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Abhidhamma Resources

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Abhidhamma Resources:
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The Canonical Pali Abhidhamma, with some translations, may be found at https://suttacentral.net/. A summary of the books of the Abhidhamma may be found here: https://suttacentral.net/abhidhamma and here: https://accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/abhi/index.html

The following are ancient and modern commentaries:

Bhikkhu Bodhi's A Comprehensive Manual of the Abhidhamma: The Abhidhammatthasangaha of Acariya Anuruddha, Buddhist Publication Society
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hxo ... lQTussnmCQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Free PDF: http://store.pariyatti.org/Comprehensiv ... _4362.html

Article: Abhidhamma and Practice
http://www.abhidhamma.org/abhidhamma_and_practice.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Article: Be here now
http://www.abhidhamma.org/be%20here%20now.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Article: 'Abhidhamma Notes'
http://www.dhammastudy.com/Introduction.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Article: Understanding Reality
http://www.abhidhamma.org/understanding%20reality.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Abhidhamma Philosophy (about nine pages)
http://www.buddhanet.net/abhidh01.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Article: Abhidhamma and Vipassana
http://www.abhidhamma.org/sitagu%20sayadaw.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Abhidhamma Study Resources
http://www.midamericadharma.org/gangess ... idham.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The ABHIDHAMMATTHA - SANGAHA of Anuruddhācariya: A manual of ABHIDHAMMA, edited in the original Pali Text with English Translation and Explanatory Notes by Nārada Thera, Vājirārāma, Colombo.
http://www.palikanon.com/english/sangaha/sangaha.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
INTRODUCING BUDDHIST ABHIDHAMMA by U KYAW MIN, I. C. S. (Retd.).
http://www.palikanon.com/english/intro- ... book_i.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Abhidhamma in Practice by N.K.G. Mendis.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el322.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Abhidhamma in Daily Life by Nina van Gorkom
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/nina-abhidha ... bhi-00.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Abhidhamma in Daily Life revised 1/12/09
http://www.scribd.com/doc/23527103/Abhi ... ed-1-12-09" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Cetasikas by Nina van Gorkom
http://www.dhammastudy.com/cetasikas.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Realities and Concepts ~ The Buddha's explanation of the World by Khun Sujin Boriharnwanaket
http://www.geocities.com/~madg/gangessa ... lities.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Buddha Abhidhamma: Ultimate Science by Dr Mehm Tin Mon
http://www.dhammaweb.net/dhammabook/view.php?id=70" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Abhidhamma Model of Consciousness by Henk Barendregt
ftp://ftp.cs.kun.nl/pub/CompMath.Found/G.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Abhidhamma and Vipassana ~ Venerable Sitagu Sayadaw
http://www.abhidhamma.org/sitagu%20sayadaw.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Time and Space: The Abhidhamma Perspectiveby Y. Karunadasa, former director, Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies
http://www.indology.net/article5.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Abhidhamma Papers - Published by the Samatha Trust ~ Edited by Mark Rowlands
http://www.samatha.org/publications/abhidhammapapers/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
e-books online:
http://www.vipassana.info/contents-vipassana.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
e-Books in multiple formats on-line:
http://www.zolag.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Articles and books graded as to level of difficulty:
http://www.dhammastudy.com/engindex.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And any time is a good time for wandering around in the dsg 'Useful
Posts'.
click on Files and then click on Useful Posts
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Pali Text Society, almost the entire Pitaka translated in English
http://www.palitext.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thanks Chris
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Thank you very much, Chris! :bow:

I'm a very slow reader, so it will take several years till I've read all the great articles and books you are posting on Dhamma Wheel :D

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Scanned versions of Dhammasangani, Vibhanga and Patthana Vol1 – translations from early 19-hundreds by Rhys Davids on http://openlibrary.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; are here

The latest editions of Nina Van Gorkom’s books like Abhidhamma in daily life, Cetasikas, etc, on http://www.zolag.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; are here.
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Hi all, just came across a great website:
http://www.abhidhamma.com
Lots of books and texts for download, charts, audio, and even courses. Also available in German: http://www.abhidhamma.de

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Could we pin this thread possibly mods? Thank you.

:anjali:
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Done.

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Thank you retro.

:anjali:
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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Wow Chris, thanks a lot! I can't help but have an interest in Abhidhamma and this is a world of resources. Thanks again :)

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An introduction to Abhidhamma in Norwegian: http://www.lienet.no/forfatt.htm#Abhidhamma" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Another one, in Dutch: http://www.fritskoster.nl/page4d.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Dear Cooran & friends,

Anumodana for your Abhidhamma resources list! I mirrored it onto the German language http://www.dhamma-vinaya.de" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; forum.

Here in Freising we now got a growing number of Abhidhamma students. Ven. Agganyani (http://www.abhidhamma.de" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) teaches an Introduction to Abhidhamma once a month to the locals.

These days we bhikkhus are actually reciting the Mahapatthana during the water festival - a new addendum to the Bavarian festival calendar and a wholesome counterpart to the beer festival in autumn. :toast:


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A full course on Abhidhammattha Sangaha by Sayadaw U Silananda


http://abhidhammattha.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Hello all,

A Dhammawheel thread discussing Abhidhamma in the Suttas:
http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1407" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Greetings,

This organisation sometimes offers free Abhidhamma books...

http://www.budaedu.org/en/book/II-02main.php3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

At this moment they have...

EN324 - Guide To Condittional Relations (Patthana) Part II

:reading:

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