ABHIDHARMA

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Certainly! Here are some insightful quotes from the Abhidhamma and related commentaries that encapsulate its profound teachings on mind, reality, and liberation:

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🧠 On the Nature of Reality and Mind

• “The familiar world of substantial objects and enduring persons is, according to the dhamma theory, a conceptual construct fashioned by the mind out of the raw data provided by the dhammas.”
  — Bhikkhu Bodhi, A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma

  This quote highlights the Abhidhamma's view that our perception of a stable, external world is a mental construction based on transient phenomena (dhammas).

• “When this exists, that comes to be; with the arising of this, that arises.”
  — Bhikkhu Bodhi, A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma

  This emphasizes the principle of dependent origination, illustrating the interconnectedness of all phenomena.

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🧘 On Mental Factors and Ethical Conduct

• “A thought of veneration directed towards a worthy object is a wholesome kamma that generates merit in the mental continuum of the person who gives rise to such a thought.”
  — Bhikkhu Bodhi, A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma

  This underscores the significance of cultivating positive mental states, which contribute to one's spiritual progress.(Bookey)

• “Beings are the owners of their actions, the heirs of their actions; they spring from their actions, are bound to their actions, and are supported by their actions. Whatever deeds they do, good or bad, of those they shall be heirs.”
  — Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering

  This reflects the central Buddhist tenet of karma, emphasizing personal responsibility for one's actions.

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🌿 On Non-Attachment and Liberation

• “Alobha (non-attachment) is not to be attached to a mode of life and all that is involved with it. It functions in providing the basis for not being caught up in non-virtuous action.”
  — Abhidharma-samuccaya

  This defines non-attachment as a mental factor that prevents engagement in unwholesome actions.(Wikipedia)

• “Adveṣa (non-hatred) is the absence of the intention to harm sentient beings, to quarrel with frustrating situations, and to inflict suffering on those who are the cause of frustration.”
  — Abhidharma-samuccaya

  This describes non-hatred as a mental factor that fosters compassion and patience.(Wikipedia)

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🧩 On Conceptual Constructs

• “Time is just a conceptual construction, a mental interpretation, based on the production, change, and dissolution of dhammas. Time has no own-nature (sabhāvato avijjamāna), unlike dhammas.”
  — Karunadasa, Theravāda Abhidhamma

  This illustrates the Abhidhamma's perspective that concepts like time are mental constructs without inherent existence.(Wikipedia)

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