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Kalupahana, David J., 1933-

Buddhist philosophy : a historical analysis / David J. Kalupahana ; foreword by G. P. Malalasekera. - Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, c1976. - xxi, 189 p. ; 22 cm.

"An East-West Center book."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Historical background -- Epistemology -- Causality -- The three characteristics of existence -- Karma and rebirth -- Morality and ethics -- Nirvana -- Beginnings of scholasticism and Mahayana -- Scholasticism : Theravada, Sarvastivada, and Sautrantika -- Development of Mahayana -- Madhyamika transcendentalism -- Yogacara idealism.

The emphasis in this book is on the philosophical outlook of early Buddhism.

ISBN: 0824803604 9780824803605 0824803922 (pbk.) 9780824803926

LCCN: 75020040

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Buddhism--Doctrines.
Buddhist philosophy.
Bouddhisme--Doctrines.
Philosophie bouddhique.
Buddhistische Philosophie
Buddhismus
Geschichte

LC Class. No.: BQ4150 / K34 1976

Dewey Class. No.: 181/.04/3