The Abhidhamma
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The Third Piṭaka of the Pāḷi Canon and the Theravāda metaphysical system.
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Books (6)
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A line-by-line translation of the seventh section of the Vibhaṅga, the second book of the Pāḷi Abhidhamma Piṭaka, giving an analysis of the central teaching on mindfulness meditation.
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Canonical Works (5)
Readings (15)
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If bhavaṅga is “unconsciousness”, then it certainly is not unconsciousness in the sense of a mental blank. In fact bhavaṅga is understood in the texts as in most respects sharing the same properties as other types of consciousness; bhavaṅga is not something different from consciousness, rather it is consciousness operating in a particular mode
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I’m gripped by a somewhat peculiar trepidation as I tiptoe into the hallowed portals of the abhidhamma, my feet echoing too loudly in the cavernous austerity.
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Although you do not move…
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