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Index of themes

Ten doors into the same room.

Each theme is a curated trail through the dictionary. Begin anywhere; every word is a window onto every other.

I

Consciousness

The knowing moment.

Citta and its 89 forms — the stream of cognition itself.

12 terms

II

Craving

The thirst that turns the wheel.

Taṇhā, lobha, upādāna — the pull that keeps becoming alive.

9 terms

III

Awareness

Returning to what is.

Sati and its companions — the gatekeeper of the mind.

9 terms

IV

Emotion

The feeling tone of experience.

Vedanā, joy, sorrow, kindness — what experience feels like.

10 terms

V

Perception

How the world becomes known.

Saññā, contact, the six sense bases — the gates of meaning.

7 terms

VI

Karma

Intention becoming destiny.

Cetanā, kamma, vipāka — actions ripening into worlds.

7 terms

VII

Mental Factors

The 52 colors of mind.

Cetasikas — the qualities that paint every moment of citta.

30 terms

VIII

Meditation

Training the stream.

Jhāna, samādhi, vipassanā — the disciplines that clarify.

13 terms

IX

Suffering

The first noble truth.

Dukkha and its conditions — why experience strains itself.

12 terms

X

Liberation

The blowing out.

Nibbāna, magga, phala — what is left when craving ends.

13 terms

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