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Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages Guhyasamaja Tantra (Tib. རིམ་ལྔ་རབ་ཏོ་གསལ་བའི་སྒྲོན་མེ་, rim lnga rab to gsal ba’i sgron me) by Tsongkhapa

A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages (Tib. རིམ་ལྔ་རབ་ཏོ་གསལ་བའི་སྒྲོན་མེ་, Wyl. rim lnga rab to gsal ba’i sgron me) by Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa is a presentation of the five stages (pancakrama) of the Guhyasamaja tantric system.” (RgWik)

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List of Classic Buddhist Texts

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This category includes information about all the most important Buddhist texts.

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Council of Rājagṛha – The First Buddhist Tripitaka Council

“Council of Rājagṛha. The Council of *Rājagṛha, often called the ‘First Council’, is reported to have been held at Rājagṛha in the year of the *Buddha’s death with the objective of establishing the canon or at least two of its three divisions or ‘baskets’ (pi-taka). These include the collection of the Buddha’s discourses or sermons (sūtra/sutta) and the material relating to the organization and history of the order (Vinaya). A senior *monk, Kaśyapa, was charged with supervising the convocation made up of 500 *Arhats. He called upon *Ānanda (who gained *enlightenment during the proceedings of the council) to recite the Buddha’ discourses, and *Upāli to recite the rules of the Vinaya. Their utterances were accepted as accurate and decreed as constituting the content of the orthodox canon from that time on. It may be noted that the word translated as ‘council’ in this context is the Pāli word saṅgīti, which in fact means a ‘communal recitation’ of the kind that took place here. The early Buddhist ‘councils’, accordingly, should not be thought of as similar to their early Christian counterparts, which were usually convened to settle dogma. Modern research has cast serious doubts on the historicity of the traditional account of the First Council. In particular it is clear from internal evidence that the canon did not receive its final form until many years later, so it could not have been fixed at the early date the report claims. Most probably this claim was a device to retrospectively legitimize certain later literature as canonical.” (PDoB)

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Abhidhammattha-Sangaha – Compendium of Abhidharma by Anuruddha

“Abhidhammattha-sangaha. ‘A Compendium of Abhidhamma’. A summary of the essential points of *Abhidharma (Pāli, Abhidhamma) philosophy composed sometime in the 11th or 12th century by *Anuruddha, a resident of the Mūlasoma monstery in *Sri Lanka.” (PDoB)

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Abhidhamma-Avatāra – Introduction to Abhidharma by Buddhadatta

“Abhidhamma-avatāra. ‘An Introduction to Abhidhamma’, being the title of a treatise on *Abhidharma (Pāli, Abhidhamma) composed in *India by *Buddhadatta. The work is mostly in verse and comparable to the *Visudhimagga of Buddhaghoṣa, whom Buddhadatta is said to have met. Two sub-commentaries (ṭīkās) exist, one by Vācissara Mahāsāmi and the other by Sumaṇgala.” (PDoB)

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Abhidharma Piṭaka

“Abhidharma Piṭaka (Skt., basket of higher doctrine). The last of the three divisions of the corpus of Buddhist canonical literature known as the *Tripiṭaka (Pāli, Tipiṭaka) or ‘three baskets’. The fact that the Abhidharma is not mentioned in the *sūtras (where only the first two divisions of *Dharma and *Vinaya are referred to) proves that at one time the Abhidharma Piṭaka did not form a separate section of the *canon. The contents probably had their origin in lists of key *terms abstracted from the sūtras known as *mātrkās. Only two complete Abhidharma collections have survived, those of the *Theravāda and the *Sarvāstivāda schools. The Theravāda Abhidharma (Pāli, Abhidhamma) consists of seven books: *Dhammasangṅī, *Vibhanga, *Kathāvatthu, *Puggalapaññatti, *Dhātukathā, Yamaka, and *Patthāna. Commentaries in *Pāli exist on these seven books, as does an exegetical work on the whole *pitaka by the title of Abhidhamma Mūlaṭīkā, compiled by ānanda Vanaratanatissa of *Sri Lanka. The seven books of the Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma, which survive mainly in Tibetan and Chinese, are the Saṇgītiparyāya, Dharmaskandha, Prajñapti-śastra, Vijñanakaya, Dhātukāya, Prakaraṇapāda, and *Jñāna-prasthana.” (PDoB)

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Abhidharma-Kośa-Bhāsya by Vasubandhu

“Abhidharma-kośa-bhāsya. *Vasubandhu’s auto-commentary to his *Abhidharmakośa in which he criticizes the interpretations of the *Vaibhāṣikas and others of the tenets he presented in that work. His critique is made from the *Sautrāntika standpoint. This commentary includes an additional chapter in prose refuting the idea of the ‘person’ (pud-gala) as held by some Buddhists. The nine chapters in the work deal with what is perceived (dhātu), the sense-faculties (indriya), the world (loka), karma, the proclivities (anuśaya), the Noble Ones (ārya-pudgala), knowledge (jñāna), meditation (samādhi), and refutation of the concept of a self (anāt-man). A large number of sub-commentaries on this text have been preserved in Tibetan translations.” (PDoB)

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Abhidharma-Kośa Treasury of Abhidharma

