The Abhidhamma Pitaka (अबिधर्म पिटक) — "basket of higher dhamma" (abhi = higher, dhamma = teaching) — is the third basket of the Buddhist canon, presenting a systematic, psychological, and philosophical analysis of Buddhist doctrine. Unlike the Sutra Pitaka (discourses in dialogue form), the Abhidhamma presents doctrine in categorical, enumerated form — lists, tables, and systematic classifications of mental states, physical phenomena, and causal relationships. It is considered the "higher" or "
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