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Abhidhamma remains a living tradition in Theravāda nations today and modern Abhidhamma works continue to be written in modern languages such as Burmese and Sinhala. Abhidhamma studies are particularly stressed in Myanmar , where it has been the primary subject of study since around the 17th century. [ 91 ]
Rerukane Chandawimala Thera was born on 19 July 1897 in the village Rerukana in Kalutara district, western Sri Lanka. His lay name was Rubel Gunawardene. The eldest of a family of 06 children, Rubel's parents were Don Bastian de Paules Gunawardene and Munasinghage Podi Nona.
Most Venerable Nauyane Ariyadhamma Mahāthēra (Sinhala: අතිපූජ්යය නා උයනේ අරියධම්ම මහා ථේර, 24 April 1939 – 6 September 2016) was a Sri Lankan bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) and a senior meditation teacher.
The Abhidharmakośabhāṣya (AKB) is a work of Abhidharma, a field of Buddhist philosophy which mainly draws on the Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma tradition. This tradition includes various groupings or "schools", the two main ones being Vaibhāṣika and Sautrāntika. [6]
The Abhidhamma Piṭaka (English: Basket of Higher Doctrine; Vietnamese: Tạng Vi diệu Pháp) is the third of the three divisions of the Pali Tripitaka, the definitive canonical collection of scripture of Theravada Buddhism.
Vibhāṣā is a Sanskrit term—derived from the prefix vi + the verbal root √bhāṣ, "speak" or "explain"—meaning "compendium", "treatise", or simply "explanation".". Evidence strongly indicates that there were originally many different Vibhāṣā texts, mainly commenting on the Jñānaprasthāna, but also commenting on other Abhidharma text
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According to de Jong, "whilst the Mahāyānasaṃgraha is a compendium of specifically Māhāyanist teachings of the Yogācara school, the Samuccaya is a systematic guide to the Abhidharma section of the doctrinal system of the said school."