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| ศาสนา ปรัชญาและ ความเชื่อ » ศาสนา » พระพุทธศาสนา Religion, Philosophy, and Spiritualism » Religion » Buddhism |  |
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| กฐิน | gaL thinR | Kathin, the ceremonial presentation of robes to Buddhist monks, usually falling in November | |
กรรมเก่า | gamM gaoL | one's past deeds; sins of one's prior life | |
| กรรมฐาน | gamM maH thaanR | [usually preceded by  นั่ง  (to sit) or วิปัสสนา (spiritual contemplation)] Karmasthana or Buddhist meditation, which is a mode of Buddhist meditation leading to a thorough tranquility of mind | |
| กรรมนิยม | gamM maH niH yohmM | Kammatic Buddhism | |
| กสิณ | gaL sinR | one of the ten objects or elements used as a means of focusing one's mind in practicing สมถกรรมฐาน (a type of Buddhist meditation) | |
| กามคุณ | gaamM maH khoonM | the five sensual desires | |
| กามภพ | gaamM maH phohpH | [Buddhism] the World of the sensual ones or the beings with Karma | |
| การเปรียญ | gaanM bpriianM | the study of Buddhist theology | |
| ผ้ากาสาวพัสตร์ | phaaF gaaM saaR waH phatH | yellow or orange robe worn by a Buddhist monk | |
| เกี่ยวกับโบสถ์ | giaaoL gapL bo:htL | ecclesiastical | |
| เกี่ยวกับพระ | giaaoL gapL phraH | clerical | |
| เกี่ยวกับสงฆ์ | giaaoL gapL sohngR | ecclesiastical | |
| ขอขมาศพ | khaawR khaL maaM sohpL | to ask forgiveness from a deceased person | |
| การเข้าฌาน | gaanM khaoF chaanM | the practice of meditation | |
| เข้าฌาน | khaoF chaanM | to sit in meditation; to meditate | |
| คนดิบ | khohnM dipL | a male Buddhist who has not yet entered monkhood | |
| คนพุทธ | khohnM phootH | a Buddhist (person) | |
| ความปรวนแปรแตกสลาย | khwaamM bpruaanM bpraaeM dtaaekL saL laaiR | impermanence | |
| ความเป็นทุกข์ | khwaamM bpenM thookH | suffering | |
| ความมิใช่ตัวตน | khwaamM miH chaiF dtuaaM dtohnM | being not oneself | |
| ความไม่เที่ยง | khwaamM maiF thiiangF | impermanence | |
| ความไม่แน่นอน | khwaamM maiF naaeF naawnM | impermanence; uncertainty | |
| คามวาสี | khaamM maH waaM seeR | monk who resides in a temple in a town or village | |
| คุณธรรม | khoonM naH thamM | good; moral goodness; virtue; merit | |
| เคร่งศาสนา | khrengF saatL saL naaR | pious; religious; devotional; devout | |
| ฆราวาส | khaH raaM waatF | layman; laity; lay; life in the world; householder; nonclerical; nonreligious | |
| เจ้าคณะ | jaoF khaH naH | dean of monks (at a geographic level) | |
| เจ้าคณะอำเภอ | jaoF khaH naH amM phuuhrM | monk in a leadership position at the district level | |
| ชาวพุทธ | chaaoM phootH | [colloquial term] a Buddhist (person) | |
| ชำระพระไตรปิฎก | chamM raH phraH dtraiM bpiL dohkL | to revise, amend and clarify พระไตรปิฎก (the Tripitaka) | |
| ฌาน | chaanM | Dhyana; meditation; thought; concentration of mind; one-pointed meditation | |
| ฌานสมาบัติ | chaanM saL maaM batL | mindfully profound trance | |
| ตรีปิฎก | dtreeM bpiL dohkL | an alteration of พระไตรปิฎก | |
| ตักบาตร | dtakL baatL | to present food to a monk or Buddhist priest | |
| ตันตระ | dtanM dtraL | Tantric Buddhism | |
| พระไตรปิฎก | phraH dtraiM bpiL dohkL | [formal term] the Pali cannon or Tripitaka—a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century B.C., divided into one of three parts (ปิฎก [Pitaka]): sermons (Sutta Pitaka), the rules of the Buddhist order (Vinaya Pitaka), and several treatises on philosophy and psychology (Abhidhamma Pitaka) | |
