Buddhist philosophy : essential readings / edited by William Edelglass, Jay L. Garfield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edelglass, William, editor.

Garfield, Jay L., 1955- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist philosophy.

Buddhism--Doctrines.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

xix, 457 p.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

Includes translations of texts from various languages.

Summary:

The Buddhist philosophical tradition is vast, internally diverse, and comprises texts written in a variety of canonical languages. This title collects important philosophical texts from each major Buddhist tradition. Each text is translated and introduced by a recognized authority in Buddhist studies.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

Part I: Metaphysics and Ontology

1. Theravāda Metaphysics and Ontology: Kaccānagotta (Saṃyutta-nikāya) and Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha

2. Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Fundamental Verses of the Middle Way): Chapter 24: Examination of the Four Noble Truths

3. Vasubandhu's Trisvabhavanirdeśa (Treatise on the Three Natures)

4. Śantarakṣita's "Neither-One-Nor-Many" Argument from Madhyamakālaṃkāra (The Ornament of the Middle Way): A Classical Buddhist Argument on the Ontological Status of Phenomena

5. Mipam Namgyel: The Lion's Roar Affirming Extrinsic Emptiness

6. Dushun's Huayan Fajie Guan Men (Meditative Approaches to the Huayan Dharmadhātu)

7. Dōgen's "Mountains and Waters as Sūtras" (Sansui-kyō)

8. Nishitani Keiji's "The Standpoint of Zen: Directly Pointing to the Mind"

Part II: Philosophy of Language and Hermeneutics

9. Sensation, Inference, and Language: Dignāga's Pramāṇasamuccaya

10. Jñānagarbha's Verses on the Distinction between the Two Truths

11. Language and the Ultimate: Do Mādhyamikas Make Philosophical Claims? A Selection from Khedrupjey's Stong thun chen mo (Great Digest)

12. Zongmi's Yuanren lun (Inquiry into the Origin of the Human Condition): The Hermeneutics of Doctrinal Classification

13. Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō, Fascicles "Kattō" and "Ōsakusendaba"

14. Beyond Awareness: Tōrei Enji's Understanding of Realization in the Treatise on the Inexhaustible lamp of Zen, chapter 6

Part III: Epistemology

15. The Approach to Knowledge and Truth in the Theravāda Record of the Discourses of the Buddha

16. Dharmakīrti and Dharmottara on the Intentionality of Perception: Selections from Nyāyabindu (An Epitome of Philosophy).

17. The Role of Knowledge of Causation in Dharmakīrti's Theory of Inference: The Pramāṇa-vārttika

18. Yogācāra Theories of the Components of Perception: The Buddhabhūmy-upadesa

19. Classification of Non-Authoritative Cognitive Processes (tshad min) in the Ngog and Sakya Traditions

20. Understanding the Two Truths: Tsongkhapa's Ocean of Reasoning: A Great Commentary on Nāgārjuna's "Mūlamadhyamakākārikā"

21. The Deluded Mind as World and Truth: Epistemological Implications of Tiantai Doctrine and Praxis in Jingxi Zhanmn's Jingangpi and Zhiguan yili

22. The Presencing of Truth: Dōgen's GenjōKōan

Part IV: Philosophy of Mind and the Person

23. Theravāda Philosophy of Mind and the Person: Anatta-lakkhaṇa Sutta, Mahā-nidāna Sutta, and Milindapañha

24. Pudgalavāda Doctrines of the Person

25. Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosś

a: The Critique of the Pudgalavādins' Theory of Persons

26. Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośa: The Critique of the Soul

27. Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya 6.86-97: A Madhyamaka Critique of Vijñānavāda Views of Consciousness

28. Śāntarakṣita's Tattvasaṃgraha: A Buddhist Critique of the Nyāya View of the Self

29. Zhiyi's Great Calming and Contemplation: "Contemplating Mental Activity as the Inconceivable Realm"

30. "The Mind Is Buddha": Pojo Chinul's Secrets on Cultivating the Mind

31. Nishida's Conception of Person

Part V: Ethics

32. Theravāda Texts on Ethics

33. The Bodhisattva Path: Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra

34. Asaṅga's Bodhisattvabhūmi: The Morality Chapter

35. Essentials on Observing and Violating the Fundamentals of Bodhisattva Precepts: Wŏnhyo's Non-Substantial Mahāyāna Ethics

36. Thich Nhat Hanh's Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism

37. Joanna Macy: The Ecological Self

38. Buddhist Feminist Reflections

Index.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes translations of texts from various languages.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773003-5

1-282-05370-1

9786612053702

0-19-988691-1

0-19-971655-2

0-19-532816-7

OCLC:

320621958