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	Abhidhamma Pitaka
		The Abhidhamma Pitaka is the most important and most interesting of the three containing as it does the profound philosophy of the Buddha's teaching in contrast to the simpler discourses in the Sutta Pitaka.
		Whereas the Sutta and Vinaya Pitakas are characterized by their practical teachings regarding the Buddhist path to Awakening, the Abhidhamma Pitaka presents an almost scientific analysis of the underpinnings of that very path.
		The Abhidhamma Pitaka has a well-deserved reputation for being dense and difficult reading, yet some find its descriptions of the inner workings of the mind to be useful as an aid to meditation practice.
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/buddhism/budabhidhammapitakaR.htm (924 words)

	A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma Introduction only
		At the heart of the Abhidhamma philosophy is the Abhidhamma Pitaka, one of the divisions of the Pali Canon recognized by Theravada Buddhism as the authoritative recension of the Buddha's teachings.
		In the Theravada tradition the Abhidhamma Pitaka is held in the highest esteem, revered as the crown jewel of the Buddhist scriptures.
		In the Abhidhamma Pitaka the suggestion is not simply picked up, but is expanded into an extraordinarily detailed and coherent picture of the functioning of consciousness both in its microscopic immediacy and in its extended continuity from life to life.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /buddhism/essays/abhidhammapitaka_intro.asp (7395 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Abhidhamma, as the term implies, is the Higher Teaching of the Buddha.
		The doctrine enshrined in the Abhidhamma Pitaka deals with absolute truths and facts, and can be tested and verified by personal experience, and not through theories and speculations, which may be accepted and rejected later.
		According to Theravada (orthodox Buddhism), the essence, fundamentals and framework of the Abhidhamma are ascribed to the Buddha.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/05/04/fea-sup04.html (1590 words)

	Overview of the Tipitaka
		One who reads the Vinaya Pitaka cannot but be impressed by the democratic constitution of the Sangha, their holding of possessions in common, the exceptionally high moral standard of the Bhikkhus, and the unsurpassed administrative abilities of the Buddha, who anticipated even the present Parliamentary system.
		This Pitaka may be compared to a book of prescriptions, since the discourses were expounded on diverse occasions to suit the temperaments of various persons.
		Abhidhamma Pitaka The Abhidhamma Pitaka is the most important and most interesting of the three containing as it does the profound philosophy of the Buddha's teaching in contrast to the simpler discourses in the Sutta Pitaka.
	www.urbandharma.org /udharma/tipitaka.html (1243 words)

	What Buddhists Believe - K.Sri Dhammananda - Chapter 5 Basic Doctrines Tri-Pitaka (or Tipitaka)
		The Abhidhamma Pitaka was held in Sri Lanka in 80 B. is known as the 4th Council under the patronage of the pious King Vattagamini Abbaya.
		The whole Abhidhamma Pitaka, discourses without verses, and everything that is not included in the remaining eight divisions belong to this class.
		Abhidhamma is the analytical doctrine of mental faculties and elements.
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	The Abhidhamma Philosophy
		The main difference between the Sutta and the Abhidhamma Pitakas is that in the Sutta the doctrines are explained in the words of conventional, simple language, but in the Abhidhamma everything is analyzed and explained in purely philosophical terms true in the absolute sense.
		Abhidhamma is highly prized by deep thinking students of Buddhist philosophy but to the average student it seems to be dull and meaningless.
		Abhidhamma students who are present here will know the twenty-nine possible types of active conscious states that may take place in the case of puthujjanas, the twelve immoral states, eight moral and nine meditational states.
	www.purifymind.com /AbhidhammaPhilosophy.htm (11359 words)

