Fundamental Abhidhamma
This work entitled “Fundamental Abhidhamma” makes the Abhidhamma easy to be comprehended. It follows the style of the Abhidhammatta-saṅgaha (Compendium of Abhidhamma),
a work of Venerable Acariya Anuruddha, who is believed to have lived around the 8th century A.D.
Fundamental Abhidhamma is not a translation of the Abhidhammatta-saṅgaha. It tries to brief only important points of the Abhidhamma. Like the Abhidhammatta-saṅgaha this work comprises nine chapters. However, some changes have been made according to the order of the chapters.
It is the wish of the compiler that this work will offer its learners the fundamental knowledge which enables one to attain the analytical knowledge of mind and matter(Nāma-rūpa-pariccheda-ñana) and the knowledge of causality (Paccaya-pariggaha-ñana) which are essential for one to become fully liberated from the saṃsāra.