Studies In Abhidharma Literature And The Origins Of Buddhist Philosophical Systems
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Studies In Abhidharma Literature And The Origins Of Buddhist Philosophical Systems
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Author : Erich Frauwallner
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1996-01-10
Studies In Abhidharma Literature And The Origins Of Buddhist Philosophical Systems written by Erich Frauwallner and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-10 with Philosophy categories.
This is a translation of Frauwallner's Abhidharmastudien. It analyzes the literary traditions, doctrinal tendencies, and structural methods of the Buddhist Abhidarma canon in order to expose the beginnings of systematic philosophical thought in Buddhism. Frauwallner's insights illuminate the path of meditation toward liberation, the development of Buddhist psychology, and the evolution of the Buddhist view of causality and the problem of time. He provides a clear explanation of the gradual development of Buddhist thought from its early doctrinal beginning to some of the most complex and remarkable philosophical edifices in history.
Studies In Abhidharma Literature And The Origins Of Buddhist Philosophical Systems
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Author : Erich Frauwallner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Studies In Abhidharma Literature And The Origins Of Buddhist Philosophical Systems written by Erich Frauwallner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.
Abhidhamma Studies
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Author : Nyanaponika
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Abhidhamma Studies written by Nyanaponika and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Religion categories.
The Abhidhamma, the third great division of early Buddhist teaching, expounds a revolutionary system of philosophical psychology rooted in the twin Buddhist insights of selflessness and dependent origination. In keeping with the liberative thrust of early Buddhism, this system organizes the entire spectrum of human consciousness around the two poles of Buddhist doctrine - bondage and liberation, Samsara and Nirvana - the starting point and the final goal. It thereby maps out, with remarkable rigour and precision, the inner landscape of the mind to be crossed through the practical work of Buddhist meditation. In this book of groundbreaking essays, Venerable Nyanaponika Thera, one of our age's foremost exponents of Theravada Buddhism, attempts to penetrate beneath the formidable face of the Abhidhamma and to make its principles intelligible to the thoughtful reader of today. His point of focus is the Consciousness Chapter of the Dhammasangani, the first treatise of the Abhidhamma Pitaka. Basing his interpretation on the detailed list of mental factors that the Abhidhamma uses as a guide to psychological analysis, he launches into bold explorations in the multiple dimensions of conditionality, the nature of consciousness, the temporality of experience, and the psychological springs of spiritual transformation. Innovative and rich in insights, this book does not merely open up new avenues in the academic study of early Buddhism. By treating the Abhidhamma as a fountainhead of inspiration for philosophical and psychological inquiry, it demonstrates the continuing relevance of Buddhist thought to our most astute contemporary efforts to understand the elusive yet so intimate nature of the mind.
Text History And Philosophy
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-05-30
Text History And Philosophy written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-30 with History categories.
In Text, History, and Philosophy. Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions, the development of the Abhidharma genre in South and East Asia from the life time of the historical Buddha to the tenth century CE is discussed.
Other Lives
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Author : Sonam Kachru
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-10
Other Lives written by Sonam Kachru and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-10 with Philosophy categories.
Human experience is not confined to waking life. Do experiences in dreams matter? Humans are not the only living beings who have experiences. Does nonhuman experience matter? The Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu, writing during the late fourth and early fifth centuries C.E., argues in his work The Twenty Verses that these alternative contexts ought to inform our understanding of mind and world. Vasubandhu invites readers to explore experiences in dreams and to inhabit the experiences of nonhuman beings—animals, hungry ghosts, and beings in hell. Other Lives offers a deep engagement with Vasubandhu’s account of mind in a global philosophical perspective. Sonam Kachru takes up Vasubandhu’s challenge to think with perspective-diversifying contexts, showing how his novel theory draws together action and perception, minds and worlds. Kachru pieces together the conceptual system in which Vasubandhu thought to show the deep originality of the argument. He reconstructs Vasubandhu’s ecological concept of mind, in which mindedness is meaningful only in a nexus with life and world, to explore its ongoing philosophical significance. Engaging with a vast range of classical, modern, and contemporary Asian and Western thought, Other Lives is both a groundbreaking work in Buddhist studies and a model of truly global philosophy. The book also includes an accessible new translation of The Twenty Verses, providing a fresh introduction to one of the most influential works of Buddhist thought.
Early Buddhist Metaphysics
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Author : Noa Ronkin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-02-28
Early Buddhist Metaphysics written by Noa Ronkin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-28 with Education categories.
This book provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic of the Pali Abhidhamma movement.