	Abhidhamma -origins - Abhidhamma Vipassana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The whole of the Vinaya-pitaka, Abhidhamma pitaka and the fifteen divisions excluding the four nikayas" p35 "thus as rehearsed at the [first]council the Abhidhamma is a Pitaka by Pitaka classification, khuddaka -nikaya by Nikaya clasification, veyyakarana by part-classification and constitues two or three thousand units of text by classification of textual units"
		The Abhidhamma was taught by the Buddha to his mother and a myriad of other devas in the Tavitimsa deva world, it was not something to be revealed later.
		It seems that many of your arguments to indicate that none of the Abhidhamma was recited at the First Council is based on a rejection of the accounts of the First Council given in the ancient commentaries, such as in the commentary to the Vinaya, the commentary to the Dhammasangani and so on.
	www.abhidhamma.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=4 (7701 words)

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		The Abhidhamma Pitaka has a well-deserved reputation for being dense and difficult reading, yet many find its descriptions of the inner workings of the mind to be a valuable aid to meditation practice.
		Regardless of its authorship, however, the Abhidhamma stands as a monumental feat of intellectual genius.
		The Psychology and Philosophy of Buddhism: An Introduction to the Abhidhamma, by Dr. W.F. Jayasuriya (Kuala Lumpur: Buddhist Missionary Society, 1988).
	www.quangduc.com /English/canon/abhdharma/index.html (598 words)

	Buddhism / access to insight / abhidhamma pitaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Abhidharma (Sanskrit; Pāli Abhidhamma) is a category of Buddhist scriptures that attempts to use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic, abstract description of all worldly phenomena.
		The Abhidhamma Pitaka is the third pitaka, or basket, of the Tipitaka (Pali; Sanskr Tripitaka), the canon of the Theravada school of Buddhism.
		Early Western translators of the Pāli canon found the Abhidhamma Pitaka to be the least interesting of the three sections of the Tipitaka, and as a result this important aspect of Buddhist philosophy was little studied in the West until the later half of the 20th Century.
	www.buddhism-guide.com /buddhism/abhidhamma_pitaka.htm (1003 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to the Theravada tradition the Abhidhamma is the domain proper of the Buddhas (Buddha-visva), and its initial conception in the Buddha's mind (manasa desana, i.e.
		The popularity in Myanmar of Abhidhamma is great that even little children learn to recite the twenty-four conditions along with the suttas of protection Mangala Sutta, metta Sutta, Ratana Sutta and the other parittas, as well as basic literacy in Pali, which enable every Buddhist of Myanmar is able to converse in Pali.
		The currency of Abhidhamma in Myanmar is so great, the wealth of translations from Ahidhamma and the Myanmar language has been developed by a cross ingual fertilization by Pali terms.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/09/03/fea06.html (1657 words)

	Nyanaponika Thera - Abhidhamma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Abhidhamma offers an impressive systematisation of the whole of reality as far as it is of concern to man's liberation from passion and suffering, and the way thereto; for it deals with actuality from an exclusively ethical and psychological view-point, and with a definite practical purpose.
		As to the codified Abhidhamma Pitaka, familiarity with all its details is certainly not a general necessity; but if it is studied and knowledge of it is applied in the way briefly indicated in these pages, this will surely richly enhance a true understanding of actuality and aid the work of liberation.
		Again, the Abhidhamma is like a medicine container with a label giving an exact analysis of the medicine; but the knowledge gained from the Suttas is the medicine itself which alone is able to cure the illness and its symptoms, namely craving rooted in ignorance, and the suffering caused by it./.
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	INTRODUCTION TO ABHIDHAMMA/abidama1.htm
		The first collection, the Vinaya Pitaka, is the book of discipline, containing the rules of conduct for the bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis - the monks and nuns - and the regulations governing the Sangha, the monastic order.
		Thus the Abhidhamma method is described as the nippariyaya-dbammadesana, the literal or unembellished discourse on the Dhamma.
		Taken in conjunction, the analytical method of the earlier treatises of the Abhidhamma Pitaka and the synthetic method of the Patthana establish the essential unity of the twin philosophical principles of Buddhism, non-self or egolessness (anatta) and dependent arising or conditionality (paticca samuppdda).
	web.ukonline.co.uk /buddhism/abidama1.htm (5839 words)

