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Vaibhāṣika

Sarvāstivāda-Vaibhāṣika (Sanskrit: सर्वास्तिवाद-वैभाषिक) or simply Vaibhāṣika (वैभाषिक) was an ancient Buddhist tradition of Abhidharma (scholastic Buddhist philosophy), which was very influential in North India, especially Kashmir. In various texts, they referred to their tradition as Yuktavāda (the doctrine of logic), and another name for them was…

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related to Treatises · 45
Vaibhāṣika → Abhidharma, Abhidharma-dipa, Abhidharma-hṛdaya-śāstra, Abhidharma-samaya-pradīpikā, Abhidharma-āmrtaṛasa, Abhidharmakośa, Abhidharmakośa-bhāsya, Abhidharmakośopāyikā-ṭīkā, Abhidharmavatara, Bactria, BCE, Chinese, Conformance, Correct Principle, Deathless, Descent, Dhammajoti, Dharmasresthin's Abhidharma-hṛdaya-śāstra, Dharmatrata, East Asia
has cause · 23
Vaibhāṣika → According, Another, Co-existent, Conjoined, Dhammajoti, Efficient, For, For Vaibhāṣikas, Great Elements, Homogeneous, In, It, Nyāyānusāra, Retribution, Sarvāstivāda, Sautrāntikas, Saṃghabhadra, Saṃghabhadra's Nyāyānusāra, The Mahāvibhāṣa, This
related to Exegetical texts · 22
Vaibhāṣika → Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa, Abhidharma Vibhāṣa, Buddhavarman, CE, Chinese, Great Commentary, However, Kanishka, Kashmir, Kashmiri Sarvāstivāda, Kushan Empire, Mahāvibhāṣa, Sarvastivāda, Sarvāstivādins, Sitapani, The, The Jñānaprasthāna, The Vibhāṣa, There, These
related to Dharmas and their characteristics · 17
Vaibhāṣika → Abhi-dharma, Abhidharma, According, All Buddhist, Buddha, Buddha's, Buddhist, Dharmas, From, Hence, It, Mahāvibhāṣa, Noa Ronkin, They, This, Unlike, Vaibhāṣikas
related to Theory of Causality · 16
Vaibhāṣika → An, Because, Causal, For, In, Indeed, It, Sarvāstivāda, Sautrāntikas, Saṃghabhadra, These, This, Thus, Vaibhāṣika Abhidharma, Vaibhāṣikas, Yogācāra
related to Rūpa (matter) · 13
Vaibhāṣika → According, All, As Vasubandhu, Dhammajoti, Elements, Great Elements, Great Realities, Great Reals, Matter, Nevertheless, Saṃghabhadra, The, Vaibhāṣikas
related to Arguments in favor of temporal eternalism · 10
Vaibhāṣika → According, Another, Finally, Gandharan Sarvāstivāda, If, In, Jan Westerhoff, Samyukta-abhidharma-hrdaya, Sarvāstivāda, Vaibhāṣikas
related to Classification of dharmas · 10
Vaibhāṣika → Abhidharma, Beginning, Buddhist, Pañcavastuka, The Vaibhāṣikas, Therefore, Thus, Vaibhāṣika Abhidharma, Vaibhāṣikas, Vasumitra
related to Defilement (kleśa) · 10
Vaibhāṣika → Abhidharma, Another, Buddha, Buddhism, Kleśa, Sautrāntikas, The, This, Thus, Vaibhāṣikas
related to Existence · 10
Vaibhāṣika → Each, For, If, Sarvāstivāda, Sarvāstivāda Abhidharmikas, Saṃghabhadra, The, The Vaibhāṣika, This, What

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dharmas also one dharma karma refers time nature abhidharma saṃghabhadra existence cause thus past future four vaibhāṣikas defilements different said

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the five skandhasinstance ofi.e. how dharmas combine to make up conventional things.The Vaibhāṣikas made use of classic early Buddhist doctrinal categories0.80text
the sense basesinstance ofi.e. how dharmas combine to make up conventional things.The Vaibhāṣikas made use of classic early Buddhist doctrinal categories0.80text
nirvāṇainstance ofThis also helps to explain how one can obtain a pure dharma0.80text
since it is only through acquisition that one experiences nirvāṇa.Another doctrinally important set of conditionings areinstance ofThis also helps to explain how one can obtain a pure dharma0.80text
optical illusionsinstance ofpointing to examples0.80text
dreamsinstance ofpointing to examples0.80text
the false cognition of a self or really existent personinstance ofpointing to examples0.80text
a juginstance ofnot a conceptualised object0.80text
etcinstance ofnot a conceptualised object0.80text
loving kindnessinstance ofbut also includes other meditations0.80text
the Sarvāstivādin Nāgadatta Sūtrainstance ofi.e. a knowledge of all the spiritual paths.The inferiority of the arhat attainment can be seen in texts0.80text
which critiques the Mahīśāsaka view of women in a narrative about a bhikṣuṇī named Nāgadattainstance ofi.e. a knowledge of all the spiritual paths.The inferiority of the arhat attainment can be seen in texts0.80text

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