A
Abhidhamma literature:
commentaries, xi–xii, 83, 111, 116
interrogations in (pañhāvāra), xiv
manuals, xxiv–xxv
and consciousness, states of, xxii
and dhamma theory, xvi–xvii
memorization of, xii–xiii
and Sāriputta, 50
subcommentaries (tikas), xii, 120
time dimension in, 100
See also specific texts
Abhidhamma philosophy:
descriptive nature of, 21
elaboration of, xiii, xiv–xv, 16, 50, 51
twofold method of, 19–30, 43, 106
vitality of, xxiii, xxvii–xxviii, 17
Abhidhamma Piṭaka:
as Buddha’s Word, xiii, 2, 13–15, 50–51, 116
classification in, xvii–xix, 11
and master lists (mātikās), xiv, 10, 51, 113
Sāriputta in, 50–51
on memory, 123
See also Palī Abhidhamma Piṭaka
Abhidhamma Studies (Thera), vii–viii, xxii–xxv
Abhidhammattha–Saṅgaha
(Anuruddha), xii–xiii, 37, 83, 88, 91
Abhidharmakośa (Vasubandhu), x, 123
abhivinaya, xiv
absorption, factors of (jhānaṅga), 53–57
examination (vicāra), 32, 49, 54, 56–57, 61
pleasure (sukha), 32, 49, 54, 61–62, 72, 77
rapture (pīti), 32, 49, 54, 57, 61–62
thought (vitakka), 32, 49, 54, 56–57, 61, 66
and ethical qualities, 57
rational, 54
See also jhāna; mental one-pointedness
Ācariya Ānanda, xii
Ācariya Buddhaghosa, xi–xii, 51, 116
Ācariya Dhammapāla, xii
accomplishment, bases of, xvii, xviii
actuality, xviii, 5, 16, 111, 114
aggregates (pañcakkhandhā):
and concept of existence, xvii
five aggregates, xvii, xviii, xix, 15, 21, 109
and potential defilements, 110
unwholesome, 120
in Vibhaṅga, x
agitation, 72
See also defilements
Ālokavihāra, Sri Lanka, xv
analytical methods, 27–30
Aṅguttara Nikāya (Kathāvatthu), x, xi, xxv, 77–78
Anupada Sutta, 7, 49–50, 84, 115–17
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, xi
Anutika (Dhammapāla), xii
arisen (uppanna), meaning of, 107–12
Aśoka, King, xv
attention, xvi–xvii, 34, 49, 83–84
Atthasālinī (Buddhaghosa):
definitions in, 6, 22, 46, 120
on List of Dhammas, 37–38, 46–47, 83, 89
format of, 37
on classifications, 46–47
on memory, 119–20
and pentad of sense-contact, 55
and wholesome actions, 70
B
Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, viii
bondage (saṁsāra), xvii, xx, 67, 102, 109
Buddha:
enlightenment of, xiii, xxiv, 2
omniscience of, 13–14
supernormal powers of, 78
Buddha, teachings of, 16
and Abhidhamma, ix, xiii–xiv, 2, 13–15, 50
and dhammas, xviii
and mind/consciousness, xx, 8–9, 45, 46
on divisions of time, 105
on harmony, 63
on impermanence, 45
on philosophy of relations, 30, 46
on wisdom (paññā), xvi
in suttas, 115–17
See also Dhamma
Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), vii–viii, xxv
Buddhists:
early Indian, ix–xii
C
China, x
compassion (karunā), 34
concentration, 55
as faculty, 32, 61, 63, 66, 85
intensity of, 85–87
as path factor, 32, 40, 66, 67, 85
as undistractedness, 82–83
See also mental one-pointedness
conditionality, modes of, 24, 28, 43, 53, 58, 94
conditionality, principle of, 22–23, 96
Confucius, 5
consciousness:
as citta-iddhipāda, xviii
ethical qualities of, xxi, 33–34
factors common to all, 55, 121, 125
of infinite space, 104
consciousness, moment of:
duration of, 100
indivisibility of, 23
and meditation, 6–7
plurality of relations in, 46
consciousness:
realm of, 3
sense, 35
in sense-contact pentad, 32, 49, 52, 58
and time dimension, xxii, xxiv, 40, 90, 93–98, 100, 123
wholesome (good), 22, 31, 83, 85, 119
See also mind
D
Davids, C. A. F. Rhys, Mrs., 115–17
decision (adhimokkha), 34, 49, 83, 84
conceit (māna), 74
dogmatism, 74
as evil factors, 80
ill will, 79
indulgence in jhāna, 11
ten fetters (saṁyojana), xvii, 65, 110
