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earnestness: appamāda (q.v.).
earth-element: s. dhātu (I).
eating, knowing the measure in bhojane mattaññutā
(q.v.).
effort, the 4 right e.: samma-ppadhāna; s.
padhāna. Right e. s. sacca (IV 6), magga (6) . - 5
elements of e.: padhāniyanga (q.v.).
ego-entity: attā (q.v.).
ego-belief: s. ditthi, sakkāya-ditthi, vipallāsa.
ego-idea, ego-perception: s. vipallāsa.
egolessness: anattā (q.v.).
eightfold path: s. magga.
eka-bījī: 'germinating only once more', is the name for
one of the 3 kinds of Stream-winners: s. Sotāpanna.
ekāsanik'anga: the exercise of eating at one sitting, is
one of the ascetic practices; s. dhutanga.
eka-vokāra-bhava: one-group existence, is the existence
of the unconscious beings (asañña-satta, q.v.) as they possess only the
corporeality-group. Cf. catu-vokāra-bhava, pañca-vokāra-bhava.
elasticity (of corporeality, mental factors or
consciousness): mudutā; s. khandha (Corporeality I.B.) and Tab.
II.
elders, the teaching of the: Theravāda (q.v.).
elements: dhātu (q.v.). - Analysis of the 4 e.:
dhātu-vavatthāna (q.v.).
emotion: 8 sources of e.: samvega-vatthu
(q.v.). The 4 places rousing emotion; samvejanīya-tthāna (q.v.).
emptiness: suññatā (q.v.). - Contemplation of e.:
suññatānupassanā. - For emptiness of self, pertaining to the 4
truths, s. sacca.
ends: 'attaining two ends simultaneously'; sama-sīsī
(q.v.).
energy: viriya (q.v.); further s. bojjhanga,
bala, pāramī.
enlightened one, the: Buddha; s. sammā-sambuddha.
enlightenment: bodhi (q.v.). - The 7 elements of e.:
bojjhanga (q.v.). - A being destined for e.: Bodhisatta
(q.v.).
enthusiasm: pīti (q.v.).
envy: issā (q.v.).
equality-conceit: s. māna.
equanimity: upekkhā (q.v.) = tatra-majjhattatā
(q.v.). - Knowledge consisting in e. with regard to all formations, s. visuddhi
(VI, 8). - Indulging in e., s. manopavicāra.
equilibrium of mental faculties: indriya-samatta
(q.v.).
escape: nissarana (s. pahāna).
eternity: cf. kappa.
eternity-belief: sassata-ditthi; s. ditthi.
exertion: see padhāna, viriya, magga (6). -
Reaching Nibbāna with or without e.; s. Anāgāmi.
existence: bhava (q.v.) - The 5 groups of e.:
khandha (q.v.) - The 4 substrata of e.: upadhi (q.v.). -
Courses of e.: gati (q.v.). - Wheel of e.: samsāra
(q.v.). - Craving for e.: bhava-tanhā; s. tanhā; - The 3
characteristics of e.: ti-lakkhana (q.v.).
expression (bodily and verbal): s. viññatti.
extinction: s. nirodha; - of craving: tanhakkhaya
(q.v.).
extremes: the two e. and the middle path; s. majjhima-patipadā.
eye: 5 kinds, s. cakkhu. - Visual organ, s. āyatana.
eye-consciousness: cakkhu-viññāna; s. dhātu,
khandha.
eye-organ: s. āyatana.
