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The Theravada Abhidhamma tradition, also known as the Abhidhamma Method, refers to a scholastic systematization of the Theravāda school's understanding

Buddhist Texts. The Abhidhamma Pitaka, however, is a strictly Theravada collection and has little in common with the Abhidhamma works recognized by other

The Abhidhamma Piṭaka (English: Basket of Higher Doctrine; Vietnamese: Tạng Vi diệu Pháp) is the third of the three divisions of the Pali Tripitaka, the

Abhidhamma Day (Burmese: အဘိဓမ္မာနေ့), also known as Abhidhamma Divas in India, is a Theravada Buddhist tradition celebrated primarily in Myanmar and

Abhidharma literature. The early canonical Abhidharma works, such as the Abhidhamma Piṭaka, are not philosophical treatises but mainly summaries and expositions

Buddhaghosa focused on the exegesis of the Pali scriptures and on the Abhidhamma. These Theravāda sub-sects often came into conflict with each other over

"discriminating that Dhamma with wisdom" (taṃ dhammaṃ paññāya pavicināti). The Abhidhamma's Dhammasaṅgaṇi even more strongly associates dhamma vicaya with paññā

Abhidhammattha-saṅgaha (English: The Compendium of Things contained in the Abhidhamma; Chinese: 摂阿毘達磨義論; Vietnamese: Thắng Pháp Tập yếu Luận, Vi diệu Pháp Toát

for a basic framework, and not all of the early schools developed an Abhidhamma literature. Theravādin sources state that, in the 3rd century BCE, a third

are enumerated in different ways in the Pali canon's Sutta Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka. The Pali canon's Sutta Pitaka identifies ten "fetters of becoming":