Parsonalism was a remarkable and durable aspect of an important part of early
Buddhism. For more than ten centuries it was taught and defended by several
schools and had numerous followers but was strongly criticised by other Buddhist
schools. The Literature of the Personalists of Early Buddhism attempts to
present an historical overview of the personalist schools and studies on the
formation and content of the doctrine (dharma) and monastic discipline of the
Pudgalavadins in accordance with the documentation available.