Visuddhimagga
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The Visuddhimagga (Pali; English: The Path of Purification; ; Sinhala: විශුද්ධි මාර්ගය), is the 'great treatise' on Buddhist practice and Theravāda Abhidhamma written by Buddhaghosa approximately in the 5th century in Sri Lanka. It is a manual condensing and systematizing the 5th century understanding and interpretation of the Buddhist path as maintained by the elders of the Mahavihara Monastery in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
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It sits within the topics Buddhist commentaries, Buddhist meditation and Buddhist stages of enlightenment.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Pali text.type
- Compendium text
- Pali text.parent
- Pāli literature
- Pali text.abbrev
- Vism
- Pali text.comment_by
- Visuddhimaggamahāṭīkā; Visuddhimagganidānakathā; Paramatthamañjūsā
- Pali text.compendium_on
- Sutta Piṭaka
- Pali text.attribution
- Buddhaghosa
- Pali text.composition
- 5th century
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- treatise
- Author
- Buddhaghosa
- Genre
- Buddhist text
- Main subject
- Theravāda
Show 2 more facts
- language of work or name
- Pali
- title
- 𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀺𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Background
- Structure
- Reflecting later developments
- ''Kasina''-meditation
- Non-Theravada influences
- Contents
- Summary
- Seven Stages of Purification
- Siddhis
- Influence
- Traditional Theravada
- Contemporary Theravada
- Editions
- Printed Pali editions
- South-East Asia
- English translations
- Other European translations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
The Visuddhimagga (Pali; English: The Path of Purification; ; Sinhala: විශුද්ධි මාර්ගය), is the 'great treatise' on Buddhist practice and Theravāda Abhidhamma written by Buddhaghosa approximately in the 5th century in Sri Lanka. It is a manual condensing and systematizing the 5th century understanding and interpretation of the Buddhist path as maintained by the elders of the Mahavihara Monastery in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
It is considered the most important Theravada text outside the Tipitaka canon of scriptures, and is described as "the hub of a complete and coherent method of exegesis of the Tipitaka."
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