Abhidhamma

Abhidhamma Abhidharma

The 'higher teaching' — a systematic philosophical analysis of mind and matter. The Abhidhamma Pitaka catalogs all phenomena (dhammas) into ultimate realities: consciousness, mental factors, matter, and nibbana. Different Buddhist schools developed their own Abhidharma systems.

Etymology

Pali
Abhidhamma
Sanskrit
Abhidharma