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Abhidharma-samuccaya

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Abhidharma-samuccaya (Sanskrit; Tibetan Wylie: mngon pa kun btus; English: Compendium of Abhidharma) is a Buddhist text composed by Asanga. Abhidharma-samuccaya is a complete and systematic account of the Abhidharma.

According to Traleg Rinpoche, the Abhidharma-samuccaya is one of Asanga's most essential texts and also one of the most psychologically oriented. It provides a framework, as well as a general pattern, as to how a practitioner is to follow the path, develop oneself and finally attain Buddhahood. It presents the path according to the Yogachara school Mahayana Buddhism.

Mental factors

See also:Mental factors

The second chapter of this text enumerates fifty-one Mental factors (Sanskrit: Caitasika), divided into the following categories:

Source

Wikipedia:Abhidharma-samuccaya