“Abhidharma-kośa.‘Treasury of Abhidharma’, a key *Abhidharma text in verse written by *Vasubandhu and summarizing *Sarvāstivādin tenets in eight chapters with a total of about 600 verses. The verses are then commented on in the accompanying *bhāsya or ‘exposition’ (see ABHIDHARMA-KOŚA-BHÁŚYA). The subjects covered include all the main topics of *Abhidharma philosophy, and a refutation of the views of the rival school of the *Vaibhāsikas is given at many points in the commentary. As well as the original *Sanskrit, translations exist in Tibetan, Chinese, and Mongolian, and also in English and French.” (PDoB)

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Abhidharma-Dīpa Lamp of Abhidharma

Abhidharma-dīpa. ‘Lamp of Abhidharma’, being a *Sarvāstivādin *Abhidharma text of uncertain authorship, though sometimes thought to have been composed by *Vasumitra in response to *Vasubandhu’s *Abhi-dharma-kośa. The text, comprising verse and prose commentary, survives in a unique incomplete *Sanskrit manuscript. The text is important because it confirms the identity of the author of the Abhidharma-kośa with the *Mahayana *Yogācāra scholar-*monkVasu-bandhu.” (PDoB)

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Abhidharma

Abhidharma (Skt.; Pāli, Abhidhamma). “Term meaning ‘higher doctrine’ and denoting the scholastic analysis of religious teachings. The earliest Abhidharma material was composed over several centuries beginning around 300 BCE and formed the substance of the various collections of canonical scholastic treatises (*Abhidharma Priṭaka) of the different early schools. Influential later non-canonical compendia of Abhidharma teachings include the *Abhidharma-kośa of *Vasu-bandhu and the *Abhidharma-samuccaya of *Asanga. The contents of the Abhidharma do not form a systematic philosophy and it is mostly devoted to classifying and analysing material contained in the *Buddha’s discourses (*sūtras) using a special analytical frameworkand technical terminology. The fundamental doctrines discussed are those already presented in other parts of the *canon, which are therefore taken for granted. According to legend the Abhidharma was first preached by the Buddha to his mother during a visit to her in heaven after her death. The legend also says that after his enlightenment (bodhi) the Buddha spent a weekrevolving the complex doctrines of the Abhidharma in all their details in his mind.” (PDoB)

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Buddhism A to Z by Ron Epstein, Buddhist Text Translation Society, 2012

See also Buddhist Encyclopedias, Buddhist Bibliography.

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Ronald Epstein received his BA from Harvard University and his PhD from University of California, Berkeley in Buddhism. He collaborated in the translation of the Heart Sutra and the Shurangama Sutra under the direction of Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua. He has been teaching philosophy and religion at San Francisco State University for 30 years and is also a research professor at the Institute for World Religions in Berkeley.

Have you confused karma with dharma? Amida with Gautama? The Five Desires with the Eightfold Path? Then Ronald Epstein’s Buddhism A to Z can provide a little enlightenment. Geared for English-speaking Westerners who want to know more about Buddhism, this alphabetical dictionary covers everything from the role of an abbot to the contributions of Zen. The format is very user-friendly, with a dual-column layout, 100 illustrations, and explanatory quotes from Buddhist masters.

  • Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
  • Print Length: 284 pages
  • ASIN: B007JWL3CQ
  • Publication Date: March 12, 2012

List of Introductory Readings

For a general understanding of basic Buddhist teachings, start with the entries in Group I, then move on to Group II, and so forth. If you want information on a particular topic, read the specific entry that most closely approximates your topic, then check the entries listed after the “SEE ALSO” at the end of the entry, then check the sources listed for that entry in Appendix A: Additional Reference Material for Entries.

  1. Five Moral Precepts
    “I Take Refuge in the Triple Jewel (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha)”
    karma
    rebirth
    enlightenment
    Buddha – see also Shakyamuni Buddha Siddhartha Gautama – “The Buddha“
    Thus Come One – Tathagata
    Dharma/dharma
  2. Arhat
    Four Holy Truths
    Noble Eightfold Path
    Twelvefold Conditioned Arising – 12 Links of Dependent Origination
    Bodhisattva
    pāramitā – Paramita – Perfection
    Six Pāramitās
  3. Six Spiritual Powers
    Six Paths of Rebirth
    Ten Dharma Realms
    Five Skandhas
    Eighteen Realms
  4. meditation
    mindfulness
    Four Applications of Mindfulness
    lotus posture
    samadhi – dhyāna-samadhi
    Chan School – Zen
    Four Dhyānas
    Four Formless Realms
  5. Five Types of Buddhist Study and Practice
    Mahayana and Hinayana Compared
    Pure Land
    Buddha Recitation
    Eight Consciousnesses
    One Hundred Dharmas
    emptiness – Shunyata – Prajna – Maha Prajna Paramita – “Merely labelled”
  6. demon
    lineage – traditions, sects, schools of Buddhism

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Catalogue of the Taisho Tripitaka – Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo

Catalogue of the Taisho Tripitaka (Taishô Shinshu Daizôkyô) 《大正藏》經錄

Takakusu and Watanabe, eds. Taisho shinshu Daizokyo. (T. nnnn)

The Taisho Tripitaka, full name Taisho Edition Tripitaka, was compiled in 1924 by Takakusu Junjirou and Watanabe Kaikyoku and published in 1934, the Taisho Era in Japan. Comprised of 100 volumes, the Taisho edition can be divided into three parts: main works 55 volumes, sequels 30 volumes, and supplement 15 volumes (12 on Buddhist iconography and 3 on indexes). It contains the most number of Buddhist canons collected and is distinctive for its organization of canons.

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