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| − | + | The [[Treasury of Abhidharma]] (Skt. [[Abhidharmakośa]]; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཆོས་མངོན་པའི་མཛོད་]]}}, [[Ngön Pa Dzö]]; [[Wyl.]] [[chos mngon pa'i mdzod]]) and Auto-Commentary on the [[Treasury of Abhidharma]] (Skt. [[Abhidharmakośa-Bhāṣya]]). These works were composed by [[Vasubandhu]], one of the '[[Six Ornaments]]', the greatest [[Buddhist]] authorities of {{Wiki|Ancient}} [[India]]. [[Abhidharmakosha]] is a complete and systematic account of the [[Abhidharma]], and is the peak of {{Wiki|scholarship}} in the [[Fundamental Vehicle]]. It is included among the so-called "[[Thirteen great texts]]", which [[Form]] the core of the {{Wiki|curriculum}} in most [[shedras]] and on which [[Khenpo Shenga]] provided commentaries. | |
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| − | + | ==Outline== | |
The text is divided into eight topics: | The text is divided into eight topics: | ||
| − | + | # The [[elements]] (Skt. [[Dhātu]]) | |
| − | + | # The [[faculties]] (Skt. [[Indriya]]) | |
| − | + | # The [[World]] (Skt. [[Loka]]) | |
| − | + | # [[Actions]] (Skt. [[Karma]]) | |
| − | + | # '{{Wiki|Subtle}} developers' (Skt. [[anuśaya]]) (i.e. [[negative emotions]]) | |
| − | + | # The [[Path and the individual]] (Skt. [[mārgaprahāṇa]]) | |
| − | + | # [[Wisdom]] (Skt. [[jñāna]]) | |
| − | + | # [[Meditative equipoise]] (Skt. [[Samāpatti]]) | |
| − | Commentaries | + | ==Commentaries== |
| − | + | ===[[Indian]]=== | |
| − | Indian | ||
[[File:Udd.jpg|thumb|250px|]] | [[File:Udd.jpg|thumb|250px|]] | ||
| − | + | * [[Yashomitra]], [[Abhidharmakośaṭīkā]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཆོས་མངོན་པའི་མཛོད་ཀྱི་འགྲེལ་བཤད]]་}}, [[chos mngon pa'i mdzod kyi 'grel bshad]]) | |
| − | Tibetan | + | ===[[Tibetan]]=== |
| − | The following are among the best known Tibetan commentaries on the Abhidharmakosha: | + | The following are among the best known [[Tibetan]] commentaries on the [[Abhidharmakosha]]: |
| − | + | * [[Chim Jampé Yang]], [[Ornament of Abhidharma]] ({{BigTibetan|[[མངོན་པའི་རྒྱན་]]}}, [[mngon pa'i rgyan]]) | |
| − | + | * [[Gendün Drup]] (1391–1474) [[Illuminating the Path to Liberation]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བྱེད་]]}}, [[thar lam gsal byed]]) | |
| − | + | * [[Rongtön Sheja Kunrig]], [[Thoroughly Illuminating What Can be Known]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཤེས་བྱ་རབ་གསལ་]]}}, [[shes bya rab gsal]]) | |
| − | + | * [[Mipham Rinpoche]], {{BigTibetan|[[རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་དོ་ཤལ་བློ་གསལ་དགྱེས་པའི་མགུལ་རྒྱན]]}}, [[rin po che'i do shal blo gsal dgyes pa'i mgul rgyan]] | |
| − | + | * [[Jamyang Loter Wangpo]], [[A Lamp Illuminating Vasubandhu's Intention]] ({{BigTibetan|[[དབྱིག་གཉེན་དགོངས་པ་གསལ་བའི་སྒྲོན་མེ་]]}}, [[dbyig gnyen dgongs pa gsal ba'i sgron me]]) | |
| − | + | * [[Khenpo Shenga]], [[A Mirror for What Can be Known]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཤེས་བྱའི་མེ་ལོང་]]}}, [[shes bya'i me long]]) | |
| − | Translations | + | ==Translations== |
| − | Tibetan | + | ===[[Tibetan]]=== |
| − | + | * The [[Abhidharmakosha]] and its commentary were translated in the 8th century by [[Kawa Paltsek]] and the [[Indian]] [[Pandita]] [[Jinamitra]]. | |
| − | English | + | ===English=== |
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| + | * [[Abhidharmakosabhasyam]] of [[Vasubandhu]], translated by [[Leo M. Pruden]], {{Wiki|Asian}} Humanities Press, {{Wiki|Berkeley}} 1990 (Translated into English from the {{Wiki|French}} translation of Louis de La Vallé [[Wikipedia:Louis de La Vallée-Poussin|Poussin]], l'Abhidharmakośa de [[Vasubandhu]], Institut belge des hautes études chinoises, Bruxelles, 1971) | ||
