Lectures by Sayadaw U Sīlānanda based on Abhidhammattha Sangaha

The following are a series of lectures on the Abhidhammattha Sangaha by the Venerable Sayadaw U Sīlānanda:

Abhidhamma Lectures - Introduction:
https://archive.org/details/01Abhid7

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 1:
https://archive.org/details/09AbhidRevisionChapter1/02_Chapter+1_3.mp3

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 2:
https://archive.org/details/09Abhid5

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 3:
https://archive.org/details/15Abhid2Dvara

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 4:
https://archive.org/details/22Abhid4ConclusionChapter4

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 5:
[Abhidhamma Lectures – Chapter 5 : Tathagata Meditation Center : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive]
(Abhidhamma Lectures – Chapter 5 : Tathagata Meditation Center : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive)

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 6:
https://archive.org/details/33Chapter61EnumerationOfMatter/33_Chapter+6_1_Enumeration+of+matter.mp3

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 7:
https://archive.org/details/40Chapter73

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 8:
https://archive.org/details/47Chapter86UsingEyeThoughtProcess

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 9 - Samatha:
https://archive.org/details/51Chapter91

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 9 - Vipassana:
https://archive.org/details/51Chapter9Vipassana4

Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 9 - Individuals:
https://archive.org/details/53Chapter998TheEnd

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There is also a series of lectures available on the Abhidhamma Piṭaka by Sayadaw U Silananda.

These lectures are not based on the Sangaha:

https://archive.org/details/abhidhamma-lectures-by-ven.-silananda-bhivamsa

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About the Abhidhammattha Sangaha:

“This work is ascribed to Acariya Anuruddha, a Buddhist savant about whom so little is known that even his country of origin and the exact century in which he lived remain in question. Nevertheless, despite the personal obscurity that surrounds the author, his little manual has become one of the most important and influential textbooks of Theravada Buddhism. In nine short chapters occupying about fifty pages in print, the author provides a masterly summary of that abstruse body of Buddhist doctrine called the Abhidhamma. Such is his skill in capturing the essentials of that system, and in arranging them in a format suitable for easy comprehension, that his work has become the standard primer for Abhidhamma studies throughout the Theravada Buddhist countries of South and Southeast Asia. In these countries, particularly in Burma where the study of Abhidhamma is pursued most assiduously, the Abhidhammattha Sangaha is regarded as the indispensable key to unlock this great treasure-store of Buddhist wisdom.”

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/abhiman.html

“The Abhidhammattha Sangaha, the authorship of which is attributed to the Venerable Anuruddha Thera, an Indian monk of Kanieevaram (Kancipura), gives an epitome of the entire Abhidhamma Pitaka. It is still the most fitting introduction to Abhidhamma. By mastering this book, a general knowledge of Abhidhamma may easily be acquired.”

https://archive.org/details/Acc.No.24579AManualOfAbhidhamma1956/mode/2up

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About Sayadaw U Sīlānanda:

"He taught as a lecturer at Atothokdayone Pali Unviersity in Sagaing Hills, Buddhist Scriptures, Pali, Sanskrit and Prakit languages at Abhayarama Shwegu Taikmonastery, Mandalay and was an External Examiner at the Department of Oriental Studies, Arts and Science University, Mandalay for Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.

Sayadaw U Silananda was the Chief Compiler of the Tipitaka Pali-Burmese Dictionary and was one of the distinguished editors of the Pali Canon and the associated Commentaries at the Sixth Buddhist Council held at the Kaba Aye Hlaing Gu (World Peace Cave) in Rangoon (Yangon) from 1954 to 1956. Sayadaw U Silananda had a golden opportunity to work for Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw and Venerable Mingun Tipitaka Sayadaw.

In 1960 he inherited the Mahavijjodaya Chaung monastery after the passing away of his preceptor and became the Abbot of that monastery. He moved to Abhyarama Shwegu Taik monastery, Mandalay in 1968, and in 1969 was appointed the Vice Abbot of that monastery. He is currently the Chief Abbot of that monastery.

He was also appointed a member of the Executive Committee of Shwegyin Sect, and in 1993 became a Senior Member of that Sect. He participated at the meeting of Cleaning-up of the Sasana held at Hmawbi (50 miles from Yangon).

In 1993, he was appointed a Member of the Advisory Board of Meditation Teachers of Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha in Yangon.

Sayadaw was requested to be Rector of the International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University of Yangon in Myanmar (which opened in December, 1999)."

https://tbsa.org/venerables/sayadaw-u-silananda/

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