"The Treasury of Manifest Dharma (Abhidharmakosha)
was composed by Vasubandhu in order to purify the negative karma
he created by abandoning the mahayana Dharma through criticizing
it.
The karma of abandoning the Dharma is the heaviest of negative karmas."
Geshe Jampa Gyatso
Treasury
of Manifest Dharma (Abhidharmakosha)
By Vasubandhu
Summary of the Text
A detailed presentation of the constituents, faculties, Buddhist cosmology,
the six realms, karma, the afflictions and their antidotes, the various
types of spiritual practitioners and their paths, and the knowledges,
concentrations, and absorptions. This subject is explained on the basis
of the First Dalai Lama’s Clarifying the Path to Liberation:
A Complete Explanation of the Treasury of Manifest Dharma, Vasubandhu’s
self-commentary, and Chim Jampel Yang's Clear Ornament Commentary
to the Treasury.
Chapter Summary
Summaries of each of the eight chapters of the
Treasury are
available:
• Chapter
One: Introduction & Presentation of
the Constituents
• Chapter
Two: Presentation of the Powers
• Chapter
Three: Presentation of the World
• Chapter
Four: Presentation of Actions
• Chapter
Five: Presentation of the Subtle Increasers
• Chapter
Six: Presentation of the Paths and Persons
• Chapter
Seven: Presentation of Exalted Wisdom
• Chapter
Eight: Presentation of the Meditative Absorptions
& Conclusion
Samples
Some samples from Geshe Jampa Gyatso's commentary on Vasubandhu's Treasury
of Manifest Dharma are available:
• Sample
#1: Verse 1.22cd on the order of presentation
of the five aggregates
• Sample
#2: Verse 4.1ab on actions being the cause
of the world
• Sample
#3: Verse 6.5 on the realization of the
four noble truths
• Sample
#4: Verses 8.29 and 8.30 on the four immeasurables
