Vasubandhu · Theology

The Treasury of Abhidharma

Vasubandhu's <em>Abhidharmakosa</em> - the summit of Buddhist psychology - dissolves the solid world into a stream of momentary factors (<em>dharmas</em>), and dissolves the self along with it, leaving only impersonal events arising by conditions.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosa analyzed experience into momentary dharmas , treated persisting things and the self as convenient labels over these streams, explained continuity by conditioned causation rather than a substance, and argued in the &lsquo;Refutation of the Person&rsquo; that no self is neede…

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