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**RildFiemodo** · 04-08-2011, 03:43 PM

The Abhidhamma Pitaka is a good example of a lot of very complicated stuff. This could certainly be distracting to someone who is mainly practicing a calm mind under a tree. Yet, it is part of the Pali Canon

Regarding Abhidhamma:

Scholars generally believe that the Abhidharma emerged after the time of the Buddha, to around the third century BCE. Therefore the seven Abhidhamma works are generally claimed by scholars not to represent the words of the Buddha himself, but those of disciples and great scholars. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhidharma
There are threads in our Theravada forum debating its relevance to the suttas, which might be of interest and could be continued -and its worth checking the video.

http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries...ght=abhidhamma

http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries...later-addition

04-08-2011, 03:43 PM	#23
RildFiemodo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	The Abhidhamma Pitaka is a good example of a lot of very complicated stuff. This could certainly be distracting to someone who is mainly practicing a calm mind under a tree. Yet, it is part of the Pali Canon Regarding Abhidhamma: Scholars generally believe that the Abhidharma emerged after the time of the Buddha, to around the third century BCE. Therefore the seven Abhidhamma works are generally claimed by scholars not to represent the words of the Buddha himself, but those of disciples and great scholars. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhidharma There are threads in our Theravada forum debating its relevance to the suttas, which might be of interest and could be continued -and its worth checking the video. http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries...ght=abhidhamma http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries...later-addition
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