Gathering the Meanings: The Arthaviniscaya Sutra and its Commentary Nibandhana

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Translator: N.H. Samtani
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ISBN: 9780898002676
Publication Date: 2002

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Gathering the Meanings presents a concise summary of essential Abhidharma doctrines. It fills a major gap in the West's slowly growing knowledge of Buddhist teachings.

Abhidharma teachings analyze the factors that make up the realm of human experience and set out the foundation for traveling the Buddhist path. Abhidharma analysis can cut the roots of suffering, increase mental clarity, and encourage appreciation for the qualities of the Buddha and the path he made available to the world.

Taught by the Buddha himself, the Arthaviniscaya Sutra presents the categories for analysis through which students intent on enlightenment can transform the patterns of thinking and acting that produce suffering. It provides clear and illuminating explanations for many of the key concepts in the Buddhist teachings. The commentary, by the eighth century monk Virsridatta, clarifies with great precision all difficult points, quoting other Buddhist sources, dealing with objections and concerns, and indicating where different schools have varying interpretations.

This translation has been prepared by one of the leading Buddhist scholars of India, N.H. Samtani. In his introduction, Professor Samtani situates the work in its Buddhist context and helps illuminate its significance. His detailed notes on terms and concepts include profuse citations to the work of other scholars, making this volume essential for all scholars of Buddhism. Glossaries, an extensive index, and Tibetan-Sanskrit word lists an invaluable aid for students and practitioners at all levels.

Gathering the Meanings: The Arthaviniscaya Sutra and its Commentary Nibandhana, N.H. Samtani (translator), Dharma Publishing, Paperback, 320 pages, $26.00

CONTENTS: Gathering the Meanings
Publisher's Note		xi
Introduction		xiii
Notes to Introduction		xxxii

Arthaviniscaya Sutra		3

Arthaviniscaya Nibandhana		45
I	Five Aggregates	56
II	Five Clinging Aggregates	58
III	Eighteen Elements	62
IV	Twelve Sense Fields	65
V	Twelvefold Law of Conditioned Co-production	67
VI	Four Noble Truths	107
VII	Twenty-two Faculties	115
VIII	Four Meditations	120
IX	Four Formless Attainments	126
X	Four Sublime States	129
XI	Four Courses (of Meditation)	134
XII	Four Ways of Cultivating Concentration	138
XIII	Four Foundations of Mindfulness	144
XIV	Four Right Efforts	148
XV	Four Bases of Psychic Powers	151
XVI	Five Faculties	154
XVII	Five Powers	157
XVIII	Seven Constituents of Enlightenment	158
XIX	Noble Eightfold Path	161
XX	Sixteenfold Mindfulness of Breathing In and Breathing Out	167
XXI	Four Constituents of Attaining the Stream	173
XXII	Ten Powers of the Tathagata	188
XXIII	Four Grounds of the Tatagata's Self-Confidence	196
XXIV	Four Kinds of the Tathagata's Special Knowledge	200
XXV	Eighteen Special Dharmas of the Buddha	202
XXVI	Tathagata's Thirty-two Marks of a Great Personage	205
XXVII	Eighty Minor Marks of the Buddha	217

Notes		223
Terms and Variants		251
Corrections to the Sanskrit Edition of the Sutra		309
Bibliography		311
Sanskrit-English Glossary		321
English-Sanskrit Glossary		335
Sanskrit-Tibetan/Tibetan-Sanskrit Word Lists		347
Index		357

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