See also hindrances
delusion, xxi
dependent origination, xxiv, 21, 24, 43, 96
desire:
for ego-identity, 45
for substantiality, 45
Dhamma:
and Abhidhamma, xxvii–xxviii, 15–17
and classification, xix
explanation of, 5
inner logic of, xiv
summary statements of, 51
teachers of, 12–13
dhamma theory, xvi–xviii
dhammas:
analysis of, xviii
classification of, xvii, xviii, xix
See also List of Dhammas
conditional nature of, xvi, 41
explanation of, 40–41
as ontological factors, xv
as “thing-events,” xvi, xvii, xix, 23
See also phenomena
analytical approach of, x–xi, 26, 91
as Buddha’s Word, 8
and classifications, 1, 5, 123
attribute-mātikā, xv, xviii–xix, 113
“Enumeration of Phenomena,” 20, 21, 103
triads and dyads, xix, 10, 11–12, 78, 82–83, 110
See also List of Dhammas
commentary on. See Atthasālinī
Consciousness Chapter of, ix, xxii, 31, 34, 111
samaya in, 6
strands of thought in, xv–xvi
Summary Section of (Saṅgahavara), 38, 47, 53, 55, 88
translation of, vii, xxvii, 115
Dharmguptaka tradition, x
dread, moral, 32–33, 64, 65–66, 70–71
E
effort, as path factor, xvii, 23, 32, 66
in Abhidhamma Piṭaka, x
five cognitive, xxii
in Sutta Piṭaka, 15
energy:
as exertion, 82–83
intensity of, 87
as mental factor, 23, 32, 49, 61, 66, 67
as “quiet strength,” 72
relational, 29–30
as spiritual power, 32
enlightenment:
aids to, xvii–xviii
and Middle Way, 30
perfect (sammā sambodhi), 14
seven factors of, xvii
equanimity, 49
ethical qualities:
indeterminate, xxi–xxii, 57, 86, 104
unwholesome, xxi
qualities excluded from, 119–20
four planes of, xxi, 53, 56, 72
and fruits of liberation, xxi
roots of, 33, 35–36, 57, 69–70, 73
and supramundane paths, xxi, 65, 69, 82
and ways of action, 33, 69, 70
in attribute-mātikā, xix
and intention (cetanā), 76
and List of Dhammas, 35
stabilization of, 65–66
and time dimension, 95, 103–04
Europe, continental, vii
existence:
conceptualization of, xvii
and dhamma theory, xvi
factors of, xix
relational, 28
experience:
analysis of, xxiii
inductive understanding of, 6
and mind/consciousness, xx
ontological actualities in, xviii
See also phenomena
F
faculties (indriya), 58–63
dominating tendency of, 67, 89, 90
ethical value of, 61
five spiritual, xvii, 61–62, 64, 65, 66–67
listed, 32
faith (saddha):
devotion and self-surrender in, 73
as mental factor, 32, 61, 63, 67, 119
as spiritual power, 32, 64, 65
feeling, xix, xxii, 32, 48, 49, 52, 54
four formless absorptions, 102–03
four noble paths, xxi
Four Noble Truths, 15
Fraurwallner, Erich, viii, xix
G
German language, vii, xxv, xxvii
guardians of the world (lokapala), 33, 65–66, 70–71
H
happiness:
mundane, xx
as pleasure (sukha), 54, 61, 72, 77
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation (Thera), xxv
Hīnayāna tradition, 42
See also Sarvāstivāda school
hindrances (nīvarana):
five hindrances, xvii
sensual desire, xviii, 75, 79, 110
House of Gems (ratanaghara), xiii, 2
human realm, xiii
I
ignorance, 4
ill will, 79
impermanence (aniccatā), 9, 23, 106
indifference, 60
insight:
graduated practice of, 25
and mental factors, 40, 57, 72
and selflessness, 9
insubstantiality, 23, 26, 27, 106
intention, 34, 57, 59, 76, 83, 84
Island Hermitage Publications, vii
J
jhāna:
as meditative absorption, 7, 11, 82
jhāna consciousness, xxi, 49, 55, 56, 72
joy:
as mental faculty, 32, 60–62, 72
sympathetic, 34
K
kamma:
as mental action, 70
mundane moral law of, xxi
results of, xix, xxi, 108–09, 110
and ways of action, 70
kammic value/quality. See ethical qualities
Kant, Emmanuel, 20
Kassapa, King, 1
Khandha-vibhaṅga, 54
knowledge:
