Download or read book An Analytical Study of the Yamaka from Abhidhamma, Volume II written by P. B. Tan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Abhidhamma book, Volume II of the Yamaka treatise examines the foundational principles of Buddhism, with emphasis on the focal issues of terms definitions, origination and cessation moments of thought, birth-moment and death-moment, and phenomenal characteristics of different individuals, are requisite material information for insight meditation and the development of wisdom. The analysis covers the topics of material and mental formations, latent states of proclivities, pure states of consciousness, dhamma, and the twenty-two controlling faculties. More concrete answers, and illustration with examples and charts are provided for every chapter, to make the study of this difficult book a delightful and rewarding experience. Four appendices of relevant information are also included as references to the contents and as useful supplements for readers.