Kathavatthu (Pali), literally "Points of Controversy", is one of the seven books in the Abhidhamma Pitaka. This work was compiled by the venerable Moggaliputta Tissa, who presided over the Third Council, in order to clarify the points of controversy regarding Dhamma, that have arise between the various Nikaya Buddhism Schools. There are 23 chapters dealing with some 216 controversies in the form of dialogues in a logical method. Each chapter contains questions and answers by means of which the most diverse false views are presented, refuted and rejected.
Kathavatthu (Pāli), literally "Points of Controversy", is one of the seven books in the TheravadaAbhidhamma Pitaka.
The Kathavatthu was compiled in order to clarify the various points of controversy regarding Dhamma that had arisen among the schools of NikayaBuddhism.
Scholars sometimes point to the inclusion of the Kathavatthu in the Tipitaka as an indication that the Pāli Canon was more 'open' than orthodox Theravadin tradition has indicated, and as illustrative of the process of codifying new texts as canonical.
According to tradition, this work was compiled by the venerable Moggaliputta Tissa in his role as leader of the Third Council, which took place sometime in the 3rd Century BCE.
The Kathavatthu was compiled in order to clarify the various points of controversy regarding Dhamma that had arisen amongst the early Buddhist schools.
Scholars sometimes also point to the inclusion of some obviously later (relatively new) sections of the Kathavatthu in the Tipitaka as an indication that the Pāli Canon was more 'open' than has sometimes been thought, and as illustrative of the process of codifying new texts as canonical.
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