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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesAn encyclopedia of the Buddhas teaching, written by Buddhaghosa at the request of Sanghapala Thera. It is said (Cv.xxxvii.236) that when Buddhaghosa arrived at the Mahavihara and asked permission to translate the Singhalese Commentaries into Pali, the monks, to test him, gave him two stanzas (quoted at the beginning of the book) on which they asked him to write a thesis. As soon as he had finished this, the devas hid the copy, and the same thing happened after it was rewritten. He then rewrote it a third time, and when it was being read in the assembly of monks, the two previous copies suddenly reappeared and were found to agree in every detail with the new one.
For a description of the book, see Law, Hist. of Pali Lit., ii.399f. A Commentary on the work exists, called the Paramatthamanjusa by Dhammapala (P.L.C. 113; Svd.1231), and a Visuddhimaggaganthipadattha was written by Saradassi, a monk of Ava. (Sas.116; Bode, op. cit., 56).
TheravÄda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Partial matches: Magga, Vishuddhi.
Full-text: Madhudipani, Paramatthamanjusa, Anussati Sutta, Jata Sutta, Sanghapala, Atthasalini, Kaccana Sutta, Korandaka Vihara, Aggappasada Sutta, Abhidhammavatara, Kapotakandara, Susanika, Kotapabbata, Akanittha Deva, Cullapindapatiya Tissa, Uttaramata, Vishuddhi.
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Maha BuddhavamsaāThe Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 7 - A Special Point to note [regarding the six attributes of the Dhamma] < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma RatanÄ]
Five, Eight and Ten Precepts < [Chapter 6 - On PÄramitÄ]
Part 10d - The method of fulfilling the Perfection of Wisdom (PaĆ±Ć±Ä PÄramÄ«) < [Chapter 7 - On Miscellany]
Dhammasangani (by C.A.F. Rhys Davids)
Chapter II - Good In Relation To The Universe Of Form < [Part I - Good States Of Consciousness]
Chapter III - Good In Relation To The Universe Of The Formless < [Part I - Good States Of Consciousness]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 387 - The Story of Venerable Änanda < [Chapter 26 - BrÄhmaį¹a Vagga (The BrÄhmaį¹a)]
Verse 305 - The Story of the Monk Who Stayed Alone < [Chapter 21 - Pakiį¹į¹aka Vagga (Miscellaneous)]
Verse 165 - The Story of CÅ«lakÄla UpÄsaka < [Chapter 12 - Atta Vagga (Self)]
Introducing Buddhist Abhidhamma (by Kyaw Min, U)
Glossary < [Book III]
Chapter 13 - ÄnÄ-pÄna, or Mindfulness of Breathing < [Book II]
Chapter 3 - Five Groups or Aggregates < [Part 1 - Abhidhamma]
Fundamentals of Vipassana Meditation (by Venerable MahÄsi SayÄdaw)
Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature (by Truong Thi Thuy La)
2.2: (2b) The Progress of VipassanÄ < [Chapter 2 - The DhyÄna as depicted in HinayÄna Literature]