Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa
Yongle Northern Canon
The "Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa" is a large treatise of the Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma tradition, discussing in detail the classification of dharmas, causality, mind and mental factors, the path of practice, and sectarian doctrinal positions. OpenSutra The fascicles of this work that have been organized under the “Yongle Northern Canon / Nikaya Treatises” are published; image sources and catalogue numbers are specified in the records for each fascicle. It can be first placed within the treatise collections or commentary literature system for understanding, with emphasis on doctrinal analysis, terminological organization, and transmission explanations. The work’s catalogue lists a total of 200 fascicles; currently 43 fascicles have not been published due to missing images: fascicle 020 (catalogue no. 2-3900, thousand-character volume code 动10), fascicle 032 (catalogue no. 2-3912, thousand-character volume code 疲02), fascicle 033 (catalogue no. 2-3913, thousand-character volume code 疲03), fascicle 035 (catalogue no. 2-3915, thousand-character volume code 疲05), fascicle 037 (catalogue no. 2-3917, thousand-character volume code 疲07), fascicle 039 (catalogue no. 2-3919, thousand-character volume code 疲09), fascicle 041 (catalogue no. 2-3921, thousand-character volume code 守01), fascicle 042 (catalogue no. 2-3922, thousand-character volume code 守02), and 43 other fascicles.
Traditional Chinese