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Author |
: Jan Westerhoff |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198732662 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019873266X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy by : Jan Westerhoff
Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy during the first millennium CE. He aims to offer the reader a systematic grasp of key Buddhist concepts such as non-self, suffering, reincarnation, karma, and nirvana.
Author |
: Jan Westerhoff |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2018-05-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191047046 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019104704X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy by : Jan Westerhoff
Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy in the first millennium CE. He starts from the composition of the Abhidharma works before the beginning of the common era and continues up to the time of Dharmakirti in the sixth century. This period was characterized by the development of a variety of philosophical schools and approaches that have shaped Buddhist thought up to the present day: the scholasticism of the Abhidharma, the Madhyamaka's theory of emptiness, Yogacara idealism, and the logical and epistemological works of Dinnaga and Dharmakirti. The book attempts to describe the historical development of these schools in their intellectual and cultural context, with particular emphasis on three factors that shaped the development of Buddhist philosophical thought: the need to spell out the contents of canonical texts, the discourses of the historical Buddha and the Mahayana sutras; the desire to defend their positions by sophisticated arguments against criticisms from fellow Buddhists and from non-Buddhist thinkers of classical Indian philosophy; and the need to account for insights gained through the application of specific meditative techniques. While the main focus is the period up to the sixth century CE, Westerhoff also discusses some important thinkers who influenced Buddhist thought between this time and the decline of Buddhist scholastic philosophy in India at the beginning of the thirteenth century. His aim is that the historical presentation will also allow the reader to get a better systematic grasp of key Buddhist concepts such as non-self, suffering, reincarnation, karma, and nirvana.
Author |
: Jay L. Garfield |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 295 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190231293 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190231297 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Madhyamaka and Yogacara by : Jay L. Garfield
Madhyamaka and Yogacara are the two principal schools of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. While Madhyamaka asserts the ultimate emptiness and conventional reality of all phenomena, Yogacara is usually considered to be idealistic. This collection of essays addresses the degree to which these philosophical approaches are consistent or complementary. Indian and Tibetan doxographies often take these two schools to be philosophical rivals. They are grounded in distinct bodies of sutra literature and adopt what appear to be very different positions regarding the analysis of emptiness and the status of mind. Madhyamaka-Yogacara polemics abound in Indian Buddhist literature, and Tibetan doxographies regard them as distinct systems. Nonetheless, scholars have tried to synthesize the two positions for centuries. This volume offers new essays by prominent experts on both these traditions, who address the question of the degree to which these philosophical approaches should be seen as rivals or as allies. In answering the question of whether Madhyamaka and Yogacara can be considered compatible, contributors engage with a broad range of canonical literature, and relate the texts to contemporary philosophical problems.
Author |
: Georges B. J. Dreyfus |
Publisher |
: SUNY Press |
Total Pages |
: 656 |
Release |
: 1997-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0791430979 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780791430972 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Recognizing Reality by : Georges B. J. Dreyfus
Dreyfus examines the central ideas of Dharmakīrti, one of the most important Indian Buddhist philosophers, and their reception among Tibetan thinkers. During the golden age of ancient Indian civilization, Dharmakīrti articulated and defended Buddhist philosophical principles. He did so more systematically than anyone before his time (the seventh century CE) and was followed by a rich tradition of profound thinkers in India and Tibet. This work presents a detailed picture of this Buddhist tradition and its relevance to the history of human ideas. Its perspective is mostly philosophical, but it also uses historical considerations as they relate to the evolution of ideas.
Author |
: Jan Westerhoff |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0191796875 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780191796876 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy by : Jan Westerhoff
Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy during the first millennium CE. He aims to offer the reader a systematic grasp of key Buddhist concepts such as non-self, suffering, reincarnation, karma and nirvana.
