Buddhism: A Philosophical Approach

ISBN-13: 9781551118536 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 328 str.

Cyrus Panjvani

Opis

An introduction to the philosophical ideas and underlying arguments in Buddhist thought.

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Preface

I Indian Contexts

• General Themes of the Indian Philosophical Tradition
  A Short Account of the Vedas and Upanishads
  The Philosophy of the Upanishads
  The Identity of Brahman and Atman

II The Legend and Life of the Buddha

• Introduction
  The Early Life
  The Four Signs
  Renunciation

III Reading the Middle Way

• Steering the Middle Course
  A Symbolic Reading
  Concluding Remarks

IV The First Noble Truth: Three Understandings of Suffering

• Introduction
  Pervasiveness and Eliminability
  The First Understanding
  The Second Understanding
  The Third Understanding
  The Five Aggregates
  The Buddha and David Hume
  Concluding Remarks

V The Second Noble Truth: An Analysis of Craving

• Introduction
  Craving and Permanence
  Craving and Wanting — A Difference in Kind
  The Character of Craving — Qualitative Observations
  The Character of Craving — Formal Observations
  Criticism of Bahm
  Self and Suffering

VI The Third Noble Truth: Nirvana, the Cessation of Suffering

• Introduction
  Samsara
  Understanding and Describing Nirvana

VII The Fourth Noble Truth: Walking the Noble Eightfold Path

• Introduction
  The Noble Eightfold Path
  More on Mindfulness

VIII The Doctrine of No Self

• Introduction
  The Argument from the Aggregates
  A Lute, a Chariot and the Composite Self
  The Argument from Lack of Control

IX The Doctrine of Impermanence

• Introduction
  Arising and Passing
  Other Views of Change
  Numerical Identity and Qualitative Identity
  Annihilationism and Eternalism
  Concluding Remarks

X The Doctrine of Dependent Origination

• Introduction
  The First Model: Physical Causation
  The Second Model: Mental Causation without Universal Causation
  The Third Model: Mental Causation with Universal Causation
  The Importance of Universal Causation
  Dependent Origination and Causal Continuity

XI Karma and Rebirth: Continuity, Not Identity

• Introduction
  Karma and Morality
  Karma and Rebirth
  Continuity of Self over Time, Not Identity

XII The Concept of Dharmas in the Abhidharma

• The Abhidharma, the Dharma, and Dharmas
  Dharmas and Atoms
  Dharmas as Ultimate Reality
  Dharmas and Mindfulness
  What Is the Duration of a Dharma?

XIII The Concept of Emptiness in Mahayana Buddhism

• Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
  The Perfection of Wisdom and Emptiness
  Emptiness and Dependent Origination
  Emptiness and Non-Duality
  Emptiness and Enlightenment

XIV Compassion and Skillfulness in Mahayana Buddhism

• Introduction
  The Bodhisattva
  The Bodhisattva Renounces
  Compassion and Suffering
  Genuine Compassion
  Skillful Means, the Arhat and the Bodhisattva
  An Emphasis on Practice over Belief

XV The Parable of the Burning House — A Closing Discussion

Glossary of Select Sanskrit, Pali and PhilosophicalTerms
Bibliography
Index