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The Dawn of Abhidharma
Author Bhikkhu Anālayo (著) ; Zimmermann, Michael (編) ; Numata Center for Buddhist Studies (編)
Date2014.08.14
Pages229
PublisherHamburg University Press
Publisher Url https://www.uni-hamburg.de/
LocationHamburg, Germany [漢堡, 德國]
SeriesHamburg Buddhist Studies
Series No.2
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
Note12 illustrations
KeywordAbhidharma; Buddhismus Epistemologie; Logik; Methoden; epistemology; logic; modes
AbstractThis book is a companion to Bhikkhu Anālayo’s previous study of the Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal. In the present book he turns to another important aspect in the development of Buddhist thought: the beginnings of the Abhidharma. Anālayo shows that the two main modes generally held in academic circles to explain the arising of the Abhidharma – the use of lists (mātrḳā) and the question-and-answer format – are formal elements that in themselves are not characteristic of Abhidharma thought. Going beyond the notion that the coming into being of the Abhidharma can be located in such formal aspects, he shows how the attempt to provide a comprehensive map of the teachings gradually led to the arising of new terminology and new ideas. He identifies the notion of the supramundane path as an instance where fully fledged Abhidharma thought manifests in the discourses. Anālayo concludes that what characterizes the Abhidharma is not the mere use of dry lists and summaries, but rather a mode of thought that has gone further (abhi-) than the Dharma taught in the early discourses in general.
Table of contentsList of Figures 7
Foreword 9
Michael Zimmermann Introduction 11

1 Reciting the Dharma and the Functions of Lists 15
1.1 The First Saṅgīti at Rājagṛha 15
1.2 Mātṛkā and Abhidharma 21
1.3 Summaries of the Dharma 29
1.4 The Seven Sets 49

2 Wisdom and Early Canonical Abhidharma 55
2.1 Wisdom and the Elements 55
2.2 The Term Abhidharma 69
2.3 Canonical Commentary 79
2.4 Early Canonical Abhidharma 86

3 Meditative Analysis and Omniscience 91
3.1 The Analysis of the Four Noble Truths 91
3.2 The Analysis of Absorption 100
3.3 The Buddha’s Awakening 110
3.4 The Buddha and Omniscience 117

4 Awakening and the Authentication of the Abhidharma 129
4.1 The Supramundane Path 129
4.2 The Path to Awakening 142
4.3 The Need for Authentication 148
4.4 The Buddha in the Heaven of the Thirty-three 156
Conclusion 167
Abbreviations 173
References 175
Index 219
ISBN9783943423158 (hardcover); 9783943423150 (printed version)
ISSN21906769
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Created date2022.03.24
Modified date2022.03.24



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