Contents
Editor’s Introduction
Preface
I The Abhidhamma Philosophy:
Its Estimation in the Past, Its Value for the Present
II The Twofold Method of Abhidhamma Philosophy
III The Schema of Classification in the Dhammasaṅgaṇī
IV The List of Mental Constituents in the Dhammasaṅgaṇī
1. General Remarks
2. The Pentad of Sense-Contact
3. The Factors of Absorption
4. The Faculties
5. The Powers
6. The Path Factors
7. The Wholesome Roots
8. The Ways of Action
9. The Guardians of the World
10. The Six Pairs of Qualitative Factors
11. The Helpers
12. The Paired Combination
13. The Last Dyad
14. The Supplementary Factors
15. Gradations of Intensity among Parallel Factors
16. Concluding Remarks
V The Problem of Time
1. Time and Consciousness
2. Planes of Time
3. The Concept of the Present in the Abhidhamma
4. Concluding Remarks
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author