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(Pali, Abhidhamma), "Special Teaching"; the third part of the Buddhist canon (Tripitaka). The Abhidharma represents the earliest compilation of Buddhist philosophy and psychology.  In it the teachings and analyses concerning psychological and spiritual phenomena contained in the discourses of the Buddha and his principal disciples are presented in a systematic order.  It constitutes the dogmatic basis of the Hinayana and Mahayana.  It took form in the period between the third century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.  The final codification took place between 400 and 450 C.E.  It is extant in different versions (Abhidharma of the Theravada and Sarvastivada).  The Abhidharma reflects the views of the individual Buddhist schools in that it gives interpretations and explanations of the concepts that appear in the sutras.  Its primary use is in the study of the teaching.

The Abhidharma of the Theravada school, which received its definitive form from Buddhaghosha, is written in Pali and consists of seven books:

(1) the Book of the Elements of Existence (Dhamma-sangani), which contains an enumeration of both mental elements organized in relation to various meditations and material elements organized into groups;
(2) the Book of Classifications (Vibhanga), which defines the aggregates (skandha), fields (ayatana), and faculties (indriya), etc.
(3) the Book of Points of Controversy (Kathavatthu), which deals with 219 points of controversy significant for the history of the development of Buddhist thought;
(4) the Book of Individuals (Puggalapannati), which describes the different types of clerics and lay people;
(5) the Book of Elements (Dhatukatha), which is concerned with the elements (dhatu),
(6) the Book of Pairs (Yamaka), which derives its name from its treatment of questions in a "doubled"--i.e., positive and negative--fashion; and
(7) the Book of Causality (Patthana), which describes the relations existing between individual dharmas.
This and read more at: The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen

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Abhidharma - definition at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhidharma

Abhidhamma by Pa Auk Sayadaw - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggRciw4SLPg

Abhidhamma - 2nd Ultimate-Truth - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XER2pV8Tp4Y

Abhidharma - by SMSO.net
http://www.smso.net/Abhidharma

Abhidharma by Peter Della Santina
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/s-abhidham/s-abhi00.htm

Abhidharma Buddhism to 150 A.D. (Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Vol. 7) by Karl H. Potter - The present volume undertakes to summarize the gist of these philosophical teachings, termed Abhidharma, from the first texts that developed after the Buddha up to and including the mammoth text called Mahavibhasa, generated from convention held in the first or second century A.D.

 

Abhidhamma Studies: Buddhist Explorations of Consciousness and Time by Nyanaponika Thera - The Abhidhamma expounds a revolutionary system of philosophical psychology rooted in the twin Buddhist insights of selflessness and dependent origination. In keeping with the liberative thrust of early Buddhism, this system organizes the entire spectrum of human consciousness around the two poles of Buddhist doctrine—bondage and liberation—the starting point and the final goal. It thereby maps out, with remarkable rigor and precision, the inner landscape of the mind to be crossed through the practical work of Buddhist meditation. In this book of groundbreaking essays, Venerable Nyanaponika Thera, one of our age's foremost exponents of Theravada Buddhism, penetrates the Abhidhamma to make its principles intelligible to the thoughtful reader of today. Innovative and rich in insights, this book does not merely open up new avenues in the academic study of early Buddhism. By treating the Abhidhamma as a fountainhead of inspiration for philosophical and psychological inquiry, it demonstrates the continuing relevance of Buddhist thought to our most astute contemporary efforts to understand the elusive yet so intimate nature of the mind.

 

Abhidharmasamuccaya: The Compendium of the Higher Teaching by Asanga - There are two systems of Abhidharma, according to Tibetan tradition, lower and higher. The lower system is taught in the Abhidharmakosa, while the higher system is taught in the Abhidharmasamuccaya. Thus the two books form a complementary pair. Asanga, author of the Abhidharmasamuccaya, is founder of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism. His younger brother Vasubandhu wrote the Abhidharnmakosa before Asanga converted him to Mahayana Buddhism. Yet the Kosa is written in verse, usual for Mahayana treatises, while the Samuccaya follows the traditional prose and answer style of the older Pali Abhidharma texts. Walpola Rahula, in preparing his 1971 French translation of this Mahayana text from the Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan, has brought to bear on its many technical terms his extensive background and great expertise in the Pali canon. J. W. de Jong says in his review of this work:"Rahula deserves our gratitude for his excellent translation of this difficult text." Sara Boin-Webb is well known for her accurate English translations of Buddhist books from the French. She has now made accessible in English Rahula's French translation, the first into a modern language, of this fundamental text.

 

Abhidharmakosabhasyam, 4 Volume Set by L. De La Vallee Poussin - This is the most important compendium of Indian Buddhist philosophy and psychology. The four volume (app. 1600 pp.) clothbound masterwork begins with a history of abhidharma literature and covers a vast array of subjects from a Buddhist viewpoint. Some of these subjects are Buddhist cosmology and the process of rebirth, karma and the Buddhist ethical theory, mental defilements, causes of suffering and the path to enlightenment, the supernatural powers of a Buddha, a taxonomy of meditative states and a refutation of the existence of soul.

 


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Buddha Abhidhamma by Mehm Tin Mon - YouTube (not English)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E3YRi8cJY4


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Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma: Buddhist Publication Society, Sri Lanka by Bhikkhu Bodhi - This modern translation of the "Abhidhammattha Sangaha" ("Manual of Abhidhamma") offers an introduction to Buddhism's fundamental philosophical psychology. Originally written in the 11th or 12th century, the "Sangaha" has served as the key to wisdom held in the Abhidhamma. Concisely surveyed are Abhidhamma's central themes, including states of consciousness and mental factors, the functions and processes of the mind, the material world, dependent arising, and the methods and stages of meditation. This presents an exact translation of the Sangaha alongside the original Pali text. This is a detailed, explanatory guide with more than 40 charts and tables lead readers through the complexities of Adhidhamma.

 


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Glimpses of Abhidharma: From a Seminar on Buddhist Psychology by Chogyam Trungpa - The Abhidharma is a collection of Buddhist scriptures that investigate the workings of the mind and the states of human consciousness. In this book, Chögyam Trungpa shows how an examination of the formation of the ego provides us with an opportunity to develop real intelligence. Trungpa also presents the practice of meditation as the means that enables us to see our psychological situation clearly and directly.

 


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Manual of Abhidhamma by Narada Maha Thera
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/abhidhamma.pdf

Myriad Worlds: Buddhist Cosmology in Abhidharma, Kalacakra, and Dzog-Chen by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye - Describes four major cosmological systems found in the Tibetan tradition.

 

 


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Patthana: Conditional Relations in Abhidharma - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=086HYaNJSTQ

Philosophy and Psychology in the Abhidharma by Herbert V. Guenther - This book gives a synoptic view of the significance of the Abhidharma as presented by the Theravadins and brought to its climax by the Vaibhasikas and Yogacara-Vijnanavadins. It analyzes the concepts of Mind and its States with reference to healty and unhealthy attitudes towards life and deals with the psychological factors and problems in Meditation which is geared to an individual's capacity and temperament. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Plural Abhidharma: Plurality via Buddhist Psychology by Kaimi
http://pagmies.meeble.net/guest/kaimibuddhism.html


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Time and Temporality in Samkhya Yoga and Abhidharma Buddhism by Brij Mohan Sinha - book

 

Two Views of Mind: Abhidharma & Brain Science by Christopher deCharms

 

 


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