as liberating function, 3, 16–17
of self, xx
L
Lao-tse, 73
Ledi Sayadaw, xxvii
life stream, flux of, 27, 29, 91
List of Dhammas, 31–36
in Abhidhammattha-Saṅgaha, 37, 83, 88, 90–91
in Anupada Sutta, 116
in Dhammasaṅgaṇī, 37–38, 88, 90–91
general remarks on, 37–48
and memory, 119–23
parallel factors in, 37–38, 46, 54, 60, 84–92
in Visuddhimagga, 37, 83, 88, 90–91
See also specific mental factors
M
Madhyamika school (Mahāyāna), 43
Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, 49, 50
Mahavihara, Great Monastery, xi
Mahāyāna tradition, 42–43, 84, 123
material form (matter):
as aggregate, xvii
and kammic energy, 100–101
scientific analysis of, 26, 46
mātikās, xiv, xv, xviii–xix, 10, 51, 113
meditation, xxv
and “bare attention,” xvi–xvii
insight, 9
and Abhidhamma theory, xii, xxiv, 17
investigation of, xii
subjects of, 11–12
introspective, 6–7
misinterpretation in, xxiii, 10–11
and “paired combination,” 40, 82
subjects of, 51
and tranquillity, 11
See also cessation
memory (smṛti), 119–23
mental formations, xvii, 48, 84
mental one-pointedness (cittass’ekaggatā):
as concentration, 54–55, 61, 85
as factor of absorption, 40, 55, 6–57, 62, 72
Middle Way, 30
mind (citta):
as faculty, xvii, xviii, 32, 62
and kammic energy, 101
and phenomenology, 6
purification of (bhāvanā), 80–81
synthesizing by, xvi–xvii
velocity of processes in, 100
See also consciousness; qualitative mental factors
mindfulness (sati):
as faculty, 32, 61, 63, 66, 119–20
four foundations of, xvii, xviii, 119
introspective, 6–7
and jhāna consciousness, 49
as path factor, xviii, 12, 32, 66, 119
as spiritual power, 32
monastic discipline, xiii, xiv
Mulatika (Ānanda), xii, 41, 54, 73, 82, 107
N
neither-perception-nor-nonperception, 102–03
Nibbāna:
nature of, xvi, xviii, 20, 104
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 3
Noble Eightfold Path, xviii, 56, 68
See also path factors
non-covetous action (anabhijjhā), 33, 69
non-delusion (amoha), 33, 35–36, 69
non-greed (alobha), 33, 35, 69
non-hatred (adosa), 33, 35, 69, 73
non-ill-will (avyāpāda), 33, 69
Nyanaponika Thera, vii–viii, x, xv, xxii–xxiv
Nyanatiloka Mahāthera, vii, xxv, 15, 19
ontology:
and dhamma theory, xvi
P
Paccayākāravibhaṅga, 24
Palī Abhidhamma Piṭaka (Theravāda version):
and memory, 123
seven treatises of, x–xi
and attribute-mātikā, xix
commentaries on, xi
See also specific treatises
survival of, xiii
and ultimate actualities, xviii
Pañcappakaraṇa-aṭṭhakathā
(Buddhaghosa), xi
Pāṭaliputta, Mauryan empire, xv
path factors (maggaṅga), 23, 66–69
liberating function of, 67, 70, 89, 90
and The Way, 68–69
Paṭṭhāna (“Book of Origination”), 19
as Buddha’s Word, 8
commentary on, xi
and conditional relations, xix, 3, 22, 24, 26, 28, 53, 90
and master lists (mātikās), 113
synthetic approach of, x–xi, xxiii, 26, 92
tabular arrangement of, 1
Pëlëne Vajirañāna Mahāthera, 16
perception, xxii
and analysis of objects, 29, 35
duration of, 100
and memory, 120–23
neither-perception-nor-nonperception, 102–03
in sense-contact pentad, xvii, 32, 48, 49, 52, 120
phenomena:
classification of, xi, xvii, 20
conditional nature of, xi, xxiii, 28, 90
corporeal, 20, 53–54, 57, 58, 59, 61
dependent origination of, xxiv, 21
egolessness of, 26
exclusions from, 104
incorporeal, 83
material, xviii, xxii, 100–101
See also dhammas; experience
phenomenology:
and mind, 6
pleasure, xviii, 32, 49, 54, 61–62, 72, 77
potentialities, 55, 90, 112–13
power:
four roads to (iddhipada), 59
supernormal, 78
five spiritual, xvii, 62, 69, 85
listed, 32
stability of, 64–65
