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. It includes chapters that examine their core ethical, metaphysical and epistemological views as well as the distinctive area of Buddhist ethics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chronology The Buddha Introduction 1. The Buddha's Suffering 2. Practice and Theory of No-Self 3. Klesas and Compassion 4. The Second Buddha's Greater Vehicle 5. Karmic Questions 6. Irresponsible Selves, Responsible Non-Selves 7. The Third Turning: Yogacara 8. The Long Sixth-Seventh Century: Epistemology as Ethics Epilogue Appendices Notes Further Reading