Studies In The Philosophy And Literature Of P Li Bhidhammika Buddhism
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Author : Aloysius Pieris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Studies In The Philosophy And Literature Of P Li Bhidhammika Buddhism written by Aloysius Pieris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Abhidharma categories.
The Yogas Tra Of Pata Jali
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Author : Pradeep P. Gokhale
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2020-05-31
The Yogas Tra Of Pata Jali written by Pradeep P. Gokhale and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-31 with Philosophy categories.
This book offers a systematic and radical introduction to the Buddhist roots of Pātañjala-yoga, or the Yoga system of Patañjali. By examining each of 195 aphorisms (sūtras) of the Yogasūtra and discussing the Yogabhāṣya, it shows that traditional and popular views on Pātañjala-yoga obscure its true nature. The book argues that Patañjali’s Yoga contains elements rooted in both orthodox and heterodox philosophical traditions, including Sāṅkhya, Jaina and Buddhist thought. With a fresh translation and a detailed commentary on the Yogasūtra, the author unearths how several of the terms, concepts and doctrines in Patañjali’s Yoga can be traced to Buddhism, particularly the Abhidharma Buddhism of Vasubandhu and the early Yogācāra of Asaṅga. The work presents the Yogasūtra of Patañjali as a synthesis of two perspectives: the metaphysical perspective of Sāṅkhya and the empirical–psychological perspective of Buddhism. Based on a holistic understanding of Yoga, the study explores key themes of the text, such as meditative absorption, means, supernormal powers, isolation, Buddhist conceptions of meditation and the interplay between Sāṅkhya and Buddhist approaches to suffering and emancipation. It further highlights several new findings and clarifications on textual interpretation and discrepancies. An important intervention in Indian and Buddhist philosophy, this book opens up a new way of looking at the Yoga of Patañjali in the light of Buddhism beyond standard approaches and will greatly interest scholars and researchers of Buddhist studies, Yoga studies, Indian philosophy, philosophy in general, literature, religion and comparative studies, Indian and South Asian Studies and the history of ideas.
Abhidharmako Abh Yam
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Author : Vasubandhu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Abhidharmako Abh Yam written by Vasubandhu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Abhidharma categories.
This is the most important compendium of Indian Buddhist philosophy and psychology. The four volume (app. 1600 pp.) clothbound masterwork begins with a history of abhidharma literature and covers a vast array of subjects from a Buddhist viewpoint. Some of these subjects are Buddhist cosmology and the process of rebirth, karma and the Buddhist ethical theory, mental defilements, causes of suffering and the path to enlightenment, the supernatural powers of a Buddha, a taxonomy of meditative states and a refutation of the existence of soul."... one of the landmark achievements in the history of Buddhist Studies. Highly recommended for all academic libraries..."--ChoiceA selection of Choice Outstanding Books and Nonprint Materials (OABN).ContentsTranslator's Preface The Abhidharma--Leo M. Pruden Abhidharmakosabhasyam--L. Poussin The Dhatus The Indriyas The World Karma The Latent Defilements The Path and the Saints The Knowledges The Absorptions Refutation of the Pudgala FootnotesIndex
The Crystal Mirror Of Philosophical Systems
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Author : Blo-bzang-chos-kyi-nyi-ma (Thuʼu-bkwan III)
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-04
The Crystal Mirror Of Philosophical Systems written by Blo-bzang-chos-kyi-nyi-ma (Thuʼu-bkwan III) and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04 with Philosophy categories.
The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems by Thuken Losang Chökyi Nyima (1737-1802) is probably the widest-ranging account of religious philosophies ever written in pre-modern Tibet. Thuken was a cosmopolitan Buddhist monk from Amdo, Mongol by heritage, Tibetan in education, and equally comfortable in a central Tibetan monastery or at the imperial court in Beijing. Like most texts on philosophical systems, his Crystal Mirror covers the major schools of India, both non-Buddhist and Buddhist, but then goes on to discuss in detail the entire range of Tibetan traditions as well, with separate chapters on the Nyingma, Kadam, Kagyü, Shijé, Sakya, Jonang, Geluk, and Bön. Not resting there, Thuken goes on to describe the major traditions of China-Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist-as well as those of Mongolia, Khotan, and Shambhala. The Crystal Mirror is unusual, too, in its concern not just to describe and analyze doctrines, but to trace the historical development of the various traditions. All this makes the Crystal Mirror an eloquent, erudite, and informative textbook on the religious history and philosophical systems of an array of Asian cultures-and provides evidence that serious and sympathetic study of the history of religions has not been a monopoly of Western scholarship.