Nyanaponika Thera, a German-born Buddhist monk, was a scholar, translator, and founder of The Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka. Thera died in 1994 at the age of 93
Editor's Introduction
Preface
I The Abhidhamma Philosophy: Its Estimation in the Past, Its Value for the Present
II The Twofold Method of Abhidhamma Philosophy
III The Schema of Classification in the Dhammasangani
IV The List of Mental Constituents in the Dhammasangani
1. General Remarks
2. The Pentad of Sense-Contact
3. The Factors of Absorption
4. The Faculties
5. The Powers
6. The Path Factors
7. The Wholesome Roots
8. The Ways of Action
9. The Guardians of the World
10. The Six Pairs of Qualitative Factors
11. The Helpers
12. The Paired Combination
13. The Last Dyad
14. The Supplementary Factors
15. Gradations of Intensity among Parallel Factors
16. Concluding Remarks
V The Problem of Time
1. Time and Consciousness
2. Planes of Time
3. The Concept of the Present in the Abhidhamma
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
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