The Path of PurificationThe Visuddhimagga - here rendered Path of Purification systematically summarizes and interprets the teaching of the Buddha contained in the Pali Tipiṭaka. As the principal non-canonical authority of the Theraváda, it forms the hub of a complete and coherent method of exegesis of the Tipiṭaka, using the "Abhidhamma method" as it is called. It sets out detailed practical instructions for developing purification of mind. |
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Page xxvii
... Abhidhamma method " as it is called . And it sets out detailed practical instructions for developing purification of mind . BACKGROUND AND MAIN FACTS The works of Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa fill more than thirty volumes in the Pali Text ...
... Abhidhamma method " as it is called . And it sets out detailed practical instructions for developing purification of mind . BACKGROUND AND MAIN FACTS The works of Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa fill more than thirty volumes in the Pali Text ...
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... Abhidhamma Piṭaka Title Atthasālinī Sammohavinodani Commentary to Dhammasangaṇī Vibhanga Remaining 5 books Pañcappakaranaṭṭhakathā Beyond the bare hint that he came to Sri Lanka from India his actual works tell nothing about his origins ...
... Abhidhamma Piṭaka Title Atthasālinī Sammohavinodani Commentary to Dhammasangaṇī Vibhanga Remaining 5 books Pañcappakaranaṭṭhakathā Beyond the bare hint that he came to Sri Lanka from India his actual works tell nothing about his origins ...
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... Abhidhamma Commentaries . Though it is not said that the Vinaya Commentary was given out first of these , still the prologue and epilogue contain the most information . The four Nikāya Commentaries all have the same basic prologue ; but ...
... Abhidhamma Commentaries . Though it is not said that the Vinaya Commentary was given out first of these , still the prologue and epilogue contain the most information . The four Nikāya Commentaries all have the same basic prologue ; but ...
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... Abhidhamma ( commentaries are less closely bound to the Visuddhimagga , still they too either refer the reader to it or reproduce large blocks of it . The author himself says : " The treatises on virtue and on the ascetic's rules , all ...
... Abhidhamma ( commentaries are less closely bound to the Visuddhimagga , still they too either refer the reader to it or reproduce large blocks of it . The author himself says : " The treatises on virtue and on the ascetic's rules , all ...
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... Abhidhamma , but the visitor could not solve its meaning . He asked , ' Whose system is this ? ' and the elder replied , ' It is the Enlightened One's system . ' ' Give it to me , ' he said , but the elder answered , ' You will have to ...
... Abhidhamma , but the visitor could not solve its meaning . He asked , ' Whose system is this ? ' and the elder replied , ' It is the Enlightened One's system . ' ' Give it to me , ' he said , but the elder answered , ' You will have to ...
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abandoning Abhidhamma absorption according adverting applied and sustained applied thought apprehending Arahant Arahantship arisen arises ascetic attainment base consisting beginning bhikkhu Blessed bliss bodily body breathing Buddhaghosa called cankers cessation characteristic clinging colour commentary concentration condition consciousness consisting of boundless contemplation craving death defilements deities dependent origination Dhamma direct-knowledge divine eye elder enlightenment factor equanimity eye-consciousness faculty feeling fine-material firstly five aggregates formations fruition function greed happiness head hairs immaterial impermanent in-breaths individual essence insight jhāna kamma kasiņa kasióa kinds of becoming knowledge life-continuum loving-kindness materiality meaning meditation subject mental mentality-materiality mind monastery Nibbāna noble not-self nutriment occurs once-return owing pain Pali path Pațis perception proximate cause purification rebirth-linking recollection root-cause secluded sense desires special qualities Sri Lanka stream-entry suffering supernormal power supramundane sustained thought Sutta temperament things Tipitaka understanding understood unprofitable venerable sir Vibh Vibhanga Vinaya virtue visible Vism-mht Visuddhimagga words