According to Theravāda Buddhism, Abhidhamma is the third basket of the Pāḷi Tipitaka. Joining this class, Buddhist practitioners can learn and accumulate foundational abhidhamma knowledge to build the most significant and elaborate Buddha’s teachings. Abhidhamma is the central doctrine to acquire other Buddhist philosophy genuinely and properly. The teacher will guide you carefully and dedicatedly so that you can gradually pursue the most complicated basket of the Blessed One.
The Buddha’s doctrines were initially preserved in the language of Magadha. When Buddhism was propagated to other countries where people had no knowledge of that language, monastics need to learn it. The language that later came to be known as Pāḷi stored all the Dhamma-Vinaya. It is vital, therefore, to have a sound grasp of the Pali grammar. The Buddha himself declared: “idha bhikkave bhikhū duggahitaṃ suttantaṃ pariyāpuṇanti dunnikkhittehi padabyañjanehi, dunnikkhittassa bhikhave padabyañjanassa attho’pi dunnayo hoti. ayaṃ bhikhave paṭhamo dhammo saddhammassa sammosāya antaradhānāya saṃvattati.” “O Bhikkhu, there are those engaged in the Dhamma-Vinaya that have not studied the Suttanta sufficiently, as the words have not been properly passed on. O Bhikkhu, when they were not properly passed on, the meaning and explanation could not be clearly understood. This is one of the reasons that will lead to the confusion and eventual loss of the Saddhamma.”
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