Buddhist Thought in India: Three Phases of Buddhist Philosophy

Buddhist Thought in India: Three Phases of Buddhist Philosophy image
ISBN-10:

0415460980

ISBN-13:

9780415460989

Author(s): Conze, Edward
Edition: 1
Released: Feb 12, 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Hardcover, 302 pages
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Description:

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.

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