A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma

by Bodhi, Bhikkhu

• ISBN13: 9781928706021
• ISBN10: 1928706029
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: BPS Pariyatti Editions

Summary

This modern translation of the Abhidhammattha Sangaha (Manual of Abhidhamma) offers an introduction to Buddhism's fundamental philosophical psychology. Originally written in the 11th or 12th century, the Sangaha has served as the key to wisdom held in the Abhidhamma. Concisely surveyed are Abhidhamma's central themes, including states of consciousness and mental factors, the functions and processes of the mind, the material world, dependent arising, and the methods and stages of meditation. This presents an exact translation of the Sangaha alongside the original Pali text. A detailed, explanatory guide with more than 40 charts and tables lead readers through the complexities of Adhidhamma.

Author Biography

Bhikkhu Bodhi is the general editor and president of the Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School and was ordained as a monk in Sri Lanka. He is the author, translator, and editor of several books, including Connected Discourses of the Buddha, Discourse on the All-Embracing Net Views, and Numerical Discourses of the Buddha.

Table of Contents

Compendium of Consciousness
Words of Praise	p. 23
The Fourfold Ultimate Reality	p. 25
Four Classes of Consciousness	p. 27
Sense-Sphere Consciousness
Unwholesome Consciousness
Consciousness Rooted in Greed	p. 32
Consciousness Rooted in Hatred	p. 36
Consciousness Rooted in Delusion	p. 37
Summary of Unwholesome Consciousness	p. 39
Rootless Consciousness
Unwholesome-Resultant Consciousness	p. 40
Wholesome-Resultant Rootless Consciousness	p. 41
Rootless Functional Consciousness	p. 44
Summary of Rootless Consciousness	p. 45
Beautiful Consciousness	p. 45
Sense-Sphere Beautiful Consciousness
Sense-Sphere Wholesome Consciousness	p. 46
Sense-Sphere Resultant Consciousness	p. 48
Sense-Sphere Functional Consciousness	p. 49
Summary of Sense-Sphere Beautiful Consciousness	p. 51
Summary of Sense-Sphere Consciousness	p. 51
Fine-material-Sphere Consciousness
Fine-material-Sphere Wholesome Consciousness	p. 52
Fine-material-Sphere Resultant Consciousness	p. 53
Fine-material-Sphere Functional Consciousness	p. 53
Summary of Fine-material-Sphere Consciousness	p. 59
Immaterial-Sphere Consciousness
Immaterial-Sphere Wholesome Consciousness	p. 60
Immaterial-Sphere Resultant Consciousness	p. 61
Imaterial-Sphere Functional Consciousness	p. 61
Summary of Immaterial-Sphere Consciousness	p. 63
Supramundane Consciousness
Supramundane Wholesome Consciousness	p. 65
Supramundane Resultant Consciousness	p. 65
Summary of Supramundane Consciousness	p. 65
Comprehensive Summary of Consciousness	p. 68
121 Types of Consciousness
In Brief	p. 71
In Detail	p. 71
Concluding Summary	p. 73
Compendium of Mental Factors
Introductory Verse	p. 76
The Fifty-two Mental Factors
The Ethically Variable Factors
The Universals	p. 77
The Occasionals	p. 81
The Unwholesome Factors	p. 83
The Beautiful Factors
The Universal Beautiful Factors	p. 85
The Abstinences	p. 88
The Illimitables	p. 89
Non-Delusion	p. 90
Summary of Mental Factors	p. 91
Association of Mental Factors
Introductory Verse	p. 91
The Ethically Variable Factors	p. 91
The Unwholesome Factors	p. 95
The Beautiful Factors	p. 96
Fixed and Unfixed Adjuncts	p. 99
Combinations of Mental Factors
Introductory Verse	p. 100
Supramundane Consciousness	p. 100
Sublime Consciousness	p. 102
Sense-Sphere Beautiful Consciousness	p. 104
Distinctions among the Beautiful Types	p. 105
Unwholesome Consciousness	p. 106
Rootless Consciousness	p. 108
Conclusion	p. 110
Compendium of the Miscellaneous
Introductory Verse	p. 114
Compendium of Feeling
Analysis of Feeling	p. 115
Classification by way of Consciousness	p. 116
Summary	p. 117
Compendium of Roots
Analysis of Roots	p. 119
Classification by way of Consciousness	p. 120
Summary	p. 121
Compendium of Functions
Analysis of Functions	p. 122
Classification by way of Consciousness	p. 124
