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[[image:Vasubandhu.JPG|frame|[[Vasubandhu]], author of the [[Treasury of Abhidharma]]]] | [[image:Vasubandhu.JPG|frame|[[Vasubandhu]], author of the [[Treasury of Abhidharma]]]]'''Abhidharma''' (Skt.; Tib. [[ཆོས་མངོན་པ་]], [[མངོན་པ་]], ''chö ngönpa''; [[Wyl.]] ''chos mngon pa'') — the third of the [[three pitakas]], or collections (literally ‘baskets’), into which the Buddhist teachings are divided. This pitaka, which is associated with the training in [[wisdom]] (Skt. ''prajñā''), defines many of the topics mentioned in the [[sutra]]s, and arranges them in classifications, such as the [[five skandhas]], [[twelve ayatanas]] and [[eighteen dhatus]], thereby providing tools for generating a precise understanding of all experience. | ||
'''Abhidharma''' (Skt.; Tib. [[ཆོས་མངོན་པ་]], [[མངོན་པ་]], ''chö ngönpa''; [[Wyl.]] ''chos mngon pa'') — the third of the [[three pitakas]], or collections (literally ‘baskets’), into which the Buddhist teachings are divided. This pitaka, which is associated with the training in [[wisdom]] (Skt. ''prajñā''), defines many of the topics mentioned in the [[sutra]]s, and arranges them in classifications, such as the [[five skandhas]], [[twelve ayatanas]] and [[eighteen dhatus]], thereby providing tools for generating a precise understanding of all experience. | |||
==Major Texts== | ==Major Texts== | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 22 May 2011
Abhidharma (Skt.; Tib. ཆོས་མངོན་པ་, མངོན་པ་, chö ngönpa; Wyl. chos mngon pa) — the third of the three pitakas, or collections (literally ‘baskets’), into which the Buddhist teachings are divided. This pitaka, which is associated with the training in wisdom (Skt. prajñā), defines many of the topics mentioned in the sutras, and arranges them in classifications, such as the five skandhas, twelve ayatanas and eighteen dhatus, thereby providing tools for generating a precise understanding of all experience.
Major Texts
Subdivisions
- Upper Abhidharma of the Mahayana
- Lower Abhidharma of the Shravakayana
Alternative Translations
- higher knowledge
- inner science
- special knowledge