qualitative mental factors, 33, 71–81
pliancy, 33, 73–74, 76, 78, 79
tranquillity, 33, 71–72, 74, 76, 77
workableness, 33, 74–75, 76, 79
Atthasālinī on, 119
in suttas, 77–80
See also consciousness
R
Rāhula-saṁyutta, 49
reality:
as actuality, xviii, 5, 16, 111, 114
and dissolution, 45
escape from, 17
fabrication of, xvi–xvii
in present time, 27–30
psychic, 38
realm of matter, 102
rebirth, 44
formative powers of, 70
and kammic consciousness, 46
and states of mind, xx, 44, 56
relations:
external, 23
in List of Dhammas, 46, 47–48, 90, 91
as “unity of the continuous flux,” 91
internal, 23
in List of Dhammas, 46, 89, 90
as “unity of experience,” 91
relativity, principle of, 43
right view, as path factor, 24, 32, 33, 66, 69
S
samaya, meanings of, 6, 22, 94–95 See also time
Sammoha vinodanī (Buddhaghosa), xi
Saṁyutta Nikayā, Mahāvagga, 51
Saṅgaha, xii–xiii, 37, 83, 88, 91
Saṅgīti Sutta, 78
Sanskrit, translations of, x
Śāriputra-abhidharma-śāstra, x
Sāriputta:
and analytical insight, 49–50
as chief disciple, xiii, 15, 115
on mind (nāma), 84
Sarvāstivāda school (Hīnayāna):
on dhammas, 40, 42–43, 84, 123
self-knowledge, xx
selflessness (anattā), xvii, xxiv, 2–10, 23, 26, 43
sense bases, x, xvii, xviii, 15
sense-contact, pentad of, 32, 48–53
and ethical qualities, 57
listed, 32
in Palī literature, 51–53
primitive character of, 54, 55
in suttas, 48–51
sense-contact (phassa), xxii, 32, 49, 52
sensual pleasures, xviii
sensual sphere, xxi, 31, 35, 53, 56, 72
shame, moral, 32–33, 64, 65–66, 70–71
Sinhalese commentaries, xi
sphere of form, xxi, 53, 56, 72
sphere of values, 70
spontaneous occurrence, 31, 35–36, 75
Sri Lanka, vii, x, xi, xiii, xv, 1
subconscious, 55
supplementary factors:
listed, 34
in literature, 91
Sutta Piṭaka:
Aṅguttara Nikāya, x, xxv, 77–78
as Buddha’s Word, ix, xvi, 13, 15, 50
classifications in, xix
compared to Abhidhamma, xiii, 15–16, 48–51
daily guidance in, 5
interpretation of, xii
origins of, xiii
and qualitative mental factors, 77
as reference, 17
selflessness in, 9
and spiritual faculties, 58
terminology of, 115–16
Sutta-nipata, 78
T
Tathāgata, 13
Tavatiṁsa heaven, xiii, 15, 50
Thailand, x
Theragāthā, in Sutta Piṭaka, 49, 51
Theravāda tradition:
countries of, x
and Nyanaponika Thera, vii–viii, x, xv, xxii–xxiv
philosophy of, xxvii–20
texts and literature of, xi–xv
and things arisen, 111
See also Palī Abhidhamma Piṭaka
thought:
as factor of absorption, 32, 49, 54, 56–57, 61, 66
“Three Baskets of the Doctrine,” ix, 1
three realms, 20
time dimension:
in Abhidhamma literature, 100
in analysis of objects, 28–30, 107, 123
and consciousness, xxii, xxiv, 90, 93–98, 123
and ethical qualities, 95, 103–04
time experience, 103
time (samaya):
continuum of, 106
meanings of, 94–95
three divisions of, 42, 94, 97, 105–06, 111, 114
tranquillity, 11, 33, 71–72, 74, 76, 77
“Treatise on the Modes of
Conditionality,” 24
U
undistractedness (avikkhepa), 82–83, 85
V
Vaibhāshika. See Sarvāstivāda school
Vajirārāma Monastery, 16
Vasubandhu, x
Vibhaṅga, x
classifications in, xix
conditional relations in, 24
Vijayabāhu, King, 1
Vijñānavādin school (Mahāyāna), 84, 123
Vinaya Piṭaka, ix, xii, xiii, 13
Visuddhimagga (Buddhaghosa), xii
as applied Abhidhamma, xii
format/terminology of, 37, 116
List of Dhammas in, 83, 88, 90
on graduated practice, 25
on potential defilements, 110
W
Wheel of Dhamma, 13
Wheel of Life, 70
wisdom, 119
condition for emergence of, xvi as faculty, 32, 61, 63, 66
as keenness of intellect, 61, 67
as non-delusion, 69
as reason, 63
as spiritual power, 32
World War II, vii
Y