Sarvastivada

Sarvastivada

The Sarvāstivāda (Sanskrit: सर्वास्तिवाद sarvāstivāda; traditional Chinese: 說一切有部; pinyin: shuōyīqièyǒu-bù) were an early school of Buddhism that held to 'the existence of all dharmas in the past, present and future, the 'three times'. Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya states:

25c-d. He who affirms the existence of the dharmas of the three time periods is held to be a Sarvastivadin.

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