	Abhidhamma Pitaka
		Whereas the Sutta and Vinaya Pitakas lay out the practical aspects of the Buddhist path to Awakening, the Abhidhamma Pitaka provides a theoretical framework to explain the causal underpinnings of that very path.
		In Abhidhamma philosophy the familiar psycho-physical universe (our world of "trees" and "rocks," "I" and "you") is distilled to its essence: an intricate web of impersonal phenomena and processes unfolding at an inconceivably rapid pace from moment to moment, according to precisely defined natural laws.
		Regardless of the Abhidhamma's position on the shelf of Buddhist canonical texts, the astonishing detail with which it methodically constructs a quasi-scientific model of mind (enough, by far, to make a modern systems theorist or cognitive scientist gasp in awe), insures its place in history as a monumental feat of intellectual genius.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /tipitaka/abhi/index.html (1211 words)

	CHAPTER I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Abhidhamma means the Higher Doctrine because it enables one to achieve one's Deliverance, or because it exceeds the teachings of the Sutta Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka.
		In the Abhidhamma Pitaka, on the contrary, everything is microscopically analyzed and abstract terms are used.
		It should be noted that, in the Abhidhamma, these five pairs of consciousness are sometimes referred to as 'dvipancaviññána', the two sampaticchana cittas and pañca-dvárávajjana citta as 'mano dhátu' (mind-element), the rest (76) as 'mano viññána dhátu' (mind-consciousness element).
	www.vipassana.info /chapter_1.htm (10228 words)

	What is Abhidhamma Pitaka? / tipintr4.htm
		Thus in Abhidhamma everything is expressed in terms of khandhas, five aggregates of existence; ayatanas, five sensory organs and mind, and their respective sense objects; dhatu, elements; indriya, faculties; sacca, fundamental truths; and so on.
		Thus the Abhidhamma approach covers a wide field of study, consisting of analytical and synthetical methods of investigation, describing and defining minutely the constituent parts of aggregates, classifying them under well-ordered heads and well-arranged systems and finally setting out conditions in which they are related to each other.
		Patthana forming the last book of the Abhidhamma brings together all such relationship in a co-ordinated form to show that the dhammas do not exist as isolated entities but they constitute a well ordered system in which the smallest unit conditions the rest of it and is also being conditioned in return.
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	Abhidhamma Papers: Abhidhamma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Traditionally the Abhidhamma pitaka has been ascribed to the Buddha, although scholars maintain that it dates from later periods.
		According to tradition the Buddha, on the night of his enlightenment, ascended to a heaven world and recited the whole of the abhidhamma to his mother, in order to make to her the greatest act of generosity, the gift of dhamma.
		A similar example of the usefulness of abhidhamma is the way in which it helps develop right concentration, by the reading, for example, of its description of jhana factors or the different attributes of certain states of mind.
	www.samatha.org /publications/abhidhammapapers/ch1_1.html (508 words)

	Abhidhamma Pitaka
		The Mahāsanghikas refused to include the Abhidhamma in the Pitakas at all, as they did not regard it as the word of the Buddha.
		There is a legend recorded by Buddhaghosa that the Abhidhamma was first preached by the Buddha in Tāvatimsa at the foot of the Pāricchataka tree, when he was seated on Sakka's throne, during his visit to his mother in Tāvatimsa.
		The fact that the Abhidhamma is not mentioned in the suttas and that only Dhamma and Vinaya are usually referred to, only proves that at one time the Abhidhamma did not form a separate Pitaka.
	www.palikanon.com /english/pali_names/am/abhidhamma_pitaka.htm (529 words)

