Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification)

by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu | 1956 | 388,207 words | ISBN-10: 9552400236 | ISBN-13: 9789552400236

Buddhism Theravada

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This page describes Understanding (Panna) of the English translation of the Visuddhimagga (‘the path of purification’) which represents a detailled Buddhist meditation manual, covering all the essential teachings of Buddha as taught in the Pali Tipitaka. It was compiled Buddhaghosa around the 5th Century.

Part 3 - Understanding (Paññā)

- Sub-Contents: (+ / -)

+ Chapter XIV - The Aggregates (khandha-niddesa)

. A. Understanding (paññā)

. B. Description of the Five Aggregates

. The 89 Kinds of Consciousness

. The 14 Modes of Occurrence of Consciousness

. The Formations Aggregate

. C. Classification of the Aggregates

. D. Classes of Knowledge of the Aggregates

+ Chapter XV - The Bases and Elements (āyatana-dhātu-niddesa)

. A. Description of the Bases (āyatana)

. B. Description of the Elements (dhātu)

+ Chapter XVI - The Faculties and Truths (indriya-sacca-niddesa)

. A. Description of the Faculties (indriya)

. B. Description of the Truths (sacca)

. The Truth of Suffering (dukkha)

. The Truth of the Origin of Suffering (samudaya)

. The Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (nirodha)

. Discussion on Nibbāna

. The Truth of the Way (magga)

. General (conclusion to the faculties and truths)

+ Chapter XVII - Dependent Origination (paññā-bhūmi-niddesa)

. A. Definition of Dependent Origination

. B. Exposition of Dependent Origination

. Dependent Origination (i): Ignorance

. Dependent Origination (ii): Formations

. Dependent Origination (iii): Consciousness

. Dependent Origination (iv): Mentality-Materiality

. Dependent Origination (v): The Sixfold Base

. Dependent Origination (vi): Contact

. Dependent Origination (vii): Feeling

. Dependent Origination (viii): Craving

. Dependent Origination (ix): Clinging

. Dependent Origination (x): Becoming

. Dependent Origination (xi-xii): Birth, etc.

. C. The Wheel of Becoming

Chapter XVIII - Purification of View (diṭṭhi-visuddhi-niddesa)

Chapter XIX - Purification by Overcoming Doubt (kaṅkhāvitaraṇa-visuddhi-niddesa)

+ Chapter XX - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Path and the Not-path

. Introduction (comprehension by groups)

. The Three Kinds of Full-understanding

. Insight: Comprehension by Groups

. Comprehension by Groups—Application of Text

. Strengthening of Comprehension in Forty Ways

. Nine Ways of Sharpening the Faculties, etc.

. Comprehension of the Material

. Comprehension of the Immaterial

. The Material Septad

. The Immaterial Septad

. The Eighteen Principal Insights

. Knowledge of Rise and Fall—I

. The Ten Imperfections of Insight

+ Chapter XXI - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Way

. Introduction (the eight knowledges)

. Insight (1): Knowledge of Rise and Fall—II

. Insight (2): Knowledge of Dissolution

. Insight (3): Knowledge of Appearance as Terror

. Insight (4): Knowledge of Danger

. Insight (5): Knowledge of Dispassion

. Insight (6): Knowledge of Desire for Deliverance

. Insight (7): Knowledge of Reflection

. Discerning Formations as Void

. Insight (8): Equanimity about Formations

. The Triple Gateway to Liberation

. The Seven Kinds of Noble Persons

. The Last Three Knowledges are One

. Insight Leading to Emergence

. The Twelve Similes

. The Difference in the Noble Path’s Factors, etc.

. Insight (9): Conformity Knowledge

. Sutta References (regarding insight leading to emergence)

+ Chapter XXII - Purification by Knowledge and Vision (ñāṇadassana-visuddhi-niddesa)

. I. Change-of-Lineage, Paths, and Fruits

. II. The States Associated with the Path, etc.

. The Four Functions

+ Chapter XXIII - The Benefits in Developing Understanding

. A. Removal of the Defilements

. B. The Taste of the Noble Fruit

. C. The Attainment of Cessation

. D. Worthiness to Receive Gifts

Last Updated: 06 December, 2021

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