Earlx Buddhist Metaphysics

Zusatztext 'The author often uses methods of comparative philosophy of religion and draws on later Buddhist systems of philosophy! non-Buddhist Indian sources and also on achievements of western philosophical inquiries and Buddhological scholarship.]...[ the references...are always well chosen and are good pointers for reflection and stimulants for further research.'- Karel Werner! School of Oriental and African Studies! University of London!Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Informationen zum Autor Noa Ronkin received her PhD from the University of Oxford. She is currently Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Stanford University. Her research interests include a range of issues associated with Indian Theravada Buddhist philosophy and psychology, the Abhidhamma tradition and comparative Indian philosophy. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Situating Theravådin Doctrinal Thought: Towards a Comparative Buddhist Philosophy  1. The Further Teaching: Abhidhamma Thought in Context  2. What the Buddha Taught and Abhidhamma Thought: From Dhamma  3. The Development of the Concept of Sabhåva and Buddhist  4. Individuals: Revisiting the Abhidhamma Dhamma Theory  5. Causation as the Handmaid of Metaphysics: From the Paticcasamuppåda to the Patthåna  Concluding Reflections

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• Authors: Noa Ronkin, Ronkin Noa
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2005
• EAN: 9780415345194
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34519-4
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; China, HISTORY / Asia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, Buddhism, Religion: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General