Nikaya Buddhism and Early Chan: A Different Meditative Paradigm

This book is the first detailed comparative study of the philosophical and meditative concepts of Nikāya Buddhism and early Chan. It is inspired by the passages in the texts of both these traditions which appear to express similar and at the same time very unconventional ideas about meditation, cognition and reality. It draws out and discusses the implications of these passages and attempts to assess their coherence and plausibility. It argues that they constitute a specific paradigm of med...