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Visuddhimagga

Overview

The Visuddhimagga (Pali; English: The Path of Purification; Vietnamese: Thanh tịnh đạo; Sinhala: විශුද්ධි මාර්ගය), is the 'great treatise' on Buddhist practice and Theravāda Abhidhamma written by Buddhaghosa approximately in the 5th century in Sri Lanka. It is a manual condensing and systematizing the 5th century understanding and interpretation of the Buddhist path as maintained by the elders of the Mahavihara Monastery in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

It is considered the most important Theravada text outside the Tipitaka canon of scriptures, and is described as "the hub of a complete and coherent method of exegesis of the Tipitaka."

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Visuddhimagga

• Buddhaghosa
• The Buddha
• Gaudapada

Related ideas

• Buddhist meditation
• David Kalupahana
• Majjhima Nikāya
• Anattā
• Abhidharma
• Sri Lanka
• Anuradhapura
• Buddhaghosa
• Dhyana in Buddhism
• Buddhism
• Pali
• Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
• Harvard Oriental Series
• Impermanence (Buddhism)
• Milinda Panha
• Theravada Abhidhamma
• Latin script
• Duḥkha
• Bhante Sujato

Place in the tradition

Part of Nondualism.

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