Treasury of Abhidharma

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Vasubandhu

Abhidharmakosha (Tib. ngön pa dzö) The Treasury of Abhidharma and Auto-Commentary on the Treasury of Abhidharma. These works were composed by Vasubandhu, one of the ‘Six Ornaments, the greatest Buddhist authorities of Ancient India. Abhidharmakosha is a complete and systematic account of the Abhidharma, and is the peak of scholarship in the Fundamental Vehicle.

Outline

The text is divided into eight topics:

  1. The dhatus
  2. The faculties
  3. The world
  4. Karma
  5. 'Subtle developers' (i.e. negative emotions)
  6. The path and the individual
  7. Wisdom
  8. Meditative Equipoise

Translations

  • Abhidharmakosabhasyam of Vasubandhu, translated by Leo M. Pruden, Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley 1990 (Translated into English from the French translation of Louis de la Vallé Poussin)