Formation of the Abhidharma

How Abhidharma matrices grew out of early lists, and how the schools’ treatises then diverged.

This page separates early textual evidence, modern scholarly discussion, and later readings. Historical study sits beside practice; it does not replace it.

The full article is available in Traditional Chinese.

Seated Buddha in the Mathura style, legs crossed, hands resting on the knees
Seated Buddha, Mathura style

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