The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (19 page)

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(Skt.; P
li
abhibh
yatana
). Eight fields of mastery or control of the perception of manifest appearances, an early practice in Buddhism.
Abhibh
yatana
(control of perceptions)
:
Abhic
ra
(magic form of ritual)
:
Abhidhamma
(Pali; Skt.,
abhidharma
, ‘special teaching’),
Buddhist
reflection, often analytic, on the meaning of the Buddha's teaching. The
Abhidhamma
Pi
aka thus forms one of the ‘three baskets’ (
Tripi
aka
) of Buddhist text collections.

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