The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma"
Abhidharma theory of dharmas, skandhas, āyatanas, dhātus, causation and momentariness, chiefly from Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośa.
- Language
- English
- Author
- Th. Stcherbatsky
- Extent
- 631 passages, 41,382 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Royal Asiatic Society, London 1923; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Th. Stcherbatsky †1942); published before 1931: public…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 40 parts
- c2 Preface — 10 parts
- c3 I. Preliminary — 23 parts
- c4 II. Skandhas — 12 parts
- c5 III. Āyatanas — 8 parts
- c6 IV. Dhātus — 8 parts
- c7 V. Elements of Matter — 24 parts
- c8 VI. Elements of Mind — 25 parts
- c9 VII. Forces — 21 parts
- c10 VIII. Non-Substantiality of the Elements — 13 parts
- c11 IX. Pratītya-Samutpāda (Causality) — 13 parts
- c12 X. Karma — 18 parts
- c13 XI. Impermanence of the Elements — 29 parts
- c14 XII. Impermanence in Sānkhya-Yoga — 25 parts
- c15 XIII. Unrest of the Elements — 28 parts
- c16 XIV. Theory of Cognition — 58 parts
- c17 XV. Pre-Buddhaic Buddhism — 29 parts
- c18 XVI. Summary — 6 parts
- c19 Appendix I. Vasubandhu on the Fundamental Principle of the Sarvāstivāda School — 10 parts
- c20 Appendix II — 16 parts
- c21 Index — 2 parts