	Abhidhamma Pitaka: Puggalapannatti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Abhidhamma is mainly concerned with the study of abstract truths in absolute terms.
		Abhidhamma states that there are two main types of conventional usage; the first type is concerned with terms which express things that actually exist in reality and the second type describes things which have no existence in reality.
		The first three books of the Abhidhamma investigate the absolute Truth of Dhamma in a planned system of detailed analysis employing such terms as Khandha, Æyatana, Dhætu, Sacca and Indriya.
	www.buddhanet.net /puggala.htm (262 words)

	Chapter Six
		The Vinaya Pitaka, the first division of the Tipitaka, is the textual framework upon which the monastic community (Sangha) is built.
		The Vinaya is thus an indispensible facet and foundation of all the Buddha's teachings, inseparable from the Dhamma, and worthy of study by all followers -- lay and ordained, alike.
		The Sutta Pitaka, the second division of the Tipitaka, consists of over 10,000 suttas, or discourses, delivered by the Buddha and his close disciples during the Buddha's forty-five year teaching career, as well as many additional verses by other members of the Sangha.
	members.tripod.com /triple_gem/id6.html (1536 words)

	Abhidhamma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The tradition holds that the contents of the teachings given in the heavenly realm were related to the monk Śāriputra, who passed them on.
		The Abhidhamma is thus presented as a pure and undiluted form of the teaching that was too difficult for most practitioners of the Buddha's time to grasp.
		Early Western translators of the Pāli canon found the Abhidhamma Pitaka the least interesting of the three sections of the Tipiṭaka, and as a result this important aspect of Buddhist philosophy was little studied in the West until the latter half of the 20th Century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abhidhamma (1096 words)

	Letters VI (79-84)
		The word abhidhamma occurs in the Suttas, sometimes alone, and sometimes together with the word abhivinaya, just as the simple word dhamma is sometimes linked with the simple word vinaya.
		I do not think she is in the least worried about losing the Abhidhamma Pitaka, nor do I think she is particularly interested in knowing the reasons for doing so; but what disturbs her is the fact she has not even been offered any reasons, good or bad.
		[83.1] abhidhamma: Although various disciples are sometimes said to discuss abhidhamma and abhivinaya amongst themselves, in fact the Suttas nowhere describe the Buddha himself as teaching either abhidhamma or abhivinaya to either humans or deities.
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	Jataka Stories - The Buddha’s Teaching of Abhidhamma
		It is believed that Abhidhamma is a way of life; and is meant for the chosen few, particularly for the erudite monks or scholars with specialised training.
		The latter two pitakas, collectively called the ‘Dhamma’ (or the doctrine), are the collection of the recitations given by Ananda (the closest disciple of the Buddha) in the same council.
		Abhidhamma Pitaka, primarily deals with the philosophy and psychology of the Theravada school of Buddhism.
	www.ignca.nic.in /jatak082.htm (1116 words)

	Vinaya Pitaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vinaya Pitaka is the first of three parts that make up the Tripitaka.
		The Vinaya Pitaka begins with a commentary on these rules, giving detailed explanations of them along with the origin stories for each rule.
		The Vinaya Pitaka ends with further analyses of the rules from various points of view.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vinaya_Pitaka (404 words)

	Abhidhamma Pitaka
		In Abhidhamma, dhammas are no longer taught in a conventional terms (sammuti sacca) making references to persons and objects as ‘I’,’ we’, ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘man’, ‘dog’, ‘tree’ etc. Here the dhammas are treated entirely in terms of its ultimate reality (paramattha sacca).
		Thus in Abhidhamma, everything is expressed in terms of khandhas, five (5) aggregates of existence; ayatanas, five sensory organs and mind, and their respective sense objects; dhatu, elements; indriya, faculties; sacca, fundamental truths; and so on.
		Hence, the Abhidhamma Pitaka is made up of seven (7) massive treatises.
	www.mahindarama.com /e-tipitaka/abhidhamma.htm (1054 words)

	The Abhidhammattha Sangaha of Acariya Anuruddha : A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma
		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.
	www.enotalone.com /article/9706.html (1725 words)

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