Category: Buddhism

In Buddhist context, an Acariya, literally a (spiritual) teacher, is one of the two teachers of a starting out monk – the other one being the Upajjhaya. An Acariya will focus on physical, academic and artistic teachings. Etymology: – Pāli: ācāriya – Sanskrit: ācārya In other languages: Thai: ajahn (อาจารย์) Chinese: 阿闍梨, 阿闍梨耶 Japanese: ajari or ajariya Vietnamese: a-xà-lê

Abhidharma-kośa, a key Abhidharma text in verse written by Vasubandhu, summarizing Sarvāstivādin tenets in eight chapters with a total of around 600 verses. As well as the original Sanskrit, translations exist in Tibetan, Chinese and Mongolian, as well as English and French. Vasubandhu wrote an auto-commentary to this, the Abhidharma-kośa-bhāsya in which he critiques the interpretations of the Sarvāstivādins and...

Abhidharma (Sanskrit; Pāli Abhidhamma) is a category of Buddhist scriptures that attempts to use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic, abstract description of all worldly phenomena. The Abhidharma represents a generalization and reorganization of the doctrines presented piecemeal in the narrative sutra tradition. The literal translation of the term Abhidharma is unclear. Two possibilities are most commonly given: 1) abhi–...

Abhidharma (Sanskrit; Pāli Abhidhamma) is a category of Buddhist scriptures that attempts to use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic, abstract description of all worldly phenomena. The Abhidharma represents a generalization and reorganization of the doctrines presented piecemeal in the narrative sutra tradition. The literal translation of the term Abhidharma is unclear. Two possibilities are most commonly given: 1) abhi–...