Author |
: Amber Carpenter |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 326 |
Release |
: 2014-09-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317547761 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317547764 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Indian Buddhist Philosophy by : Amber Carpenter
Organised in broadly chronological terms, this book presents the philosophical arguments of the great Indian Buddhist philosophers of the fifth century BCE to the eighth century CE. Each chapter examines their core ethical, metaphysical and epistemological views as well as the distinctive area of Buddhist ethics that we call today moral psychology. Throughout, this book follows three key themes that both tie the tradition together and are the focus for most critical dialogue: the idea of anatman or no-self, the appearance/reality distinction and the moral aim, or ideal. Indian Buddhist philosophy is shown to be a remarkably rich tradition that deserves much wider engagement from European philosophy. Carpenter shows that while we should recognise the differences and distances between Indian and European philosophy, its driving questions and key conceptions, we must resist the temptation to find in Indian Buddhist philosophy, some Other, something foreign, self-contained and quite detached from anything familiar. Indian Buddhism is shown to be a way of looking at the world that shares many of the features of European philosophy and considers themes central to philosophy understood in the European tradition.
Author |
: Jay L. Garfield |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2009-09-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199888740 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199888744 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pointing at the Moon by : Jay L. Garfield
This volume collects essays by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Western philosophy and Buddhist Studies. Many have distinguished scholarly records in Western philosophy, with expertise in analytic philosophy and logic, as well as deep interest in Buddhist philosophy. Others have distinguished scholarly records in Buddhist Studies with strong interests in analytic philosophy and logic. All are committed to the enterprise of cross-cultural philosophy and to bringing the insights and techniques of each tradition to bear in order to illuminate problems and ideas of the other. These essays address a broad range of topics in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, and metaphysics, and demonstrate the fecundity of the interaction between the Buddhist and Western philosophical and logical traditions.
Author |
: Daniel Hirshberg |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2016-10-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781614292319 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1614292310 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Remembering the Lotus-Born by : Daniel Hirshberg
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Harvard University, 2012) under title: Delivering the Lotus-Born: historiography in the Tibetan Renaissance.
Author |
: Basant Kumar Lal |
Publisher |
: Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 1978 |
ISBN-10 |
: 8120802616 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788120802612 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contemporary Indian Philosophy by : Basant Kumar Lal
Contemporary Indian Philosophy has arisen in awareness of the need to reconcile the forces of tradition with those of modernity. It is not merely repetitive. There is, in it, a definite attempt to construct a system. It develops under the conviction that the basic aim of Philosophy is to cultivate a world-view. This requires an awareness of the existential condition of life as also the con-sciousness of life s ulti-mate ideal, viz., redem-ption, not only of the individual, but of the total human race. It emphasises the ultimacy of spiritual values; yet it demonstrates that the roots of spiritual life lie in conditions that are essentially existential. The present study seeks to highlight these aspects of Contemporary Indian Philosophy. It is an attempt to rethink, in an academic manner, the thoughts of the contemporary thinkers, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya, S. Radhakrishnan, and Mohammad Iqbal. Different aspects of their thoughts have been systematised, categorised and placed under suitable philosophical heads in this work.
Author |
: Jan Westerhoff |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2010-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199750917 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199750912 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twelve Examples of Illusion by : Jan Westerhoff
Tibetan Buddhist writings frequently state that many of the things we perceive in the world are in fact illusory, as illusory as echoes or mirages. In Twelve Examples of Illusion, Jan Westerhoff offers an engaging look at a dozen illusions--including magic tricks, dreams, rainbows, and reflections in a mirror--showing how these phenomena can give us insight into reality. For instance, he offers a fascinating discussion of optical illusions, such as the wheel of fire (the "wheel" seen when a torch is swung rapidly in a circle), discussing Tibetan explanations of this phenomenon as well as the findings of modern psychology, and significantly clarifying the idea that most phenomena--from chairs to trees--are similar illusions. The book uses a variety of crystal-clear examples drawn from a wide variety of fields, including contemporary philosophy and cognitive science, as well as the history of science, optics, artificial intelligence, geometry, economics, and literary theory. Throughout, Westerhoff makes both Buddhist philosophical ideas and the latest theories of mind and brain come alive for the general reader.