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== Contents ==
 
== Contents ==
 
The root text has eight chapters, each earlier chapter is the presentation needed for the following chapter:
 
The root text has eight chapters, each earlier chapter is the presentation needed for the following chapter:
* Chapter 1: Categories of Existence
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* Chapter 1: Categories of Existence, [[khams bstan pa]]
* Chapter 2: The Powers
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* Chapter 2: The Powers, [[dbang po bstan pa]]
* Chapter 3: The Presentation of the Conventional Universe
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* Chapter 3: The Presentation of the Conventional Universe,  [['jig rten bstan pa]]
* Chapter 4: Karma
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* Chapter 4: Karma, [[las bstan pa]]
* Chapter 5: About the Widespread Mental Afflictions
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* Chapter 5: About the Widespread Mental Afflictions, [[phra rgyas bstan pa]]
* Chapter 6: The Persons and the Path
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* Chapter 6: The Persons and the Path, [[gang zag dang lam bstan pa]]
* Chapter 7: Wisdom
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* Chapter 7: Wisdom, [[ye shes bstan pa]]
* Chapter 8: Balanced Meditation
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* Chapter 8: Balanced Meditation, [[snyoms par 'jug pa bstan pa]]
  
  
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== Quotes From the Text ==
 
== Quotes From the Text ==
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*[[chos mngon shes rab dri med rjes 'brang bcas]]
 
*[[las las 'jig rten sna tshogs skyes]]
 
*[[las las 'jig rten sna tshogs skyes]]
  
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*[http://www.asianclassics.org/download/texts/tengyur/TD4090I2.ACT Abhidharma-kosha Autocommentary Part II] by [[Vasubandhu]] from [[Asian Classics Input Project]], in [[ACIP Format]].
 
*[http://www.asianclassics.org/download/texts/tengyur/TD4090I2.ACT Abhidharma-kosha Autocommentary Part II] by [[Vasubandhu]] from [[Asian Classics Input Project]], in [[ACIP Format]].
 
* mdzod du Tik thar lam gsal byed -- Illumination to the Path of Freedom by Gendun Drub (the first Dalai Lama)
 
* mdzod du Tik thar lam gsal byed -- Illumination to the Path of Freedom by Gendun Drub (the first Dalai Lama)
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* [[chims mdzod]] -- Ornament of Higher Knowledge: An Exposition of the Treasury of Higher Knowledge, by Chim Jampal Yang

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Abhidharma Kosha (mngon pa mdzod). An authoritative scripture on Buddhist metaphysics according to Hinayana, composed by the Indian pandita Vasubandhu.

Contents[edit]

The root text has eight chapters, each earlier chapter is the presentation needed for the following chapter:


Translations[edit]

  • Abhidharmakosabhasyam translated by L. De LA Vallee Poussin, ISBN 0895819139

Quotes From the Text[edit]

External References[edit]


Commentaries[edit]