Life
Buddhaghosa (traditionally 5th century) is the great Pāli commentator whose Visuddhimagga organises sīla, samādhi and paññā for the Theravāda path. Later tradition places him in Sri Lanka translating and commenting on older material. ORDL files him under Theravāda as a literature mentor; meditation instructions on this site are educational background, not personal teaching.
The system
- Path of purification: ethics, concentration, wisdom.
- Commentarial system binding sutta and abhidhamma frames.
- ORDL boundary: classical map—not a retreat syllabus.
Key works
- Visuddhimagga (Path of Purification) Amazon
- Commentaries on the Pāli Nikāyas (attributed corpus)
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Where to start
- Ñāṇamoli’s English Visuddhimagga (or another annotated translation)
- A short academic overview of Theravāda commentarial history
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