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Traditional Theravāda Theory on the Authenticity, Substantiality and Historicity of the Abhidhamma

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dc.contributor.author Sugunaseela Thero, Yakkaduwe
dc.date.accessioned 2015-06-17T04:51:26Z
dc.date.available 2015-06-17T04:51:26Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.citation Sugunaseela Thero, Yakkaduwe 2015. Traditional Theravāda Theory on the Authenticity, Substantiality and Historicity of the Abhidhamma. Heritage as Prime Mover in History, Culture and Religion of South and Southeast Asia, Sixth International Conference of the South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion (SSEASR), Center for Asian studies of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. (Abstract) p.118. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-955-4563-47-6
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/8332
dc.description.abstract The traditional Thēravāda idea of the authority of Abhidhamma is none other than, ‘the Doctrine of Abhidhamma taught by the Buddha. Although it is so, there exist doubts about the authenticity of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka as genuine Buddha word. For instance, the early sect of the Sautrāntikās declared that, as their name indicates, ‘only Sutta and Vinaya as canonical but not the Abhidhamma’. As a whole, some scholars (including Thēravāda commentators) proclaim that the Abhidhamma was preached by the Buddha, some other people say it was not preached by the Buddha. Some scholars point out that the Abhidhamma was a system of knowledge developed and constructed by the disciples based on the teachings of the Buddha. By scrutinizing various facts, this paper proposes that that ‘the mere intention and willingness of Thēravādīns, regarding the historicity, authenticity and substantiality of Abhidhamma is, undoubtedly, ‘the Doctrine of Abhidhamma is realized and taught by the Buddha. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Kelaniya en_US
dc.title Traditional Theravāda Theory on the Authenticity, Substantiality and Historicity of the Abhidhamma en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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