Visuddhimagga / by U. Dhammaratana
Digitised Book 3.135.236.134 (0)
1982
Information About
The Visuddhimagga (Pali; English The Path of Purification), is the 'great treatise' on Theravada Buddhist doctrine written by Buddhaghosa approximately in 430 CE in Sri Lanka. It is a comprehensive manual condensing and systematizing the theoretical and practical teachings of the Buddha as they were understood by the elders of the Mahavihara Monastery in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It sets out detailed practical instructions for developing purification of mind. This guide describes the methods of purification and the subjects of concentration..
Additional Details
- Creators
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- Dhammaratana, Uturāvala,Himi
- Subject
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- Buddhism
- Spiritual life--Buddhism
- Publisher
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- Buddhist Research Society, 1982
- National Library Board Singapore, 1982
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 127 p.
- Table of Contents
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- Purification of Morality (Sila-Visuddhi) -- Dhutangas ..-- Purification of Consciousness (citta-visuddhi) -- The subjects of concentration ...-- The five kinds of super-normal power -- Wisdom (panfia) -- Khandhas ..-. Ayatanas -- Dhatus -- The twenty two faculties -- The four Truths -- Paticcasamuppada -- Purification of views (Ditthi-visuddhi) -- Purification through conquest of doubts (Kankhavitarana-visuddhi) -- Purification of knowledge and vision of the right path and wrong path (Maggamaggananadassana-visuddhi) -- The knowledge and vission of the way (Patipadananadassana-visuddhi) -- Purification by knowledge and vision (Nanadassana-visuddhi)
- Edition
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- 3rd ed.
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.