| ไตรปิฎก | dtraiM bpiL dohkL | the Tripitaka; three-part Buddhist teachings | |
| ไตรลักษณ์ | dtraiM lakH | three general characteristics of existence | |
| เถรวาท | thaehR raH waatF | doctrine | |
| ทศชาติชาดก | thohtH saL chaatF chaaM daL gaL | the story of the ten rebirths of the Buddha | |
| ทอดผ้าป่า | thaawtF phaaF bpaaL | to offer robes to monks during the กฐิน festival | |
| ทางฆราวาส | thaangM khaH raaM waatF | secular; profane; civil; earthly; lay; nonspiritual; temporal | |
| ทางธรรม | thaangM thamM maH | religious; clerical; ecclesiastical; ministerial; priestly | |
| ทางโลก | thaangM lo:hkF | worldly; secular; earthly; material; temporal; fleshy | |
| ทำสมาธิ | thamM saL maaM thiH | to meditate | |
| ทิฏฐธัมมิกัตถะ | thitH thaL thamM miH gatL thaL | obtainable benefits in the here and now; the good to be won in this lifetime; temporal benefits | |
| ทุกข์ | thookH | suffering; sorrow; distress; adversity; trouble; anxiety; first of the Four Noble Truths | |
| ทุกขนิโรธ | thookH khaL niH ro:htF | the cessation of suffering; extinction of suffering; the third of the Four Noble Truths | |
| ทุกขสมุทัย | thookH khaL saL mooL thaiM | the cause of suffering; the second of the Four Noble Truths | |
| เทศน์มหาชาติ | thaehtF maH haaR chaatF | the Mahachat story | |
| พระธรรม | phraH thamM | the Lord Buddha’s teachings | |
| ธรรม | thamM | dharma; religious teaching; religious duty | |
| ธรรมจักร | thamM maH jakL | the Wheel of the Law; the wheel of Dharma | |
| ธรรมยาตรา | thamM yaatF dtraaM | pilgrimage | |
| ธรรมยุติกนิกาย | thamM maH yooH dtikL niH gaaiM | Dhammayutika Sect (of Buddhism) | |
| ธรรมาธิราช | thamM maaM thiH raatF | The Supreme Dharma | |
| ธรรมาสน์ | thamM maatF | pulpit; raised preaching platform | |
| พระธาตุ | phraH thaatF | the Lord Buddha's Relics | |
พระธาตุ  | phraH thaatF | a pagoda that houses the Lord Buddha's Relics | |
| ธุดงค์ | thooH dohngM | to live in austerity (Buddhist practice) | |
| ธุดงค์ | thooH dohngM | pilgrimage; travel; wayfaring; trip | |
| นั่งฌาน | nangF chaanM | to sit in meditation | |
| นั่งสมาธิ | nangF saL maaM thiH | to sit and meditate | |
| นาค | naakF | a person who is about to be ordained (บวช ) as a Buddhist priest | |
| นามรูป | naamM ruupF | mind and matter [Buddhist term] | |
| นิพพาน | nipH phaanM | the Enlightenment, the Buddhist concept of Nirvana (Sanskrit) or Nibbana (Pali) | |
| นิพพานนิยม | nipH phaanM niH yohmM | Nibbanic Buddhism | |
| นิโรธ | niH ro:htF | complete extinction; Nirvana | |
| บรรพชิต | bapL chitH | priest; monk; clergyman | |
| บริขาร | bawL riH khaanR | necessary articles required by a Buddhist monk | |
| บาตร | baatL | the bowl carried by a Buddhist monk or priest | |
| บุญเก่า | boonM gaoL | former merit; merit earned in a prior life | |
| บุพเพสันนิวาส | boopL phaehM sanR niH waatF | [a Buddhist belief derived from Brahman idea] the state of a person believed to be living together with another in his or her previous existences | |
| ปฏิจจสมุปบาท | bpaL dtitL jaL saL mooH bpaL baatL | Dependent origination; conditioned arising | |
| ปฏิบัติธรรม | bpaL dtiL batL thamM | to practice dharma | |
| ปฐวี | bpaL thaL weeM | the scripture of the life of Buddha | |
| ปรมัตถ์ | bpaL raH matH | the absolute truth; the ultimate reality | |
| ปรมาภิเษก | bpaL raH maaM phiH saehkL | the enlightenment of the Buddha | |
| ปริยัติธรรม | bpaL riH yatH dtiL thamM | the Tripitaka, a Buddhist canon of scriptures | |
