📚 Abhidhamma Book Library
Books by Nina van Gorkom
Alone with Dhamma
Shows that true solitude is not physical seclusion, but the clarity that arises when one directly understands the fleeting nature of mental and physical phenomena through right awareness
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Buddhism in Daily Life
a practical exploration of how Buddhist teachings, from the Abhidhamma and Suttas applies to everyday experiences to develop mindfulness and right understanding,
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Cetasikas
Cetasikas A detailed study of the 52 cetasikas with explanations and quotes from sutta, Abhidhamma and Commentaries.
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Confidence In The Buddha’s Teaching
True confidence (saddhā) in the Buddha’s teaching arises not from blind belief but from wise reflection and direct understanding of realities as taught in the Dhamma.
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Considering The Truth
In this reflective essay, the author presents the truth of anattā (non-self) and conditionality as a way to overcome clinging, rooted in direct awareness of what arises now.
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A Journey with Dhamma in Egypt and Turkey.
A reminder that each moment is conditioned”—this record of travels with Acharn Sujin in Egypt and Turkey explores how everyday experiences illustrate that dhammas arise by conditions, not through control or self.
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Once Upon A Time
Everything is dhamma and ‘there is no one there’”—this reflection on Dhamma discussions in Thailand emphasizes the fleeting, conditioned nature of all experience and the gradual lessening of self-view.
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Pilgrimage in India
We talked about mindfulness and the way to know oneself”—this pilgrimage to sacred Buddhist sites becomes an occasion for contemplating nāma and rūpa, the Buddha’s perfections, and the meaning of true reverence .
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Pilgrimage in Sri Lanka
Understanding the 89 types of consciousness and how they arise and cease in the stream of experience.
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The Buddha’s Path
A clear and detailed explanation of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, emphasizing that direct understanding of present realities is key to walking the path the Buddha taught
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The Buddhist Teaching on Physical Phenomena
A general introduction to physical phenomena and the way they are related to each other and to mental phenomena.
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The Conditionality of Life
Each reality in our life can only occur because of a concurrence of different conditions which operate in a very intricate way.
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The Cycle Of Birth And Death
Written after personal loss, this book invites us to investigate present-moment realities rather than cling to memories and imagined stories, showing how only insight can break the cycle of saṃsāra
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Confidence In The Buddha’s Teaching
Understanding the 89 types of consciousness and how they arise and cease in the stream of experience.
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A path without ownership
Discussions on Abhidhamma and Vipassana, includes dialogues with Sujin Boriharnwanaket and many quotes from the ancient Commentaries
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Abhidhamma in Daily Life
An easy to read summary of the entire Abhidhamma.
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Sharing Dhamma
Through personal accounts and Dhamma discussions in Vietnam, this book highlights how the Buddha’s teachings can be studied and shared with kindness and clarity in everyday life
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Sri Lanka Revisited
I was reminded to live in the present moment, not in the past or the future, and to ‘study’ the present moment with mindfulness.
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The Shortness Of Life
Recollection of death yields great reward, great blessing, has Deathlessness as its goal and object.
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Letters on Vipassanā
This book consists of a compilation of letters on the Dhamma to Sarah Abbott, Alan Weller, Robert Kirkpatrick and other friends written in the period between 1980 until 1992
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The Meaning of Dhamma
Dhamma is the meaning of life at this moment”—this book explores how understanding fleeting mental and physical phenomena helps us live wisely, even amidst loss and grief
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Introduction to the Abhidhamma
This guide unpacks the Abhidhamma Pitaka as a practical system for developing insight into momentary mental and physical realities, leading to liberation from the cycle of birth and death
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Understanding Reality
With clarity and practical examples, this book shows how the direct understanding of fleeting mental and physical phenomena leads to the gradual dissolution of self-view and attachment to the eight worldly conditions
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What is most precious
This book gently reminds us that the present moment is the only time vipassanā—insight into the true nature of impermanent, conditioned realities—can begin to develop, freeing us from the illusion of self
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Books by Sujin Boriharnwanaket
A Survey of Paramattha Dhammas
This book gives detailed explanations of citta, cetasika and rupa and the conditioned processes involving these.
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BUDDHISM AND THE FEAR OF COVID 19
Fear can only arise when there is ignorance of the present reality”—this book explores how understanding Dhamma uproots fear, even in the face of a global pandemic.
Writer: Sujin Boriharnwanaket
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The Perfections Leading to Enlightenment
This book explains the 10 parami, the perfections.
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Books by other writers
A path without ownership
Discussions on Abhidhamma and Vipassana, includes dialogues with Sujin Boriharnwanaket and many quotes from the ancient Commentaries
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A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma
Translation of The Abhidhammattha Saňgaha of Ácariya Anuruddha
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Introduction to the Buddhist Scriptures
This book shows the reader a range of texts with the aim of encouraging the reader to study more by himself.