TIL

Pali Dictionary

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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Contents of this file: kusala | kusala citta | kusala-kamma | kusala-kammapatha |

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ku-tha

kusala

{ku.tha.la.}

UMK-USL p19
n. a meritorious deed such as charity

PTS p223
kusala -- 1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious especially in moral sense whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa .

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kusala-kamma

{ku.tha.la. kam~ma.}
See kusala

UMK-USL p19
n. past meritorious deed

PTS p224
kusala-kamma -- meritorious action, right conduct 

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kusala-kamma-patha

{ku.tha.la. kam~ma. pa.hta.}
See kusala

UMK-USL p19
n. abstinence of ten immoral acts which give good results at rebirth

PTS p194
kamma pathā  -- the ways of acting divided into kusala and akusala.

PTS p408
pathā  -- path, road, way, use in combination e.g.:
ādicca pathā -- the path of the sun, i.e. the sky or heaven

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kusala citta

{ku.tha.la. seit~ta.}
See kusala

UMK-USL p20
n. (A.) moral consciousness consisting of:
• kāmā-vacara-kusila citta
  -- moral consciousness pertaining to the sensual realm -- 8 types
• rūpā-vacara-kusila citta
  -- moral consciousness pertaining to the material form -- 5 types
• arūpā-vacara-kusila citta
  -- moral consciousness pertaining to the abstract form -- 4 types
  UKT: "abstract form" is my interpretation of UMK-USL's "formless beings"
• lokuttara-kusila
  -- supramundane moral consciousness

UKT: The word "supramundane" is frequently met in English versions of Theravada Buddhism. The word is not listed in AHTD. The following is from http://www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/jhanas/jhanas05.htm
   Fundamental to the discussion ... is a distinction between two terms crucial to Theravada philosophical exposition, "mundane" (lokiya) and "supramundane" (lokuttara). The term "mundane" applies to all phenomena comprised in the world (loka) -- to subtle states of consciousness as well as matter, to virtue as well as evil, to meditative attainments as well as sensual engrossments. The term "supramundane," in contrast, applies exclusively to that which transcends the world, that is the nine supramundane states: Nibbana, the four noble paths (magga) leading to Nibbana, and their corresponding fruits (phala) which experience the bliss of Nibbana.

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