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Abhidharma (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma (Pāli) are ancient (3rd century BCE and later) Buddhist texts which contain detailed scholastic and scientific reworkings of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist Sutras, according to schematic classifications. The Abhidhamma works do not contain systematic philosophical treatises, but summaries or abstract and systematic lists.
According to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Abhidhamma started as an elaboration of the teachings of the suttas, but later developed independent doctrines.
The literal translation of the term Abhidharma is unclear. Two possibilities are most commonly given:
In the West, the Abhidhamma has generally been considered the core of what is referred to as "Buddhist Psychology".
In the commentaries of Theravāda Buddhism it was held that the Abhidhamma was not a later addition to the tradition, but rather represented the first, original understanding of the teachings by the Buddha. According to legend, shortly after his awakening the Buddha spent several days in meditation, during which he formulated the Abhidhamma. Later, he traveled to the heavenly realm and taught the Abhidhamma to the divine beings that dwelled there, including his deceased mother Mahāmāyā, who had rearisen as a celestial being. The tradition holds that the Buddha gave daily summaries of the teachings given in the heavenly realm to the monk Śāriputra, who passed them on.
Ku mul ku myo heng bok
He sot don gu te
Ma nyang sun su han kum
Man gu don gu te
Ku te ga gu ri wo jo
Da shi nan do ra ga le
Sang sang man he do
Heng bok het don gu te
Dong hwa sok ju in gong
Do dwe don gu te
Gu te ga gu ri wo jo
Da shi nan do ra ga le
Gu re ha nul hyang he
Him kot twi o bol ka
Pi to pe ni dwel su do it ja na
Mo dun son i
Gu ru mul jap go so
Da go nal su do i so
Wo. wo.
Wo na myo nal su do i so
I ro bo rin u su mul
Chat go shi po
No cho bo rin hi mang
Ul jap go shi po
Ku te ga gu ri wo jo
Da shi nan do ra ga le
Gu re ha nul hyang he
Him kot twi o bol ka
Pi to pe ni dwel su do it ja na
Mo dun son i
Gu ru mul jap go so
Da go nal su do i so
Wo. wo.
wo na myo nal su do i so
wo. wo.
wo na myo nal su do i so
pu run ba dal hyang he
mam kot pa jo bol ka
ma rin bo i
ga dwel su it ja na
mot jin go re
dung wi e an jun che
yo heng hal su do i so
gu re ha nul hyang he
him kot twi o bol ka
pi to pe ni dwel su do it ja na
mo dun so ni
gu ru mul jap go so