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About The Blog
For years, I have served as a helpful role to those seeking inspiration, help, or advice. In 2015, I finally decided to own that role and be intentional about it. I started writing about my passions, my thoughts, and curious wonderings about our society with Buddha Abhidhamma. I founded Dhamma Notes by Thein Naing Ohn with a mission to give others a taste of what goes on in my mind. That is how I become a writer.
About Abhidhamma
ABHIDHAMMA, as the term implies, is the Higher Teaching of the Buddha. It expounds the quintessence of His profound doctrine.
The Dhamma, embodied in the Sutta Pitaka, is the conventional teaching (vohāra desanā) and the Abhidhamma is the ultimate teaching (paramattha desanā).
In the Abhidhamma both mind and matter, which constitute this complex machinery of man, are microscopically analysed. Chief events connected with the process of birth and death are explained in detail. Intricate points of the Dhamma are clarified. The Path of Emancipation is set forth in clear terms.
Abhidhamma deals with “(1) What we find (a) within us (b) around us and of (2) what we aspire to find”.
The Abhidhamma-pitaka is the third Basket (pitaka) of the Theravada Tipitaka.
Theravāda Abhidhamma is only a part of the three baskets.
The Gotama Buddha's teachings consist of the three baskets or the three Piṭakas, namely:
1. Vinaya Piṭaka (the basket of Disciplines)
2. Suttanta Piṭaka (the basket of Discourses)
3. Abhidhamma Piṭaka (the basket of Ultimate Realities)
The Abhidhamma Piṭaka consists of seven books:
1. Dhammasaṅgaṇī(the Collection or Enumeration of Dhammas)
2. Vibhaṅga (Divisions of Dhammas)
3. Dhātukathā (Classification of Elements)
4. Puggalapaññatti (Descriptions of Individuals)
5. Kathāvatthu (Points of Controversy)
6. Yamaka (Analysis of Pairs)
7. Paṭṭhāna (Causal Relations)
The Abhidhamma Piṭaka is the most important and the most interesting among the three baskets; Abhidhamma is an indispensable guide to spiritual progress. In the Abhidhamma, the consciousness is defined, the thoughts are analyzed and the mental states are classified from the ethical point of view. The Abhidhamma investigates the nature of mind and matter, the two components of a so-called being. It helps to understand things as they truly are. Through the Abhidhamma a philosophy has been developed that investigates the sources of mind and matter and the relationship between them. Thus the Abhidhamma is the philosophy which helps people to realize the absolute truth and the ultimate goal of Nibbāna.