Suttas teaching the Abhidhamma

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Suttas teaching the Abhidhamma

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Hello all,

A few of the many Sutta references (hope the links are current):

Majjhima Nikaya 112 Chabbisodhana Sutta - The Six-Fold Examination
http://mail.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/majj ... hana-e.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Majjhima Nikaya 115 Bahudhatuka Sutta - The Many Kinds of Elements
http://mail.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/majj ... tuka-e.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Majjhima Nikaya 140 Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta - The Exposition of the
Properties
http://mail.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/majj ... anga-e.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Majjhima Nikaya 148 Chachakka Sutta The Discourse of Six Sixes
http://mail.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/majj ... akka-e.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Majjhima Nikaya 149 Mahaasa.laayatanika Sutta - The Longer Discourse
on the six spheres
http://mail.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/majj ... nika-e.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Samyutta Nikaya XXII.56 Parivatta Sutta - The (Fourfold) Round
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sa ... 2-056.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Samyutta Nikaya XXII.57 - Seven Bases
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sa ... 2-057.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Samyutta Nikaya 'The Connected Discourses of the Buddha'
beginning at page 627 Part III 14 Dhatu-samyutta (in The Book of
Causation)
beginning at page 853 Part III 22 Khandha-vagga The Book of the
Aggregates
beginning at page 1133 Part IV 35 Salayatana-vagga The Book of the
Six Sense Bases
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Some Visuddhimagga references:
P.547 of Visuddhimagga 'The Path of Purification' XVm, 1 'Description
of the Bases and Elements'
P.552 of Visuddhimagga 'The Path of Purification' XV,17
ff 'Description of the Bases and Elements'
P.649 of Visuddhimagga 'The Path of Purifiction' XVII, 203 [(v) The
Sixfold Base]

Nyanatiloka in his Buddhist Dictionary defines dhatu, ayatana and
khandha as:
http://mail.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/bud-dict/dic_idx.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
dhatu: 'elements', are the ultimate constituents of a whole. (I) The
4 physical elements (dhtu or mah-bhta), popularly called earth,
water, fire and wind, are to be understood as the primary qualities
of matter. <snip> (II) The 18 physical and mental elements that
constitute the conditions or foundations of the process of
perception. <snip>
ayatana: <snip>. The 12 'bases' or 'sources' on which depend the
mental processes, consist of five physical sense-organs and
consciousness, being the six personal (ajjhattika) bases; and the six
objects, the so-called external (bhira) bases
khandha: the 5 'groups (of existence)' or 'groups of clinging'
(updnakkhandha); alternative renderings: aggregates, categories of
clinging's objects. These are the 5 aspects in which the Buddha has
summed up all the physical and mental phenomena of existence, and
which appear to the ignorant man as his ego, or personality.

metta,
Chris
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Re: Suttas teaching the Abhidhamma

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Greetings Chris,
Chris wrote:(hope the links are current)
Yes, they are... and thank you for providing links to these important analytical suttas.

Metta,
Retro. :)
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Re: Suttas teaching the Abhidhamma

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Nice collection
thx
:anjali:
But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}
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