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Attaining Dhamma: meditative attainment; a state of absorption in meditation where the mind achieves super insight and knowledge; knowing and seeing according to the truths. Attainment of Dhammakaya: a state of absorption in meditation where the mind achieves super insight and knowledge, having penetrative insight into the reality of life and the world; seeing and becoming one with one’s own inner Body of Enlightenment. Bhikkhu: Buddhist monk Buddha: ‘Awakened One’, one who is fully enlightened and who has realized Nibbana without the benefit of a Buddha’s teaching in the lifetime in which he attains it. Those who attained enlightenment by following the Buddha’s teachings are called Arahants or Arahats. The name Buddha is a title, not a proper name, meaning ‘awakened’, thus ‘enlightened’. Buddhas appear at vast intervals of time. There are countless numbers of past, present and future Buddhas. Cetiya: Pali word for pagoda Defilements (Pali, kilesa): mental impurities consisting of greed, anger, and delusion; hindrances or contaminants that cause beings to perform undesirable deeds.