Classification by number of Functions	p. 128
Summary	p. 129
Compendium of Doors
Analysis of Doors	p. 129
Classification by way of Consciousness	p. 130
Classification by number of Doors	p. 132
Summary	p. 134
Compendium of Objects
Analysis of Objects	p. 135
Classification by way of Doors	p. 136
Classification by type of Consciousness	p. 139
Summary	p. 143
Compendium of Bases
Analysis of Bases	p. 144
Classification by way of Consciousness	p. 145
Summary	p. 148
Compendium of the Cognitive Process
Introductory Verse	p. 149
Enumeration of Categories
The Six Sixes	p. 150
Six Types of Consciousness	p. 150
Six Processes	p. 150
Sixfold Presentation of Objects	p. 152
The Five-Door Process
The Very Great Object	p. 153
The Great Object	p. 159
The Slight Object	p. 159
The Very Slight Object	p. 160
Fourfold Presentation of Objects	p. 160
Summary	p. 162
The Mind-Door Process
The Limited Javana Process	p. 163
Summary	p. 166
The Process of Absorption Javanas in the Mind Door
The Process of Absorption	p. 167
Correlations in Absorption	p. 169
Summary	p. 170
The Procedure of Registration
Analysis of Registration	p. 171
The Adventitious Bhavanga	p. 174
The Law of Registration	p. 175
Summary	p. 175
The Procedure of Javana
Sense-Sphere Javana	p. 175
Javana in Attainments	p. 176
Summary	p. 178
Analysis by way of Individuals
Rootless and Double Rooted	p. 179
Triple Rooted	p. 179
Summary	p. 180
Analysis by way of Planes
Analysis	p. 181
Special Cases	p. 183
Summary	p. 183
Conclusion	p. 184
Compendium of the Process-Freed
Introductory Verse	p. 185
Enumeration of Categories	p. 185
The Four Planes of Existence
Overview	p. 189
The Woeful Plane	p. 189
The Sensuous Blissful Plane	p. 190
The Fine-material-Sphere Plane	p. 192
The Immaterial-Sphere Plane	p. 193
By way of Individuals	p. 193
The Four Types of Rebirth-Linking
Overview	p. 194
Rebirth-Linking in the Woeful Plane	p. 194
Rebirth-Linking in the Sensuous Blissful Plane	p. 194
Sensuous Plane Life-Spans	p. 196
Rebirth-Linking in the Fine-material Sphere	p. 197
Life-Spans in the Fine-material Sphere	p. 198
Rebirth-Linking in the Immaterial Sphere	p. 199
Life-Spans in the Immaterial Sphere	p. 199
Summary	p. 199
Four Types of Kamma
By way of Function	p. 200
By Order of Ripening	p. 203
By Time of Ripening	p. 205
By Place of Ripening	p. 206
Unwholesome and Wholesome Kamma
Unwholesome Kamma	p. 206
By way of Roots and Consciousness	p. 208
Wholesome Kamma of the Sense Sphere	p. 209
Wholesome Kamma of the Fine-material Sphere	p. 210
Wholesome Kamma of the Immaterial Sphere	p. 210
Results of Kamma
Results of Unwholesome Kamma	p. 210
Results of Sense-Sphere Wholesome Kamma	p. 211
Wholesome Results and the Roots	p. 214
An Alternative View	p. 215
Results of Fine-material-Sphere Wholesome Kamma	p. 216
Results of Immaterial-Sphere Wholesome Kamma	p. 219
Conclusion	p. 219
The Process of Death and Rebirth
Four Causes of Death	p. 219
The Signs at the Time of Death	p. 220
The Mind at the Time of Death	p. 221
Death and Rebirth-Linking	p. 222
Objects of Sense-Sphere Rebirth Consciousness	p. 223
Objects of Sublime Rebirth Consciousness	p. 224
Determination of Rebirth	p. 226
The Continuity of Consciousness	p. 228
Conclusion	p. 229
Compendium of Matter
Introductory Verse	p. 234
Enumeration of Material Phenomena
In Brief: Great Essentials and Derived Matter	p. 235
In Detail: Concretely Produced Matter	p. 237
In Detail: Non-Concretely Produced Matter	p. 240
Twenty-eight Kinds of Matter	p. 242
Classification of Matter
As Singlefold	p. 243
As Manifold	p. 243
Summary	p. 246
The Origination of Matter
The Four Modes of Origin	p. 246
Kamma as a Mode of Origin	p. 247
Consciousness as a Mode of Origin	p. 247
Temperature as a Mode of Origin	p. 250
Nutriment as a Mode of Origin	p. 250
Analysis by way of Origins	p. 251
Summary	p. 251
The Grouping of Material Phenomena
In Brief	p. 252
Groups Originating from Kamma	p. 253
Groups Originating from Consciousness	p. 253
Groups Originating from Temperature	p. 253
Groups Originating from Nutriment	p. 254
The Internal and External	p. 254
Summary	p. 254