| ปัสสาสะ | bpatL saaR saL | exhaling; breathing out | |
| ปาง | bpaangM | a style or posture of a Buddha image | |
| ปางลีลา | bpaangM leeM laaM | a Buddha image in the walking posture | |
| ปาฏิหาริย์ | bpaaM dtiL haanR | miracle; magic; portent; supernatural or paranormal power (including events and perceptions) | |
| ปิฎก | bpiL dohkL | a collection of writings; a section of the Lord Buddha's teachings | |
| ปุถุชน | bpooL thooL chohnM | ordinary person or people; commoner; layman; nonclerical; nonreligious | |
| พ้นจากโลก | phohnH jaakL lo:hkF | religious; clerical; ecclesiastical; ministerial; priestly | |
| พ้นวิสัยโลก | phohnH wiH saiR lo:hkF | religious; clerical; ecclesiastical; ministerial; priestly; ethical | |
| พรหมเรขา | phrohmM raehM khaaR | [a Buddhist belief derived from Brahman idea] fate; destiny; the state of being preordained by fate or a divine power | |
| พรหมลิขิต | phrohmM liH khitL | fate predestined (by Lord Brahma) | |
| พระ | phraH | priest; minister; cleric; monk; padre; god; Buddha image | |
| พระแก้วมรกต | phraH gaaeoF maawM raH gohtL | the Emerald Buddha Image | |
| พระพุทธเจ้า | phraH phootH thaH jaoF | [short colloquial term] the Lord Buddha | |
| พระพุทธบาท | phraH phootH baatL | the foot of the Buddha | |
| พระพุทธรูป | phraH phooH thohtH thaH ruupF | Buddha image; statue of the Buddha | |
| พระพุทธศาสนา | phraH phootH thaH saatL saL naaR | [formal term] Buddhism | |
| พระรัตนตรัย | phraH ratH dtaL naH dtraiM | The Triple Gem | |
| พิธีกรรมนิยม | phiH theeM gamM niH yohmM | Apotropaic Buddhism | |
| พุทธ | phootH | Buddha | |
| พระพุทธ | phraH phootH | Buddha | |
| พระพุทธโคดม | phraH phootH thaH kho:hM daL maH | Buddha Gautama, one of the Lord Buddha’s names | |
| พุทธเถรวาท | phootH thaH thaehR raH waatF | Theravada Buddhism | |
| พุทธธรรม | phootH thaH thamM | Buddhist teachings; Buddhist moral code | |
| พุทธบริษัท | phootH thaH bawL riH satL | a Buddhist adherent | |
| พุทธบูชา | phootH thaH buuM chaaM | to hold a Buddhist religious service | |
| พุทธบูชา | phootH thaH buuM chaaM | offerings to Buddha | |
| พุทธรูป | phootH thaH ruupF | Buddha image or statue | |
| พุทธานุสติ | phootH thaaM nootH saL dtiL | mindfulness of the Buddha | |
| เพ่งกสิณ | phengF gaL sinR | to gaze or stare steadily at กสิณ [see Notes] | |
| โพชฌงค์ | pho:htF chohngM | enlightenment factors | |
| พระโพธิญาณ | phraH pho:hM thiH yaanM | Buddhist enlightenment | |
| ภพ | phohpH | birth; existence; being; origin; birth; life | |
| มรรค | makH | the Buddhist way, the right path, a noble truth of Buddhism; the fourth of the Four Noble Truths | |
| มฤคทายวัน | maH reukH khaH thaaM yaH wanM | Marukathayawan; the deer park where the Buddha first preached | |
| มหานิกาย | maH haaR niH gaaiM | Maha Nikai Sect (of Buddhism) | |
| มีศีลธรรมจรรยา | meeM seenR laH thamM janM yaaM | [of a person] ethical; behaving or complying with the Buddhist Precepts | |
| ไม่เนื่องในภพทั้งสาม | maiF neuuangF naiM phohpH thangH saamR | [Buddhism] free from the Three Worlds (i.e. กามภพ, รูปภพ and อรูปภพ) believed to cause endless cycles of การเกิด (birth), การแก่ (old age), การเจ็บ (suffering) and การตาย (death) | |
| โยนิโสมนสิการ | yo:hM niH so:hR maH naH siL gaanM | analytical reflection | |
| รอยพระพุทธบาท | raawyM phraH phootH baatL | the Buddha's footprint | |
| รักษาศีล | rakH saaR seenR | to observe the precepts (of Buddhism, for example) | |
