- and
systematic in
content and style. The Theravādin and Sarvāstivādin
Abhidharmikas generally considered the
Abhidharma to be the pure and
literal (nippariyaya)...
- Vaibhāśika-Sarvāstivādins are
sometimes referred to in the MVŚ as "the
Ābhidharmikas", "the Sarvāstivāda theoreticians" and "the
masters of Kāśmīra." In...
-
because it
holds that only
impartite entities are real, not wholes.
Abhidharmikas such as
Vasubandhu argued that
conventional things (tables, persons...
- development. The
development of a
personality psychology was
important to the
Abhidharmikas who
sought to
adapt Buddhist teachings and
practice to each personality...
- and Saṃmittīyas The “realists”,
namely the Theravāda and Sarvāstivāda
Ābhidharmikas The “nominalists”, for instance, the Mahāsāṃghika Prajñaptivādins, and...
- this
systematic division of
samatha and vipasyana, the Sarvāstivāda
Abhidharmikas held that the two
practices are not
mutually exclusive. The Mahavibhasa...
-
pudgala represents a
reaction against the "depersonalization" of the
abhidharmika tradition. The Pudgalavadins, on the
other hand,
tried to
preserve the...
- Śāntarakṣita who see him as the most
authoritative of the Vaibhāṣika
Abhidharmikas. Saṃghabhadra's
philosophical work was
primarily an
attempt to defend...
- time. What does it mean for a
dharma to exist? For the Sarvāstivāda
Abhidharmikas, the main
reasons that
something is real or
existent is
causal efficacy...
- value,
which could lead to
apparent contradiction. This
indicates the
Abhidharmika standpoint of
taking the
Abhidharma as
pramana in
understanding the doctrine...
