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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David J Kalupahana |
| ISBN: | 0824814029 ) 9780824814021 (pbk. : acid-free paper)) 0824813847 (cloth : acid-free paper) 9780824813840 (cloth : acid-free paper |
| OCLC Number: | 24630572 |
| Description: | xvi, 304 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Early Buddhism. Indian philosophy and the search for ultimate objectivity -- Life of the Buddha -- Knowledge and understanding -- Experience and theory (paticcasamuppana and paticcasamuppada) -- Language and communication -- The human personality -- The object -- The problem of suffering -- Freedom and happiness -- The moral life -- Popular religious thought. Continuities and discontinuities. The emergence of absolutism -- Moggaliputta-tissa and the Kathavatthu -- Abhidhamma -- The perfection of wisdom in the Vajracchedika -- Nagarjuna and the Mulamadhyamakakarika -- The Saddharmapundarika-sutra and conceptual absolutism -- The Lankavatara-sutra and the great emptiness (maha-sunyata) -- Vasubandhu and the Vijnaptimatratasiddhi -- Dignaga's epistemology and logic -- Buddhaghosa, the harmonizer -- Tantras and parittas : the voiceful tradition -- Silent meditation and Ch'an (Zen) : the voiceless tradition. |
| Responsibility: | David J. Kalupahana. |
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