5/30/2023 0 Comments Hiri and ottappaThese suttas include the Saṅgīti Sutta and Dasuttara Sutta, the two last suttas of the Dīgha Nikāya (as well as the Saṅgīti Sūtra and Daśottara Sūtra of the Dīrgha Āgama). The extensive use of mātikā can also be found in some suttas of the Sutta Pitaka, which have been seen as a "proto-abhidhamma" by scholars such as Johannes Bronkhorst and Frauwallner. According to Frauwallner's comparative study, these texts were possibly developed and "constructed from the same material", mainly early mātikās (Sanskrit: mātṛkā) which forms the "ancient core" of early Abhidhamma. This has been studied by Erich Frauwallner, who argues that there are kernels of early pre-sectarian material in the earliest Abhidhamma texts (such as in the Vibhanga, the Dharmaskandha, and the Śāriputrābhidharma). However, according to some scholars like Rupert Gethin, it is possible that some elements found in Abhidhamma, such as the mātikās (lists, matrices of doctrinal terms) are from an earlier date than the books themselves. They therefore cannot be the direct work of the Buddha himself, but of later disciples and scholars. It is generally accepted by modern scholars that these works began to be composed during the 3rd century BCE. The primary source for the Abhidhamma is the Abhidhamma Piṭaka, a set of seven texts which form the third "basket" of the Theravāda Tipiṭaka (also known as the Pāli Canon). 5th century), the most important Abhidhamma scholar of Theravāda, presenting three copies of the Visuddhimagga. There are also later sub-commentarial works composed in later historical periods. Then there are exegetical works which were composed in Sri Lanka in the 5th century. The earliest Abhidhamma works are found in the Pali Canon. There are different textual layers of Abhidhamma literature. Īccording to Bhikkhu Bodhi, a modern Theravāda scholar, the Abhidhamma is "simultaneously a philosophy, a psychology and an ethics, all integrated into the framework of a program for liberation." Theravāda traditionally sees itself as the vibhajjavāda ("the teaching of analysis"), which reflects the analytical ( vibhajjati) method used by the Buddha and early Buddhists to investigate the nature of the person and other phenomena. These teachings are traditionally believed to have been taught by the Buddha, though modern scholars date the texts of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka to the 3rd century BCE. The Theravāda Abhidhamma is a scholastic systematization of the Theravāda school's understanding of the highest Buddhist teachings ( Abhidhamma). Three pages of a Burmese Pali manuscript of the Mahaniddessa, an Abhidhamma style commentary found in the Khuddaka Nikāya.
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