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| + | ==={{Wiki|French}}=== | ||
| + | *[[Wikipedia:Louis de La Vallée-Poussin|Louis de La Vallé Poussin]], ''L'Abhidharmakośa de [[Vasubandhu]]'', available for free download from [http://www.archive.org/details/labhidharmakosat01vasuuoft Archive.org] | ||
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| + | ==Further Reading== | ||
| + | *James Duerlinger, ''[[Indian]] [[Buddhist]] theories of persons: [[Vasubandhu's]] "Refutation of the {{Wiki|theory}} of a [[self]]"'', Routledge, 2003 | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
| + | * [[Compendium of Abhidharma]] | ||
| + | * [[Dharma Analysis Treasury]] | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[https://www2.hf.uio.no/polyglotta/index.php?page=volume&library=TLB&vid=5 [[Abhidharmakośa]] at {{Wiki|Thesaurus}} Literaturae Buddhicae] | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:52, 7 August 2021
The Treasury of Abhidharma (Skt. Abhidharmakośa; Tib. ཆོས་མངོན་པའི་མཛོད་, Ngön Pa Dzö; Wyl. chos mngon pa'i mdzod) and Auto-Commentary on the Treasury of Abhidharma (Skt. Abhidharmakośa-Bhāṣya). These works were composed by Vasubandhu, one of the 'Six Ornaments', the greatest Buddhist authorities of Ancient India. Abhidharmakosha is a complete and systematic account of the Abhidharma, and is the peak of scholarship in the Fundamental Vehicle. It is included among the so-called "Thirteen great texts", which Form the core of the curriculum in most shedras and on which Khenpo Shenga provided commentaries.
Outline
The text is divided into eight topics:
- The elements (Skt. Dhātu)
- The faculties (Skt. Indriya)
- The World (Skt. Loka)
- Actions (Skt. Karma)
- 'Subtle developers' (Skt. anuśaya) (i.e. negative emotions)
- The Path and the individual (Skt. mārgaprahāṇa)
- Wisdom (Skt. jñāna)
- Meditative equipoise (Skt. Samāpatti)
Commentaries
Indian
- Yashomitra, Abhidharmakośaṭīkā (ཆོས་མངོན་པའི་མཛོད་ཀྱི་འགྲེལ་བཤད་, chos mngon pa'i mdzod kyi 'grel bshad)
Tibetan
The following are among the best known Tibetan commentaries on the Abhidharmakosha:
- Chim Jampé Yang, Ornament of Abhidharma (མངོན་པའི་རྒྱན་, mngon pa'i rgyan)
- Gendün Drup (1391–1474) Illuminating the Path to Liberation (ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བྱེད་, thar lam gsal byed)
- Rongtön Sheja Kunrig, Thoroughly Illuminating What Can be Known (ཤེས་བྱ་རབ་གསལ་, shes bya rab gsal)
- Mipham Rinpoche, རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་དོ་ཤལ་བློ་གསལ་དགྱེས་པའི་མགུལ་རྒྱན, rin po che'i do shal blo gsal dgyes pa'i mgul rgyan
- Jamyang Loter Wangpo, A Lamp Illuminating Vasubandhu's Intention (དབྱིག་གཉེན་དགོངས་པ་གསལ་བའི་སྒྲོན་མེ་, dbyig gnyen dgongs pa gsal ba'i sgron me)
- Khenpo Shenga, A Mirror for What Can be Known (ཤེས་བྱའི་མེ་ལོང་, shes bya'i me long)
Translations
Tibetan
- The Abhidharmakosha and its commentary were translated in the 8th century by Kawa Paltsek and the Indian Pandita Jinamitra.
English
- Abhidharmakosabhasyam of Vasubandhu, translated by Leo M. Pruden, Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley 1990 (Translated into English from the French translation of Louis de La Vallé Poussin, l'Abhidharmakośa de Vasubandhu, Institut belge des hautes études chinoises, Bruxelles, 1971)
French
- Louis de La Vallé Poussin, L'Abhidharmakośa de Vasubandhu, available for free download from Archive.org
Further Reading
- James Duerlinger, Indian Buddhist theories of persons: Vasubandhu's "Refutation of the theory of a self", Routledge, 2003
See Also
External Links
- Abhidharmakośa at Thesaurus Literaturae Buddhicae
