Pali Buddhism / Edition 1

by Frank Hoffman, Deegalle Mahinda

Overview

This is an interdisciplinary and holistic survey of Pali Buddhism, covering philological, indigenous and philosophical approaches in a single volume.
The work is divided into three main sections: Philological Foundations; Insiders' Understandings; and Philosophical Implications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780700703593
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/03/1996
Series:	Curzon Studies in Asian Philosophy Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Frank J. Hoffman, Mahinda Deegalle

Table of Contents

Introduction, Frank J. Hoffman, Mahinda Deegalle; Philological Foundations; Chapter 1 Theravāda Buddhism’s Two Formulations of the Dosa Sīla and the Ethics of the Gradual Path, George D. Bond; Chapter 2 A Proposed Model of Early Buddhist Liberation, Andrew Olendzki; Chapter 3 Dhammapada and Tirukkura?: A Comparative Study, Subramania Gopalan; Chapter 4 Abhidharma as Paradigm for Practice, Christopher Key Chapple; Insiders’ Understandings; Chapter 5 The Moral Significance of Buddhist Nirvāṇa, Deegalle Mahinda; Chapter 6 Suicide and Emotional Ambivalence: An Early Buddhist Perspective, Padmasiri de Silva; Chapter 7 The Logical Grammar of the Word ‘Rebirth’ in the Buddhist Paradigm: A Philosophical Sketch, A. D. P. Kalansuriya; Chapter 8 A Buddhist Critique of Theravāda, Gunapala Dharmasiri; Philosophical Implications; Chapter 9 Two Dogmas of Buddhism, A.L. Herman; Chapter 10 What is the Status of the Doctrine of Dependent Origination?, Ramakrishna Puligandla; Chapter 11 Process Philosophy and Theravāda Buddhism, Shanta Ratnayaka; Chapter 12 Theravāda as and Processes: Nirvāṇa as a Meta-process, Ninian Smart; Chapter 13 “Orientalism” in Buddhology, Frank. J. Hoffman;

Editorial Reviews

...[C]ontains several essays which may be of interest to scholars of Buddhism....Scholars of contemporary Theravaada Buddhist cultures may also find food for thought in Dharmasiri's sharp criticisms of the Theravaada.
— Journal of Buddhist Ethics

Anne M. Blackburn