Nagarjuna in context : Mahayana Buddhism and early Indian culture / Joseph Walser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walser, Joseph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nāgārjuna, active 2nd century.

Nāgārjuna.

Mādhyamika (Buddhism).

Mahayana Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages) : maps

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century CE. Walser explores how Nagarjuna secured the canonical authority of Mahayana teachings and considers his use of rhetoric to ensure the transmission of his writings by Buddhist monks. Drawing on close textual analysis of Nagarjuna's writings and other Buddhist and non-Buddhist sources, Walser offers an original contribution to the understanding of Nagarjuna and the early history of Buddhism.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Map

Introduction

1. Locating Mahāyāna

2. Locating Nāgārjuna

3. Mahāyāna and the Constraints of Monastic Law

4. Mahāyāna Sūtras as Monastic Property

5. On the Parasitic Strategies of Mahāyāna

6. Abhidharma and Sectarian Identity

7. Nāgārjuna and the Abhidharma

Conclusion: Toward the Outline of a Career

Appendix: The Authorship of the Ratnāvalī

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-356) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780231506236

0231506236

OCLC:

818856963