The Occurrence of Material Phenomena
In the Sensuous World	p. 255
The Continuity of Occurrence	p. 256
At the Time of Death	p. 256
Verse	p. 257
In the Fine-material World	p. 257
Among Non-Percipient Beings	p. 257
Summary	p. 258
Nibbana
Definition	p. 258
Analysis	p. 259
Summary	p. 260
Compendium of Categories
Introductory Verse	p. 264
Enumeration of Categories	p. 265
Compendium of the Unwholesome
Taints	p. 265
Floods	p. 265
Bonds	p. 266
Bodily Knots	p. 266
Clingings	p. 266
Hindrances	p. 267
Latent Dispositions	p. 268
Fetters (Suttanta Method)	p. 268
Fetters (Abhidhamma Method)	p. 269
Defilements	p. 269
A Clarification	p. 269
Summary	p. 271
Compendium of Mixed Categories
Roots	p. 271
Jhana Factors	p. 272
Path Factors	p. 272
Faculties	p. 273
Powers	p. 274
Predominants	p. 274
Nutriments	p. 275
Clarifications	p. 275
Summary	p. 278
Compendium of Requisites of Enlightenment
Four Foundations of Mindfulness	p. 278
Four Supreme Efforts	p. 279
Four Means to Accomplishment	p. 280
Five Faculties	p. 280
Five Powers	p. 280
Seven Factors of Enlightenment	p. 281
Eight Path Factors	p. 282
A Clarification	p. 282
By way of States	p. 282
By way of Occurrence	p. 283
Compendium of the Whole
The Five Aggregates	p. 285
The Five Aggregates of Clinging	p. 286
The Twelve Sense Bases	p. 286
The Eighteen Elements	p. 287
The Four Noble Truths	p. 289
A Clarification	p. 290
Summary	p. 290
Compendium of Conditionality
Introductory Verse	p. 292
In Brief: The Two Methods	p. 293
The Method of Dependent Arising
The Basic Formula	p. 294
Categories of Analysis	p. 299
The Three Periods	p. 299
The Twelve Factors	p. 299
The Four Groups	p. 299
The Three Rounds	p. 300
The Two Roots	p. 302
Summary	p. 302
The Method of Conditional Relations
The Twenty-four Conditions	p. 303
Application in Brief	p. 305
Mind for Mind	p. 305
Mind for Mind-and-Matter	p. 307
Mind for Matter	p. 313
Matter for Mind	p. 314
Concepts and Mind-and-Matter for Mind	p. 316
Mind-and-Matter for Mind-and-Matter	p. 316
The Predominance Condition	p. 316
The Conascence Condition	p. 317
The Mutuality Condition	p. 317
The Support Condition	p. 318
The Nutriment Condition	p. 319
The Faculty Condition	p. 320
The Dissociation Condition	p. 321
Presence and Non-Disappearance	p. 321
The Synthesis of Conditions	p. 322
Summary	p. 324
Analysis of Concepts
In Brief	p. 325
Concept as What is Made Known	p. 326
Concept as What Makes Known	p. 327
Summary	p. 328
Compendium of Meditation Subjects
Introductory Verse	p. 329
Compendium of Calm
Basic Categories
Meditation Subjects	p. 330
Temperaments	p. 330
Development	p. 331
Signs	p. 331
The Forty Meditation Subjects
The Kasinas	p. 332
Foulness	p. 333
The Recollections	p. 333
The Illimitables	p. 336
One Perception	p. 337
One Analysis	p. 337
The Immaterial States	p. 337
Analysis of Suitability	p. 338
Analysis of Development
By way of the Three Stages	p. 338
By way of Jhana	p. 339
Analysis of the Terrain
The Signs	p. 340
Appearance of the Signs in Meditation	p. 340
Attainment of Jhana	p. 341
The Immaterial Attainments	p. 342
Other Meditation Subjects	p. 343
Direct Knowledge	p. 343
Compendium of Insight
Basic Categories
Stages of Purification	p. 344
The Three Characteristics	p. 346
The Three Contemplations	p. 346
The Ten Insight Knowledges	p. 346
The Three Emancipations	p. 347
The Three Doors to Emancipation	p. 347
Analysis of Purification
Purification of Virtue	p. 347
Purification of Mind	p. 348
Purification of View	p. 349
Purification by Overcoming Doubt	p. 349
Purification of Path and Not-Path	p. 350
Purification of the Way	p. 352
Purification by Knowledge and Vision	p. 354
Analysis of Emancipation
The Three Doors to Emancipation	p. 356
Emancipation in the Path and Fruit	p. 357
Emancipation in Fruition Attainment	p. 358
Analysis of Individuals
The Stream-Enterer	p. 358
The Once-Returner	p. 359
The Non-Returner	p. 361
The Arahant	p. 362
Analysis of Attainments
Accessibility	p. 363
The Attainment of Cessation	p. 363
Emergence from Cessation	p. 364
Conclusion	p. 365
Colophon	p. 365
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