Abhidharma-samuccaya
Abhidharma-samuccaya
Buddhist text
The Abhidharma-samuccaya (Sanskrit; Wylie: mngon pa kun btus; English: "Compendium of Abhidharma") is a Buddhist text composed by Asaṅga. The Abhidharma-samuccaya is a systematic account of Abhidharma. According to J. W. de Jong it is also "one of the most important texts of the Yogācāra school."[1] According to Frauwallner, this text is based on the Abhidharma of the Mahīśāsaka tradition.[2]
The text exists in Chinese, Tibetan and a reconstructed Sanskrit version. Its Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Canon) number is 1605. In the Tibetan Tengyur, it is number 4049 in the Derge Tengyur and 5550 in the Peking Kangyur.
According to Traleg Rinpoche, the Abhidharma-samuccaya is one of Asanga's most essential texts and also one of the most psychologically oriented. It provides a framework, as well as a general pattern, as to how a practitioner is to follow the path, develop oneself and finally attain Buddhahood.[3] It presents the path according to the Yogācāra school of Mahayana Buddhism.[3]