)
Consciousness (Viññāṇa)
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