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CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD<br />

M.M.NINAN<br />

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TIBETAN COSMOLOGICAL MODEL<br />

http://web.ccsu.edu/astronomy/tibetan_cosmological_models.htm<br />

http://web.ccsu.edu/astronomy/tibetan_cosmological_models.htm<br />

The Abhidharma system,<br />

expounded <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 4th or 5th century Indian text Abhidharmakosha<br />

(Treasury House <strong>of</strong> Knowledge)<br />

by Vasubandhu<br />

In <strong>the</strong> commentaries <strong>of</strong> Theravāda Buddhism it was held that <strong>the</strong> Abhidhamma was not a later addition<br />

to <strong>the</strong> tradition, but ra<strong>the</strong>r represented <strong>the</strong> first, orig<strong>in</strong>al understand<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> teach<strong>in</strong>gs by <strong>the</strong><br />

Buddha. Scholars generally believe that <strong>the</strong> Abhidharma emerged after <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Buddha, <strong>in</strong><br />

around <strong>the</strong> 3rd century BCE. Therefore <strong>the</strong> seven Abhidhamma works are generally claimed by scholars<br />

not to represent <strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Buddha himself, but those <strong>of</strong> disciples and scholars.<br />

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