Buddhist philosophy : a historical analysis / David J. Kalupahana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalupahana, David J., author.

Contributor:

Malalasekera, G. P., Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist philosophy.

Buddhism--Doctrines.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1984]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This introduction to Buddhism examines its basic philosophical teachings and historical development, setting forth complex and significant ideas in a straightforward and simple style that is easily accessible to the student. The author's orientation is philosophical, rather than religious or sociological. This approach is both the uniqueness and the strength of the work.Part I outlines the historical background out of which Buddhism arose and emphasizes the teachings of early Buddhism. Part II examines developments in the history of Buddhist thought and the emergence of the various schools of Buddhism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Malalasekera, G. P.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Early Buddhism

Chapter One. Historical Background

Chapter Two. Epistemology

Chapter Three. Causality

Chapter Four. The Three Characteristics of Existence

Chapter Five. Karma and Rebirth

Chapter Six. Morality and Ethics

Chapter Seven. Nirvana

Later Buddhism

Chapter Eight. Beginnings of Scholasticism and Mahāyāna

Chapter Nine. Scholasticism-Theravāda, Sarvâstivāda, and Sautrāntika

Chapter Ten. Development of Mahāyāna

Chapter Eleven. Mādhyamika Transcendentalism

Chapter Twelve. Yogâcāâra Idealism

Appendix I. Metaphysics and the Buddha

Appendix 2. Reflections on the Relation between Early Buddhism and Zen

Index

About the Author

Notes:

"An East-West Center book."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824861711

082486171X

9780585374963

0585374961

OCLC:

48138962