The Abhidharma are a collection of Buddhist texts dating from the 3rd century BCE onwards, which contain detailed scholastic presentations of doctrinal...
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Abhidhamma Piṭaka (redirect from Abhidharma Pitaka)
doctrine. The Abhidhamma Pitaka is one of several surviving examples of Abhidharma literature, analytical and philosophical texts that were composed by several...
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Buddhist texts (section Abhidharma texts)
known as "sutras", and other texts, such as "shastras" (treatises) or "Abhidharma". These religious texts were written in different languages, methods and...
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Abhidharmakośa-bhāsya (redirect from Abhidharma-kośa)
the Treasury of Abhidharma), Abhidharmakośa (Sanskrit: अभिधर्मकोश) for short (or just Kośa or AKB), is a key text on the Abhidharma written in Sanskrit...
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Sarvastivada (section Abhidharma)
century BCE). It was particularly known as an Abhidharma tradition, with a unique set of seven canonical Abhidharma texts. The Sarvāstivādins were one of the...
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that the Mahāsāṃghikas had no abhidharma. However, other sources indicate that there were such collections of abhidharma, and the Chinese pilgrims Faxian...
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The Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣā Śāstra (Sanskrit: अभिधर्म महाविभाष शास्त्र) is an ancient Buddhist text. It is thought to have been authored around 150 CE....
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Vipassanā-ñāṇa (section Sarvastivadin Abhidharma texts)
Patisambhidamagga, the Vimuttimagga and the Visuddhimagga. In Sarvastivadin abhidharma texts, the "path of insight" (darśana-mārga) one of the five paths of...
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Vasubandhu (section Abhidharma)
Gandhara or Central India. He was a philosopher who wrote commentary on the Abhidharma, from the perspectives of the Sarvastivada and Sautrāntika schools. After...
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Abhidharma-samuccaya (Sanskrit; Wylie: mngon pa kun btus; English: "Compendium of Abhidharma") is a Buddhist text composed by Asaṅga. The Abhidharma-samuccaya...
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