Ajaan Sujin, a prominent Thai lay teacher of Theravada Buddhism, interprets abhidhammic theory in a manner that, in my view, approaches the teachings of Emptiness as presented in the Prajñā-paramitā-sūtras and in the Madhyamaka-kārikā. This paper presents an overview of Ajaan Sujin’s teachings and compares them with Emptiness as expressed in the Diamond Sūtra, the Heart Sūtra, and the Madhyamaka-kārikā, as well as from a few well-known secondary sources. Core distinctions between the two theories do remain, primarily that for Ajaan Sujin dhammas do have characteristics and nibbāna is distinct from samsāra; thus I have termed Ajaan Sujin’s teachings ‘Theravada Emptiness’. While it may seem that these distinctions are too great to overcome in bridging the gap between abhidhammic theory and Emptiness, a direct comparison between the wording of certain sections and the overall correspondence of vocabulary, practice, and other conceptions, serves to narrow the divide created by these distinctions.
Abhidhamma Resources
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Theravada Emptiness: The Abhidhammic theory of Ajaan Sujin Boriharnwanaket– Matthew Kosuta (2007)
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Hi all
is there somewhere online i can read the Abhidhamma in english - the same way i read the suttas on access on insight website ? i mean is there the original text - because the links you give if i understand are books about it but not the text itself - right ?
is there somewhere online i can read the Abhidhamma in english - the same way i read the suttas on access on insight website ? i mean is there the original text - because the links you give if i understand are books about it but not the text itself - right ?
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Not that I am aware of.purple planet wrote:Hi all
is there somewhere online i can read the Abhidhamma in english - the same way i read the suttas on access on insight website ? i mean is there the original text - because the links you give if i understand are books about it but not the text itself - right ?
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
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maybe in the last link - and i couldnt find it - it makes sense if its the entire pitaka ?
why is it its hard to find the abhidhamma in english ?Pali Text Society, almost the entire Pitaka translated in English
Re: Abhidhamma Resources
try:
Narada:
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/abhidhamma.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);
Bodhi:
file:///C:/Users/Sarath/Downloads/Comprehensive%20Manual%20of%20Abhidhamma%20(3).pdf
Narada:
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/abhidhamma.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);
Bodhi:
file:///C:/Users/Sarath/Downloads/Comprehensive%20Manual%20of%20Abhidhamma%20(3).pdf
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This course is also on archive.org, two large zip-files contain all audio files. The book used is Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, ed. Bhikkhu Bodhi.mud wrote:A full course on Abhidhammattha Sangaha by Sayadaw U Silananda
http://abhidhammattha.blogspot.com
http://archive.org/details/Comprehensiv ... USilananda
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24 downloadable video files of not very good quality, occasional parts with no audio and the site seemed to be down sometimes. Prof always repeats the key definitions and concepts. Maybe I'll make mp3's for listening.ME6206 - Special topics in Buddhist studies I: Theravada Abhidhamma
1st Semester, Academic Year 2009/2010 (July 06 – November 07, 2009)
Prof. Dr. Y. Karunadasa
The prime focus of the course will be on the dhamma-theory, the cornerstone of the Abhidhamma philosophy. The course will introduce students to the teachings of the Abhidhamma on levels of reality and degrees of truth, analysis of mind and matter, theory of ognition, instantaneous being, and conditional relations. The course will be concluded with-an introduction to the expository methodology of the Abhidhamma.
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Bhikkhu Bodhi's A Comprehensive Manual of the Abhidhamma: The Abhidhammatthasangaha of Acariya Anuruddha, Buddhist Publication Society
Free PDF: http://store.pariyatti.org/Comprehensiv ... _4362.html
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Free PDF: http://store.pariyatti.org/Comprehensiv ... _4362.html
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Fifteen talks given by Bhikkhu Bodhi during his 2013 Abhidhamma Retreat have been uploaded to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/bauscym/videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/bauscym/videos
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
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Sayādaw U Sīlānanda, Handbook of Abhidhamma Studies, volumes 1-3
http://buddhispano.net/sites/default/fi ... dies-I.pdf
http://buddhispano.net/sites/default/fi ... ies-II.pdf
http://buddhispano.net/sites/default/fi ... es-III.pdf
http://buddhispano.net/sites/default/fi ... dies-I.pdf
http://buddhispano.net/sites/default/fi ... ies-II.pdf
http://buddhispano.net/sites/default/fi ... es-III.pdf
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
Re: Abhidhamma Resources
this is the audio of the books posted by Dhammanando's above, presented by Sayadaw Silananda.
http://vipassanasangha.free.fr/=eng/dha ... ananda.htm
the above link also has a cleaner recording of the Vissdhimagga presented by Sayadaw Silananda, the original? can be found here:
http://thepathofpurification.blogspot.c ... magga.html
Abhidhamma talks based from the Abhidhammattha Sangaha presented by Sayalay Susila:
http://www.sayalaysusila.org/content/di ... ma_english
http://dhammatalks.net/Sayalay_Susila/Abhidhamma/
http://www.cakkavala.org/sayalaysusila.htm
Sayalay Susilas book "Unravelling the Mysteries of Mind and Body through Abhidhamma":
http://sayalaysusila.net/pages/ebooks
http://vipassanasangha.free.fr/=eng/dha ... ananda.htm
the above link also has a cleaner recording of the Vissdhimagga presented by Sayadaw Silananda, the original? can be found here:
http://thepathofpurification.blogspot.c ... magga.html
Abhidhamma talks based from the Abhidhammattha Sangaha presented by Sayalay Susila:
http://www.sayalaysusila.org/content/di ... ma_english
http://dhammatalks.net/Sayalay_Susila/Abhidhamma/
http://www.cakkavala.org/sayalaysusila.htm
Sayalay Susilas book "Unravelling the Mysteries of Mind and Body through Abhidhamma":
http://sayalaysusila.net/pages/ebooks
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Patthana in daily life by U Hla Myint:
http://www.tathagata.org/sites/default/ ... 20Life.pdf
Patthana Pali chanting by Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa:
http://patthana.blogspot.ca/2008/05/pat ... nting.html
the Pali text with english translation for the above chanting:
http://www.abhidhamma.com/Patthana_Paccayaniddesa.pdf
patthana quiz:
http://host.pariyatti.org/plc/patthana-matrix/
http://www.tathagata.org/sites/default/ ... 20Life.pdf
Patthana Pali chanting by Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa:
http://patthana.blogspot.ca/2008/05/pat ... nting.html
the Pali text with english translation for the above chanting:
http://www.abhidhamma.com/Patthana_Paccayaniddesa.pdf
patthana quiz:
http://host.pariyatti.org/plc/patthana-matrix/
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Thanks Randall!
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Learn this from the waters:
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loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
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Thanks for these great resources!
One of the links in the original post is now dead ("Abhidhamma Papers - Published by the Samatha Trust")
It looks like the correct URL is now different:
http://www.samatha.org/texts/publications/texts/texts
On that page you can find (the first link) the following PDF, which I think is what the link in the original post was supposed to lead to:
http://www.samatha.org/images/stories/a ... -final.pdf
One of the links in the original post is now dead ("Abhidhamma Papers - Published by the Samatha Trust")
It looks like the correct URL is now different:
http://www.samatha.org/texts/publications/texts/texts
On that page you can find (the first link) the following PDF, which I think is what the link in the original post was supposed to lead to:
http://www.samatha.org/images/stories/a ... -final.pdf
Metta,
Eric
Eric
Re: Abhidhamma Resources
The Dawn of Abhidharma by Anālayo