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Primary Path: beginning stage of meditative attainment leading to more advanced stages of absorption. Right View: view and wisdom in accordance with the Truths, consisting of the following beliefs: generosity is virtuous; it is necessary to honor those worthy of honor; it is good to be hospitable; actions produce consequences (Law of Kamma); a child has debt of gratitude to his parents; this world and the next exist; there will be afterlife and rebriths; there are heavenly and hell beings; monastics are able to purify themselves of all defeilements (to become enlightened). Samadhi: a Pali word for concentration, one-pointedness of mind, mental discipline; a state of stillness of mind. Samatha: tranquility Samma arahang: Pali words which mean “The Noble One who has properly attained enlightenment”, or “Pure state of mind achieved in a proper way” Samsara: the cycle of constant rebirth in which all beings are trapped as a result of their intentional deeds (kamma); ocean of birth and death; eternal wandering; the wheel of cyclic existence.