ཆོས་མངོན་པ། | Glossary of Terms

The Buddha’s teachings regarding subjects such as wisdom, psychology, metaphysics, and cosmology.

Conventionally, the general name for the Buddhist teachings presented in a scientific manner, as a fully elaborated transcendental psychology. As one of the branches of the Canon, it corresponds to the discipline of wisdom (the Sūtras corresponding to meditation, and the Vinaya to morality). Ultimately the Abhidharma is “pure wisdom, with its coordinate mental functions” (Prajñāmalā sānucārā), according to Vasubandhu.

The Buddha’s teachings regarding subjects such as wisdom, psychology, metaphysics, and cosmology.

The Buddha’s teachings regarding subjects such as wisdom, psychology, metaphysics, and cosmology.