Buddhist Philosophy: A Historical Analysis

David J. Kalupahana

University of Hawaii Press

Causality: The Central Philosophy of Buddhism

Religion & Spirituality

University of Hawai‘i Press

This 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. Part II examines developments in the history of Buddhist thought and the emergence of the various schools of Buddhism.

Buddhist philosophy: A historical analysis

University Press of Hawaii

The Way of Siddhartha: A Life of the Buddha

Shambhala Publications

Buddhist Thought & Ritual

Continuum Intl Pub Group

The present work has, since its original publication in 1976, offered an unequaled introduction to the philosophical principles and historical development of Buddhism. Now, representing the culmination of Dr. Kalupahana's thirty years of scholarly research and reflection, A History of Buddhist Philosophy builds upon a completely reconstructed, detailed analysis of both early and later Buddhism.  Part I is devoted to early Buddhism, opening with a thorough examination of pre-Buddhist thought and its absolutist character, followed by biographical sketch of Siddhartha, the historical Buddha. Each of the following nine chapters examines a major theme in Buddhist discourse: knowledge and understanding, experience and theory, language and communication, freedom and happiness, human personality, human suffering, the object, the moral life, and popular religious thought.  Part II examines later Buddhism by mapping its continuities with and divergences from early Buddhist doctrine. Dr. Kalupahana illustrates the movement of some schools towards substantialism and absolutism while other schools made a persistent attempt to retain the original teaching of the Buddha.  Dr. Kalupahana's new work is an authoritative and insightful analysis, of importance to anyone involved in Asian thought.

A History of Buddhist Philosophy: Continuity and Discontinuity

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Motilal Banarsidass

Buddhist Thought and Ritual

Worship & Devotion

Ethics in Early Buddhism

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