| ราชวรวิหาร | raatF chaH waawM raH wiH haanR | royal chosen temple hall | |
| รูปภพ | ruupF phohpH | [Buddhism] the World of the the Brahma with forms (i.e. still possessing both bodies and mind). Also called สวรรค์ชั้นโสฬส | |
เราจักพิจารณาเห็นความไม่เที่ยง raoM jakL phiH jaaM raH naaM henR khwaamM maiF thiiangF "We contemplate uncertainty." | |||
| เลื่อมใสในศาสนา | leuuamF saiR naiM saatL saL naaR | pious; religious; devotional; devout | |
| โลกีย์ | lo:hM geeM | worldly happiness or pleasure; lust | |
| โลกียธรรม | lo:hM geeM yaH thamM | mundane states, mundane; in the current physical world | |
| โลกีย์วิสัย | lo:hM geeM wiH saiR | worldly; earthly; worldliness | |
| โลกุตตร | lo:hM gootL dtaawnM | beyond the worldly matters; religious; clerical; ecclesiastical; ministerial; priestly; ethical | |
| โลกุตรธรรม | lo:hM gootL dtaL raH thamM | supra-mundane states, transcendent; in the hereafter | |
| วัฏจักร | watH dtaL jakL | cycle; cycle of life | |
| วัฏสงสาร | watH dtaL sohngR saanR | cycle of birth and death; cycle of life; round of rebirth; round of existences | |
| วัด | watH | temple; monastery | |
| วินัยสงฆ์ | wiH naiM sohngR | code of monastic discipline | |
| วิปัสสนา | wiH bpatL saL naaM | meditation; spiritual insight; contemplation; spiritual contemplation | |
| วิสัย | wiH saiR | object of the senses | |
| วิหาร | wiH haanR | viharn; temple; hall of image; edifice; place for preaching; priest's abode | |
| ศรัทธาปสาทะ | satL thaaM bpaL saaR thaH | [Buddhist term] faith and delight | |
| พระศากยมุนี | phraH saakL yaH mooH neeM | a name for the Lord Buddha | |
| ศาสนาพุทธ | saatL saL naaR phootH | Buddhism | |
| พระสงฆ์ | phraH sohngR | monk | |
| สงฆ์ | sohngR | clergyman; priest; monk | |
| สติรู้ผิดรู้ชอบ | saL dtiL ruuH phitL ruuH chaawpF | conscience | |
| สมณ | saL maH naH | priest; clergyman; father; deacon; rector | |
| สมถกรรมฐาน | saL maH thaL gamM maH thaanR | the Buddhist meditation | |
| สมาบัติ | saL maaM batL | ecstatic meditation, the attainment of pure exaltation through deep meditation | |
| สวรรค์ชั้นโสฬส | saL wanR chanH so:hR lohtH | the World or Heavenly Abode of the the Brahma with forms, having 16 classes. Also called รูปภพ | |
| สฬายตนะ | saL laaiM yaH dtaL naH | [Buddhist] six sense-bases | |
| สัจธรรม | satL jaL thamM maH | (eternal) truth; dharmic truth; truth of the dharma | |
| สัมมาสังกัปปะ | samR maaM sangR gapL bpaL | Right Thought | |
| สายสิญจน์ | saaiR sinR | blessed string used in Buddhist ceremonies or worn for good luck | |
| สิริมงคล | siL riL mohngM khohnM | luck; prosperity | |
| พระสุตตันตปิฎก | phraH sootL dtanM dtaL bpiL dohkL | the first book of Buddhist scripture, the Basket of Discourses | |
| โสฬส | so:hR lohtH | [Buddhism] a collective name of the 16 classes of heaven or world of the Brahma with forms | |
| ใส่บาตร | saiL baatL | to put food into a priest's bowl; to give food to a priest | |
| หน้าตัก | naaF dtakL | long measure of the Buddha statue in the posture of meditation | |
| ห่มดอง | hohmL daawngM | the way to dress a robe over a Buddhist monk’s shoulders. | |
| หัวหน้าคณะสงฆ์ | huaaR naaF khaH naH sohngR | administrative manager of monks | |
| หิริโอตตัปปะ | hiL riL o:htL dtapL bpaL | conscience; sense of shame; sense of right and wrong | |
| เหนือโลก | neuuaR lo:hkF | religious; clerical; ecclesiastical; ministerial; priestly | |
