The list of commentariesThe commentaries, before we talked the contain of the commentaries, what we have the books as the commentaries. The list of the commentaries:Visuddhimagga is considered as the concept of commentary for the all the canonical books.Apart from that, we have commentaries relevance another conical tests.The first, we can consider as the Vinaya Tipitak: Five books in the Vinaya Tipitake, really the commentaries have two commentaries:Para jikaPaccittuyaMahavaggaCulavaggaParivaraAll five books only have one commentary known as samanta pāsādikā which came from the Buddhaghosa.

Apart from five vinaya and samanta pāsādikā, which is considered the Vinaya books is Pātimokkha, Also is the text in the Vinaya. Pātimokkha is text which included all the rules/disciplines related the monks and nuns’ orders.Buddhaghosa provided the commentaries for the Pātimokkha as kankhāvitaranā.

2.Sutta tipitakaIt’s considered to have five nikayas:Nikaya commentary authorDigha Sumangala vilasini BuddhaghosaMajjhima Papanca sudani BuddhaghosaSamyuttta sāratthadipani BuddhaghosaAnguthara Manorattha purani BuddhaghosaKhuddaka

Four commentaries to four nikayasKhuddka is not single one books, has the 15 books.Khuddka

commentary authorKhuddka pātha Paramattha jotikā Buddhaghosa (the name is not given in the

book, but given in another book)Dhammapada Dhammapadatha katha BuddhaghosaItivattka Paramattha dipani DhammapalaVimanavatthu Paramattha dipani Dhammapalapetavatthu Paramattha dipani DhammapalaTheragatha Paramattha dipani DhammapalaTherigatha Paramattha dipani Dhammapalajātaka Jātakattha kathā Attritutied to Boddhaghosa

Niddesa Saddhamma pojotikā Mahānāmaapadāna Visuddhajana vidasini Unknown authorBuddhavamssa Madhurattha vilasini Buddhadattacariyapitaka Paramattha dipani Dhammapalasuttanipata Parmattha Jotika Attritutied BuddhaUdāna Parmattha dipani DhammapalaPatisambhidāmagga Saddhanana pukkasena Mahānāma

3.Abhidhamma tipitaka

24 commentaries we have belong to the Theravada tradition together with visudhimagga, 25.How many commentaries related to the Buddhaghosa 13. (2,4,4,3) with visudhimmaga 14.We have the five commentators, out of five, the Buddhaghost is very important.Ven. Buddhaghose wrote 14 commentaries out of 25 commentaries. Dhammapala wotie 7 commentaries in paramatthadipani out of commentaries.UpasenaBuddhadattaMahanamaWe should have the knowledge about this commentators.Today we talked about Visudhimagga.

It’s considered as the first book related Buddhaghosa when he went to Sri Lanka. When Buddhaghosa went to Sri Lanka, he lived in mahavahara in anuradhapura. Why he came to the Sri Lanka, my teachter asked me to bring the commentaries from Sri Lanka the to India.“we only have the sutta, we don’t have the commentaries, you learnt atthatkha there and bring them to India.” Mahinda brought the Pali tiptak to Sri lanka, pali atthakatha was translated into Sinhala atthakatha.Ven. Buddhaghosa should show his abilities. He started to write the book known as the visudhimmaga, which are believed in Theravadin. When he coplied that book, the deva hidden this book for six times, at the last, the deva returned the six books, when they compared, there is no any different. Those show his abilities and intelligent.He presented the for the Mahavihara monks, then they gave the permission to translate the sinha atthakha to Pali. Before translation, he should know all the commentaries existed in Sri Lanka. At that time, their language similar to Pali and Sanskrit and influence both.Wrote the inscription during that time,

From the Mahinda to 12 centuries, we have the many inscriptions, we can see the evolution of the Sinhala language.Because he is the intelligent persons, it’s not difficult to learn Sinhala language.Visudhimagga is the first book related Buddhaghosa to prove his abilities for his Buddhism.

All the vishudimagga took one topic, for taken by Buddhaghosa from the one sutta of samyuttanikaya. The topic of vidhudimaaga is one verse:Sīla patittha maro sapañña, Cittam paññan ca, bhāvayaAtapi nipaki BhikkhuSo imam vijatayi jatamThis is the answer to the question related by the God from the Buddha.What is the question? The question is Anto jatā bahi jatāJatāya jatito pajāTam tam gotama pucchāmiKo imam vijataye jatam.There are ties inside and outsidePeople are tied by the tiesI ask that who un-tied this ties?The answer given by the Buddha:Sīla patittha maro sapañña, Cittam paññan ca, bhāvayaAtapi nipaki BhikkhuSo imam vijatayi jatamOne who has the wisdom basing on Sila, development mind and wisdom, so that man unties (release) these ties (defilements). All these Refer to the three sika (Trisikkhā) of the Buddhism, sila, Samadhi and panna. According to the Buddhism, the man is born in the samsara by the bond. Basing on Sila, development mind and wisdom, =virtues, concentration and wisdom are the disciplines which give the liberation.

Buddhaghosa Form three term from the Tesa, consist the one book, important, all the Buddhist teachings in brief. All the teachings are included into these three terms.

Vishudimagga consists three main sections.When the Buddhaghos explain sila, which is the foundation for which man can develop the mind and wisdom to cease the samsasara. You have to base on the sila (the noble eight path).

Buddhaghosa has the vast knowledge. All reference all taken from the Buddha. Therefore, whatever he presented in this book can be proved the discourses of the Buddha, because everything refers to the Buddha.

Another commentaries, we can find the necessary the legend and stories, but in vishidimaaga, you

cannot find this characterized in the vishudimagga. Only the doctrinal points of the Buddhist teachings. vishudimagga compatible with the early Buddhist teaching.In the assertion of Sila, he discuss all the types of the silas appeared in the discourses. All the silas, he clarified in the four groups known as catu parisuddhi sila which are not available in the discourses . This is the introduction of the vishudimagga refered to the four types of silas: 1pātimokkhā samvara sila 2 indriya samara3ājiva pārisuddhi4Paccaya sannissita.1pātimokkhā samvara sila taken all the rules presented by the monk and nun in the Vinaya.2 indriya samvara sila: the virtue which related the restraining of the sense.3Ajiva parisuddhi: the virtue which related the purity of livelihood.4Paccaya sannissita. the virtue which related the requirements of monastery.Layman and monk can do different unethical activities to get the punishment, preventionThese four virtues presented by the Buddhaghosa include the all the ethical teachings of Buddha.You should read all the discourses of the Buddha, then can get the conclusion. The four requirements are included into paccaya sannissita. How to eat without sound,, don’t eat more, should share with other monks.