Indian Buddhist Philosophy
Organised in broadly chronological terms, this book presents the philosophical arguments of the great Indian Buddhist philosophers of the fifth century BCE to the eighth century CE. Each chapter examines their core ethical, metaphysical and epistemological views as well as the distinctive area of Buddhist ethics that we call today moral psychology. Throughout, this book follows three key themes that both tie the tradition together and are the focus for most critical dialogue: the idea of anatma…
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Organised in broadly chronological terms, this book presents the philosophical arguments of the great Indian Buddhist philosophers of the fifth century BCE to the eighth century CE. Each chapter examines their core ethical, metaphysical and epistemological views as well as the distinctive area of Buddhist ethics that we call today moral psychology. Throughout, this book follows three key themes that both tie the tradition together and are the focus for most critical dialogue: the idea of anatman or no-self, the appearance/reality distinction and the moral aim, or ideal. Indian Buddhist philoso.
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- Publication Date:2014.
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- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource (332 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781317547778, 1317547772, 1322102929, 9781322102924, 9781317547761, 1317547764, 9781317547754, 1317547756
- oclc:ocn890090442
- LC Classification:B162
- Dewey Decimal:181/.043
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology; Development of Buddhist thought in India; 1. The Buddha's suffering; 2. Practice and theory of no-self; 3. Kleśas and compassion; 4. The second Buddha's greater vehicle; 5. Karmic questions; 6. Irresponsible selves, responsible non-selves; 7. The third turning: Yogācāra; 8. The long sixth to seventh century: epistemology as ethics; I. Perception and conception: the changing face ofultimate reality; II. Evaluating reasons: Naiyāyikas and Diṅnāga.
III. Madhyamaka response to YogācāraIV. Percepts and concepts: Apoha 1 (Diṅnāga); V. Efficacy: Apoha 2 (Dharmakīrti); VI. The path of the Bodhisattva; Epilogue; Background information; Appendix 1: The languages of Buddhism; Appendix 2: Intellectual context; Appendix 3: The Abhidharma; Appendix 4: Snapshot of Indian philosophy; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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