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ABHIDHAMMA PIṬAKA |
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The Abhidhamma Piṭaka is the third division of the Tipiṭaka, the sacred scriptures
of Buddhism, the other parts being the Sutta Piṭaka and the Vinaya Piṭaka. It is made up of
seven books – the Dhammasaṅgani, the Vibhaṅga, the Dhātukathā, the Puggalapaññatti, the
Kathāvatthu, the Yamaka and the Paṭṭhāna. The books of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka are generally later than both
the Sutta and the Vinaya Piṭakas and may have reached their present form several hundred years after the
Buddha’s passing. Tradition attributes them all to the Buddha, but there is no mention of this in
the Abhidhamma Piṭaka itself, nor is there any mention of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka in either the Sutta or
the Vinaya Piṭakas. However, there is nothing in the Abhidhamma Piṭaka that contradicts the
Buddha’s teachings; the difference is of approach, not content. See Abhidhamma and
Saṅkassa.
Guide to the Abhidhamma Piṭaka, Nyanaponika, 1950. |
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