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Buddhist philosophy : a historical analysis

Author:David J. Kalupahana

Summary:"This introduction to Buddhism examines its basic philosophical teachins 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"--Back cover

Print Book, English, ©1976

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Publisher: University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, ©1976

Physical Description:xxi, 189 pages ; 22 cm

ISBN:

9780824803605, 9780824803926, 0824803604, 0824803922

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1029387937

Subjects:

Bouddhisme Doctrines

Buddhism Doctrines

Buddhist philosophy

Buddhistische Philosophie

Philosophie bouddhique

Contents:

Historical background

Epistemology

Causality

The three characteristics of existence

Karma and rebirth

Morality and ethics

Nirvana

Beginnings of scholasticism and Mahāyāna

Scholasticism : Theravāda, Sarvâstivāda, and Sautrāntika

Development of Mahāyāna

Mādhyamika transcendentalism

Yogâcāra idealism

Notes:

"An East-West Center book."