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ABHIDHAMMA PIṬAKA |
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The
Abhidhamma Piṭaka is the third division of the Tipiṭaka,
the sacred scriptures
of Buddhism, the other parts being the Sutta
Piṭaka and the Vinaya
Piṭaka. It is made up
of seven books - the Dhammasaṅgani, the Vibhaṅga,
the Dhātukathā, the Puggalapaññatti,
the Kathāvatthu,
the Yamaka and the Paṭṭhāna.
The books of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka are generally later than both
the Sutta and the Vinaya Piṭakas and may have reached their
present form several hundred years after the Buddha's passing.
Tradition attributes them all to the Buddha but there is no mention
of this in the Abhidhamma Piṭaka itself nor is there any mention of
the Abhidhamma Piṭaka in either the Sutta or the Vinaya Piṭakas.
However, there is nothing in the Abhidhamma Piṭaka that contradicts
the Buddha's teachings; the difference is of approach, not content.
See Abhidhamma.
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