Buddhist Thought in India

Three Phases of Buddhist Philosophy
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-46098-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Buddhism

Originally published in 1962.

This book discusses and interprets the main themes of Buddhist thought in India and is divided into three parts:

- Archaic Buddhism: Tacit assumptions, the problem of "original Buddhism", the three marks and the perverted views, the five cardinal virtues, the cultivation of the social emotions, Dharma and dharmas, Skandhas, sense-fields and elements.

- The Sthaviras: the eighteen schools, doctrinal disputes, the unconditioned and the process of salvation, some Abhidharma problems.

- The Mahayana: doctrines common to all Mahayanists, the Madhyamikas, the Yogacarins, Buddhist logic, the Tantras.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conze, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Archaic Buddhism: Tacit assumptions, the problem of "original Buddhism", the three marks and the perverted views, the five cardinal virtues, the cultivation of the social emotions, Dharma and dharmas, Skandhas, sense-fields and elements. 2. The Sthaviras: the eighteen schools, doctrinal disputes, the unconditioned and the process of salvation, some Abhidharma problems. 3. The Mahayana: doctrines common to all Mahayanists, the Madhyamikas, the Yogacarins, Buddhist logic, the Tantras.

Über Autor(innen)

Edward Conze