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Buddhist Thought in India: Three Phases of Buddhist Philosophy
Contributor(s): Conze, Edward (Author)
ISBN: 0415460980     ISBN-13: 9780415460989
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $61.70  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Eastern
- Social Science
- Reference
Dewey: 181.043
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Buddhism
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.33 lbs) 302 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
 
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Originally published in 1962.

This book discusses and interprets the main themes of Buddhist thought in India and is divided into three parts:

  1. Archaic Buddhism: Tacit assumptions, the problem of "original Buddhism", the three marks and the perverted views, the five cardinal virtues, the cultivation of the social emotions, Dharma and dharmas, Skandhas, sense-fields and elements.

  2. The Sthaviras: the eighteen schools, doctrinal disputes, the unconditioned and the process of salvation, some Abhidharma problems.

  3. The Mahayana: doctrines common to all Mahayanists, the Madhyamikas, the Yogacarins, Buddhist logic, the Tantras.