Dharmadhātu (Abhidharma tradition)

This article is about the use of the term "dharmadhātu" in the Abhidharma tradition. For other uses, see Dharmadhātu.

In the Abhidharma tradition, dharmadhātu (P. dhammadhātu; T. chos kyi dbyings ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས་; C. fajie 法界) refers to the dhatu of "mental objects" within the eighteen dhatus. In the context, dharmadhātu refers to everything that can be cognized by the mind-consciousness dhatu.

These mental objects are also known as manoviṣaya.

For more information, see manoviṣaya.

Sources

• Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University