| ไหว้ | waiF | wai, the respectful Thai (and Lao) gesture of thanks, apology, or greeting; to (give a) wai | |
| อกุศล | aL gooL sohnR | evil ways; bad; unmeritorious | |
| อนัตตา | aL natH dtaaM | soul-less; non-self | |
| อนิจจตา | aL nitH jaL dtaaM | impermanence | |
| อนิจจัง | aL nitH jangM | transient; unstable; not lasting; impermanent | |
| อนิจจาลักษณะ | aL nitL jaaM lakH saL naL | impermanence | |
| อบายมุข | aL baaiM yaH mookH | all vices; allurements which lead to ruin | |
| อภิญญา | aL phinM yaaM | supernatural or paranormal or transcendental knowledge; higher education or knowledge | |
| อภินิหาร | aL phiH niH haanR | the power to perform or manifest miracle or supernatural/paranormal power; earnest wish, aspiration or determination | |
| อรัญวาสี | aL ranM yaH waaM seeR | forest monk; monk who resides outside a town or village | |
| อริยทรัพย์ | aL riH yaH sapH | The Seven Noble Treasures | |
| อริยสัจ | aL riH yaH satL | Noble Truth | |
| อรูปภพ | aL ruupF phohpH | [Buddhism] the World of Spirits; the World of the Brahma without form (i.e. possessing no bodies but minds) | |
| อวิชชา | aL witH chaaM | ignorance; condition without knowledge | |
| อโหสิกรรม | aL ho:hR siL gamM | non-existence of the consequences for sins; cancellation of penalties for all sins | |
| ออกบวช | aawkL buaatL | to leave the secular world for monkhood; to ordain; to enter monkhood or priesthood | |
| ออกพรรษา | aawkL phanM saaR | [The end of Buddhist Rains Retreat, occurring in September or October] | |
| อันดับ | anM dapL | [religion] Buddhist priest of junior rank | |
| อัสสาสะ | atL saaR saL | inhaling; breathing in | |
| อานิสงส์ | aaM niH sohngR | result of merit; virtue | |
| อาราธนา | aaM raatF thaH naaM | to invite (a monk); ask (a monk) | |
| อาราธนาธรรม | aaM raatF thaH naaM thamM | to request a sermon (from a monk) | |
| อาราธนาศีล | aaM raatF thaH naaM seenR | to request (a reading of) the precepts (from a monk) | |
| อาสนะ | aatL saL naH | raised platform serving as a seat for monks | |
| อิทธิฤทธิ์ | itL thiH ritH | might; supernatural or paranormal power, miraculous faculty | |
| อิทัปปัจจยตา | iL thapH bpatL jaL yaH dtaaM | conditionality | |
| อุตรนิกาย | ootL dtaL raH niH gaaiM | Uttaranikaya; Mahayana sect of Buddhism | |
| อุ้มบาตร | oomF baatL | to hold an alms bowl [by a monk] | |
| ลมหายใจเข้าออก | lohmM haaiR jaiM khaoF aawkL | breathing in and out | |
| กฤษฎาภินิหาร | gritL saL daaM phiH niH haanR | power of accumulated merit | |
| ปาติโมกข์ | bpaaM dtiL mo:hkF | code of principles for monks | |
| ทุกขลาภ | thookH khaL laapF | a gain through suffering; gain through suffering; suffering windfall; hard-earned reward | |
| ตาลปัตร | dtaaM laH bpatL | a monk’s ceremonial fan | |
ทุกสิ่งทุกอย่างมันเป็นอนิจจัง thookH singL thookH yaangL manM bpenM aL nitH jangM "Nothing is certain." "Everything is impermanent." | |||
| ผัสสะหก | phatL saL hohkL | [Buddhism] the six senses | |
| ปรมัตถธรรม | bpaL raH matH thaL thamM | truth; reality | |
| อุบาสก | ooL baaM sohkL | (Buddhist) layman | |
| อุบาสิกา | ooL baaM siL gaaM | (Buddhist) laywoman | |
| เวไนย | waehM naiM | trainable person; teachable person; one who is ready to receive the teachings of the Buddha | |
| อัฐบริขาร | atL thaL bawL riH khaanR | eight necessities of a Buddhist monk | |
| พุทธทาส | phootH thaH thaatF | Buddhadasa | |
| พุทธทาสภิกขุ | phootH thaH thaatF phikH khooL | Buddhadasa Bhikkhu | |
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