Mulapariyaya

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M¬lapariyaya

The Root of All Evil

Pali Text Society: Middle Length Sayings I, #1: Discourse on the Synopsis of Fundamentals, Horner, trans., pp 3.

Wisdom Publications: Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: The Root of All Things, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans., pp 83

Pali	MO	Hare	Horner	Punnaji	Bodhi	Rhys Davids	(Mrs)Rhys Davids	Thanissaro	Walshe	Woodward
M¬lapariy¤ya	The Root of All Evil, The Root of Everything Whatsoever Whasoever		Synopsis of Fundamentals		The Root of All Things			the root sequence of all phenomena
paÂhav¨	earth		extension	Solidity	earth	earth		earth	earth (or extension)
apª	water		liquid	Fluidity	water	water		water	water (or cohension)
tejo	fire		heat	Heat	fire	heat		fire	fire (or temperature)
v¤yo	wind		motion	Motion	air	air		wind	air (or motion)
bh¬t¤	beings		beings		beings			beings
devas	gods		devas		gods			gods	devas
Paj¤pati	The Creator		Pajapati		Pajapati			Pajapati	Pajapati
Brahm¤	God, Brahma	Brahma	Brahma	Brahma	Brahma	Brahma		Brahma	Brahma (Maha Brahma)	Brahma
£bhassara	Radiant Beings	Devas of Radiant Splendour	the Radiant ones		the gods of Streaming Radiance	Radiant Devas	Radiant Devas	the luminous gods	devas of streaming radiance	Radiant Devas
Subhaki¼¼a	Luminescent Beings	The All-Lustrous Devas	the Lustrous ones		the gods of Refulgent Glory	Luminescent Devas	Luminescent Devas	the gods of refulgent glory	Subhakinna Devas
Vehapphala	Bountiful Beings, The Gods of "We've-Got-The-Fruit!"		the Vehapphala (devas)		the gods of Great Fruit			the gods of abundant fruit
Abhibhu	Upabove		the Overlord		the Overlord			the Great Being
¤k¤s¤ na¾c¤yatana	the realm of limitless space	space, infinite, spheres	the plane of infinite ether	Space	the base of infinite space	the infinity of space		the sphere of the infinitude of space	the sphere of infinite space
vi¾¾¤¼a ¾c¤yatana	the realm of limitless consciousness	consciousness, infinite, spheres	the plane of infinite consciousness	cognition	the base of infinite consciousness	infinity of thought	consciousness, cognition	the sphere of the infinitude of consciousness	the sphere of infinite consciousness	consciousness
¤ki¾ca¾¾¤yatana	the realm of no things there	nothingness, infinite, spheres	the plane of no-thing		the base of nothingness	nothing at all		the sphere of nothingness	the sphere of no-thingness
n'evasa¾¾¤n¤ sa¾¾¤yatana	the realm of neither-perception-nor-non-perception		the plane of neither-perception-nor-non-perception		the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception	a state between consciousness and unconsciousness		the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception	the Realm of Neither-Perception-Nor-Non-Perception
diÂÂha	seeing		the seen		the seen			the seen
suta	hearing		the heard		the heard			the heard
muta	sensing		the sensed		the sensed			the sensed
vi¾¾¤ta	intuiting		the cognised		the cognized			the cognized
ekatta	oneness		unity		unity			singleness
n¤natta	multiplicity		diversity		diversity			multiplicity
sabba	The All		universality		all			the All
nibb¤na	Nibbana	The Cool, Nibbana	nibbana	imperturbable stillness (serenity) of mind; the end of discomfort forever; the ultimate and supreme peace; utter imperturbability of mind;	Nibbana	Nirvana		Unbinding	Nibbana

When researching these terms, mentally add the word "mula" (root) to the end of each, and, of course, remember:

Recognize the concept for what it is. Recognizing the concept for what it is, make conscious what you know about it, and then: Train yourself to not think about it. Train yourself to not think of it in whatever ways you used to think of it. Train yourself to not think in terms of "My" with regard to it. And train yourself to take no delight in it.