The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (275 page)

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) in setting forward that which produces good
karma/ kamma
;
(vii) perfected mindfulness (
s.-smriti/s.-sati
), as summarized in
satipa
h
na
;
(viii) perfected concentration (
s.-sam
dhi/s.-sam
dhi
), especially in jh
na.
In
Mah
y
na
Buddhism they become:
(i) insight into
dharmak
ya
(trik
ya);
(ii) cessation of mental superimpositions;
(iii) silence in absorption of
dharma
;
(iv) withdrawal from all actions with karmic consequence;
(v) living in a way that dharma neither arises nor ceases;
(vi) abandoning all intentionality;
(vii) giving up reflection on unprofitable questions;
(viii) no reliance on ideas or concepts at all.
A
apad

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