-G-
Gantha: 'ties'.;There are 4 ties: the bodily
tie kāyagantha of covetousness abhijjhā
of ill-will vyāpāda, of clinging to
rule and ritual sīlabbata-parāmāsa
of dogmatical fanaticism idamsaccābhinivesa
D. 33. -;These things are ties, since they
tie this mental and material body; Vis.M
XXII, 54.
Garuka-kamma: weighty kamma; see: kamma.
Gati: lit. 'going': 'course of existence', destiny,
destination.;There are 5 courses of existence: hell, animal kingdom, ghost
realm, human world, divine world; D. 33;
A. XI, 68. Of these, the first 3 count
as woeful courses duggati see:
apāya the latter 2 as happy courses
sugati.
Gems: the 3:ti-ratana
Generation: the 4 modes of:
yoni
Germinating once more: eka-bījī
is the name of one of the 3 kinds of sotāpanna
Ghosts: cf. peta
yakkha see:
loka
Giving: dāna
Gladness: somanassa
- Indulging in g., see: manopavicāra.
Gnosis: see: indriya
21.
Gotrabhū: lit. 'who has entered the lineage of
the Noble Ones', i.e. the Matured One.
I. 'change-of-lineage-Moment' gotrabhū-citta
is the last of the 4 impulse moments javana
cf. viññāna-kicca immediately
preceding the entering into an absorption jhāna
or into one of the supra-mundane paths see:
ariya-puggala
A.. Cf. visuddhi
VII.
II. The 'Matured One'.;He who is endowed with those things, immediately
upon which follows the entrance into the noble path
ariya-magga, this person is called
a 'Matured One'.; Pug 10. In the Com.
to this passage it is said:;He who through perceiving Nibbāna, leaves behind
the whole multitude of worldlings puthujjana,
the family of worldlings, the circle of worldlings, the designation of a worldling
and enters into the multitude of the Noble Ones, the family of the Noble Ones,
the circle of the Noble Ones, and obtains the designation of a Noble One, such
a being is called a Matured One.; By this state of consciousness is meant the
lightning-like transitional stage between the state of a worldling and that
of a sotāpanna see:
ariya-puggala- Gotrabhū is mentioned
in this sense, i.e. as 9th ariya-puggala,
in A. IX, 10; X, 16.
Gotrabhū-ñāna: 'change-of-lineage-knowledge';
see: prec. and visuddhi VII
Gradual instruction: Ānupubbīkathā
Grasping: cf.parāmāsa,
upādāna.
Great man: the 8 thoughts of a:
mahāpurisa-vitakka.
Greed: lobha
Greedy consciousness: see: Tab, I,
III. 22-29.
Greedy-natured:
rāga-carita see:
carita
Grief: domanassa
- Indulging in g. see: manopavicāra.
Groups: of existence, see:
khandha material groups, see:
rūpa-kalāpa materiality-group, see:
rūpa-kāya mind-group, see:
nāma-kāya
Growth: bodily: rūpassa
upacaya see:
khandha I.
Grudge: see: patigha
Gustatory organ: see:
āyatana.