Lamotte and Paul Demiéville, have questioned this, holding that the author was instead a Sarvāstivāda monk learned in Abhidharma who became a Mahāyānist and wrote this text. It is a very influential text in East Asian Buddhism. The Abhisamayālaṅkāra ("Ornament of/for Realization[s]") also includes numerous Abhidharma type listings, and according to Karl Brunnholzl, "may be considered as a kind of highly formalized mahāyāna abhidharma presentation of the path and realization (similar to chapters five to eight of the Abhidharmakosa, which are frequently quoted in the AA commentaries)." See also Buddhist texts Tipitaka Abhidhamma Pitaka Sutta Pitaka Vinaya Pitaka Buddhist concepts Pratitya-samutpada Skandha Index of Buddhism-related articles References Sources Cox, Collett (2003). "Abidharma", in: Buswell, Robert E. ed. Encyclopedia of Buddhism, New York: Macmillan Reference Lib. ; pp. 1–7. Dutt, Nalinaksha (1978). Buddhist Sects in India, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Goleman, Daniel (2004). Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. NY: Bantam Dell. . Horner, I.B. (1963). The book of discipline Vol. V (Cullavagga), London Luzac. Red Pine (2004). The Heart Sutra: The Womb of the Buddhas, Shoemaker 7 Hoard. Rhys Davids, Caroline A. F. ([1900], 2003). Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics, of the Fourth Century B.C., Being a Translation, now made for the First Time, from the Original Pāli, of the First Book of the , entitled (Compendium of States or Phenomena). Kessinger Publishing. . Internet Archive Rhys Davids, Caroline A. F. (1914). Buddhist Psychology: An Inquiry into the Analysis and Theory of Mind in Pali Literature, London: G. Bell and Sons. Takakusu, J. (1905). "On the Abhidhamma books of the Sarvastivadins", Journal of the Pali Text Society, pp. 67–146 Trungpa, Chogyam (1975, 2001). Glimpses of Abhidharma: From a Seminar on Buddhist Psychology. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications. . Further reading Anālayo, Bhikkhu, The Dawn of Abhidharma, Hamburg Buddhist Studies 2, Hamburg: Hamburg University Press, 2014 External links Readable online HTML book of the Dhammasangani (first book of the Abhidhamma). www.abhidhamma.org – Numerous books and articles on Abhidhamma by Sujin Boriharnwanaket and others www.abhidhamma.com – Abhidhamma the Buddhist Philosophy and Psychology BuddhaNet – description of the Abhidhamma BuddhaNet – Abhidhamma articles Access to Insight – description of the Abhidhamma Online excerpt of a well-known book about the Abhidhamma Books results for Abdhidhamma search on Internet Archive Unravelling the Mysteries of Mind and Body through Abhidhamma A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (Amazon book link) Buddhist literature