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Buddhist philosophy : a historical analysis /

by Kalupahana, David J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, c1976Description: xxi, 189 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0824803604; 9780824803605; 0824803922 (pbk.); 9780824803926.Subject(s): Buddhism -- Doctrines | Buddhist philosophy | Bouddhisme -- Doctrines | Philosophie bouddhique | Buddhistische Philosophie | Buddhismus | Geschichte
Contents:
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.
Summary: The emphasis in this book is on the philosophical outlook of early Buddhism.
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"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.

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