The Higher Teaching of Śāriputra
(S. Śāriputra Abhidharma; C. 舍利弗阿毘曇論)
The Higher Teaching of Śāriputra was translated to Chinese by Dharmayaśas and Dharmagupta in 414 CE. It appears to have served as the main part or the entire Abhidharma Pitaka of the Dharmaguptaka school, given its structure and agreement with the Chinese Dīrgha Āgama.
The collection was divided into four divisions, which contain a total of 33 chapters. It spans 195 pages of the Taisho edition, which would yield approximately 234,000 words if fully translated to English.
The first two divisions are generally parallel to content found in the Vibhaṅga and Dharmaskandha texts from the Theravāda and Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma traditions. The third division contains material with a similar format as in the Dhātukatha and Dhātukāya. The last division further discusses a selection of topics like saṃskāra, name and form, contact, causation, and samādhi.
- Part I: With Interrogations
- Part II: Without Interrogations
- Elements
- Deeds
- Persons
- Knowledge
- Conditionality
- The Abodes of Mindfulness
- Right Effort
- Spiritual Abilities
- The Meditations
- The Path
- Afflictions
- Part III: Inclusion and Association
- Part IV: Origins
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