Abhidharmakosa-bhasya of Vasubandhu
author: Gelong Lodro Sangpo
edition: 2012, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
pages: 2972
ISBN-13: 9788120836075
Topic: Mahayana
Chapter eight - Exposition of the Meditative Attainments (samapatti-nirdesa)
This page describes Chapter eight: Exposition of the Meditative Attainments (samapatti-nirdesa) which is the first chapter of the third volume in the book: Abhidharmakosa-bhasya of Vasubandhu by Gelong Lodro Sangpo. This book contains the annoted English translation of the Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya (the treasury of the Abhidharma) which was originally written in the fourth century by Vasubandhu. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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A Survey of Paramattha Dhammas [by Sujin Boriharnwanaket]
The Three Attainments. There are three attainments or samapattis : attainment of jhana, jhana-samapatti, fruition attainment, phala-samapatti, and attainment of extinction, nirodha-samapatti. An ordinary person who is not an Aryan, may attain jhana and acquire the skills, vasis, in jhana, such as attaining jhana and emerging from it in the order of the successive stages of jhana....
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The Attainment of the Cessation of Perception and Feeling. [Full title: Distinctive Issues of the Five Nikayas and some Important Buddhist Terms Relating the Study; (7): The Attainment of the Cessation of Perception and Feeling] The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (sannavedayitanirodha) is a special meditative attainment in which all mental activity ceases....
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Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) [by U Lu Pe Win]
Then the king rose up from the place of legal decisions, went up the palace, sat himself down to fix his mind on meditative attainment, (samapatti), was not able to do so, being of distracted mind due to that noisy sound....
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[Abhidharmakosa-bhasya of Vasubandhu: index]
[About the author (Gelong Lodro Sangpo)]
[Preface (outline of contents)]
[Introduction (the two baskets of the Vinaya and Dharma & the first Matrkas)]