Pãli: An ancient variant of Sanskrit, Pãli is the literary language of the early Buddhists and the language in which the texts of the original Buddhist Canon are preserved. Most of the terms that have been italicized in this book are Pãli words.

巴利语(Pāli)：作为古代梵文的变体，巴利语是早期佛教的语言，原始佛教经典所用的语言即是巴利语。这本书中的许多专有名词皆从巴利语翻译过来。