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Buddhist Philosophy: A Historical Analysis
Author Kalupahana, David J.
Date1976
Pages189
PublisherUniversity Press of Hawaii
Publisher Url http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/cart/shopcore/?db_name=uhpress
LocationHonolulu, HI, US [檀香山, 夏威夷州, 美國]
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
KeywordKarma=Kamma; 中觀學派=龍樹學=中觀佛教=Madhyamaka=Madhyamika; 因果=Cause and Effect=Causality=Causation; 佛教人物=Buddhist; 佛教文學=Buddhist Literature; 佛教哲學=Buddhist Doctrines=Buddhist Philosophy; 佛教經典=Buddhist Scriptures=Sutra; 初期佛教=早期佛教=根本佛教=原始佛教=Primitive Buddhism=Early Buddhism; 長行=契經=修多羅=Sutra; 涅槃=Parinibbana=Nibbana=Nirvana; 認識論=Epistemology
AbstractThis introduction to Buddhism examines its basic philosophical teachings 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.
Part I outlines the historical background out of which Buddhism arose and emphasizes the teachings of early Buddhism. By comparing the earliest Buddhist literature in both the Pali Nikayas and the Chinese Agamas, the author has established the common base of earliest Buddhism most free of sectarian rivalry. Topics such as epistemology, causality, existence, karma, morality, ethics, and nirvana are discussed in detail. Part II examines developments in the history of Buddhist thought and the emergence of the various schools of Buddhism. The development of Abhidharma is studied through analysis of the various doctrines of the scholastics that comprise Abhidharma literature, as is early Mahayana through the Mahayana sutras. Two chapters examine Madhyamika Transcendentalism and Yogacara Idealism. The Buddha's attitude toward metaphysics and the relationship between early Buddhism and Zen are covered in two appendices.
ISBN0824803604
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