Many of the "untranslatable" Pali words (or Sanskrit
derivatives) have found their way into every-day English
usage. Kamma/Karma, for example, is probably used (and
misused) as it may have been during the Buddha's time.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Buddha
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=karma
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Dharma
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nirvana
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vipassana
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nibbana
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Arhant
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dukkha

> I believe that many Pali words are untranslatable: kamma,

sati, sankhara,

> anicca, dukkha, anatta, Buddha, Dhamma, Ariya-Sangha, Nibbana,

papanca,

> khandha, kilesa, hiri, ottappa, samvega, sila, samadhi, panna,

viriya,

> saddha, bhavana (mistranslated as meditation), metta, karuna,

mudita,

> upekkha (mistranslated as indifference - even equanimity is

problematic),

> vipassana, samatha, citta, punna (merit), tanha (craving),

chanda (desire),

> kusala, akusala, arahant, anagami, sotapanna

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