Treasury of Abhidharma
Abhidharmakosha (Tib. ngön pa dzö) The Treasury of Abhidharma and Auto-Commentary on the Treasury of Abhidharma. These works were composed by Vasubandhu, one of the ‘Six Ornaments, the greatest Buddhist authorities of Ancient India. Abhidharmakosha is a complete and systematic account of the Abhidharma, and is the peak of scholarship in the Fundamental Vehicle.
Outline
The text is divided into eight topics:
- The dhatus
- The faculties
- The world
- Karma
- 'Subtle developers' (i.e. negative emotions)
- The path and the individual
- Wisdom
- Meditative Equipoise
Translations
- Abhidharmakosabhasyam of Vasubandhu, translated by Leo M. Pruden, Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley 1990 (Translated into English from the French translation of Louis de la Vallé Poussin)