Abhidhamma

Is mindfulness universally wholesome, or not? I'll look at two different viewpoints, one from the Theravāda abhidhamma, and another from a recent monastic scholar.

Is there a hidden assumption in the Buddhist abhidhamma understanding of the mind? I'll look at what I'll term the "doctrine of seriality", that the mind operates sequentially. What does this mean, and why might it be a problem?

This is a short introduction to the development of the doctrine of two truths in Buddhism. We'll look briefly at the doctrine's origins that are treated in an earlier video, then we'll turn to the role of the abhidhamma/abhidharma in…

We may have heard the metaphor of the "luminous mind" in Buddhist discourse. We'll discuss one famous source of that metaphor and how it has influenced some aspects of Buddhist thought in the abhidharma and thereafter, as well as certain…

Philosophies and religions the world over have key texts outlining their founders' beliefs and aims. What are Buddhism's key texts?