Developments in Buddhist thought : Canadian contributions to Buddhist studies / edited by Roy C. Amore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amore, Roy C., 1942-

Series:

SR supplements ; 9.

SR supplements ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Doctrines.

Buddhism.

Religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nine Canadian scholars of Buddhism consider philosophical and cultural issues in Buddhist thought. Part I, "On Being," discusses the philosophical problem of Being in the school of the Middle Way, Madhyamika Buddhism, and in the Tantric School of Mahayana Buddhism. Part II, "On the Indian Milieu," surveys Hindu views of Buddhism and explores Buddhism's relationship with other Indian religious and philosophical traditions. Part III, "On the Chinese Milieu," analyzes developments in Buddhist thought in China.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I. ON BEING; II. ON THE INDIAN MILIEU; III. ON THE CHINESE MILIEU; The Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography: p. 145-148.

ISBN:

9780889207011

0889207011

9780889209008

0889209006

OCLC:

756484093