Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors xi
Acknowledgments xviii
List of Abbreviations xix
Introduction 1 Steven M. Emmanuel
Part I Conceptual Foundations 11
1 The Philosophical Context of Gotama’s Thought 13 Stephen J. Laumakis
2 Dukkha, Non-Self, and the Teaching on the Four “Noble Truths” 26 Peter Harvey
3 The Conditioned Co-arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives 46 Peter Harvey
Part II Major Schools of Buddhist Thought 69
4 Theravâda 71 Andrew Skilton
5 Indian Mahâyâna Buddhism 86 James Blumenthal
6 Tibetan Mahâyâna and Vajrayâna 99 Douglas Duckworth
7 East Asian Buddhism 110 Ronald S. Green
Part III Themes in Buddhist Philosophy 127
A. Metaphysics 129
8 Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought 129 Jan Westerhoff
9 Emptiness in Mahâyâna Buddhism: Interpretations and Comparisons 151 David Burton
10 Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Stra and Madhyamaka in the Kâlacakra Tantric Tradition 164 Vesna A. Wallace
11 The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality 180 Alan Fox
12 Forms of Emptiness in Zen 190 Bret W. Davis
13 Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism: The Middle Way of Madhyamaka 214 Graham Priest
B. Epistemology 223
14 A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology 223 John J. Holder
15 Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology 241 Christian Coseru
16 The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism 256 Brook Ziporyn
17 “Spiritual Exercise” and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet 270 Matthew T. Kapstein
18 Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment: The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate 290 Tom J. F. Tillemans
C. Language and Logic 307
19 Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought 307 Brendan S. Gillon
20 Buddhist Philosophy of Logic 320 Koji Tanaka
21 Candrakîrti on the Limits of Language and Logic 331 Karen C. Lang
22 On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking: Philosophy of Language in Zen Buddhism 349 Steven Heine
23 The Voice of Another: Speech, Responsiveness, and Buddhist Philosophy 366 Richard F. Nance
D. Philosophy of Mind 377
24 Mind in Theravâda Buddhism 377 Maria Heim
25 Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism 395 Richard P. Hayes
26 Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism 405 Jonathan Stoltz
27 The Non-Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind 419 Joerg Tuske
E. Ethics and Moral Philosophy 429
28 Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism 429 Christopher W. Gowans
29 Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas 452 Sarah Shaw
30 Compassion and the Ethics of Violence 466 Stephen Jenkins
31 Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy 476 William Edelglass
F. Social and Political Philosophy 491
32 The Enlightened Sovereign: Buddhism and Kingship in India and Tibet 491 Georgios T. Halkias
33 Political Interpretations of the Lotus Stra 512 James Mark Shields
34 Socially Engaged Buddhism: Emerging Patterns of Theory and Practice 524 Christopher S. Queen
35 Comparative Refl ections on Buddhist Political Thought: Aúoka, Shambhala and the General Will 536 David Cummiskey
Part IV Buddhist Meditation 553
36 Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice 555 Charles Goodman
37 Seeing Mind, Being Body: Contemplative Practice and Buddhist Epistemology 572 Anne Carolyn Klein
38 From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness: Towards a Cross-Cultural Cognitive Science 585 Jake H. Davis and Evan Thompson
Part V Contemporary Issues and Applications 599
39 Buddhism and Environmental Ethics 601 Simon P. James
40 Buddhism and Biomedical Issues 613 Damien Keown
41 War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy 631 Sallie B. King
42 Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights 651 Karma Lekshe Tsomo
43 Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues 663 Rita M. Gross
44 Diversity Matters: Buddhist Refl ections on the Meaning of Difference 675 Peter D. Hershock
Further Reading 693
Index 696