"The Treasury of Manifest Knowledge (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 Knowledge (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 Knowledge, 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 2001-2002 on Vasubandhu's Treasury of Manifest Knowledge 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