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Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon

1923

THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRIT AND NATURE. 75 1. The Negation of the Self. 75 2. Personalist Doctrines. 81 3. The Empirical Self and the Process of Consciousness. 84 4. Matter and Spirit in the Universe. 92 V. THE DOCTRINE OF CAUSATION AND THE ACT. 96 1. Causation. 96 2. The Development of the Chain of Causation 97 3. The Links of the Chain. 99 4. The Interpretation of the [...] THE THEORY OF ACTION AND BUDDHOLOGY 203 1. The Mechanism of the Act. 203 2. The Mode of Transmigration 207 3. The Nature of the Buddha. 208 4. The Perfections of the Saint. 212 5. Nirvana as the Unconditioned. 214 PART III. [...] THE-DOCTRINE OF SALVATION BODHISATTVAS AND BUDDHAS. 273 1. The Problem of Salvation. 273 2. The Equipment of Knowledge. 275 3. The Equipment of Merit. 277 4. The Virtue of Generosity or Compassion 279 5. Devotion and the Transfer of Merit. 283 6. The Doctrine of the Act and the Causal Series. 286 7. The Career of the Bodhisattva. 287 8. Defects of the New Ideal. 295 [...] In Ki:sna's case every consideration of probability pqints to the view that he was a tribal god who gradually attained the rank of a universal deity 1 ; but the modes of attaining divinity are diverse and the case of the Buddha should be discussed in the light of the evidence of the relevant texts and not on the basis of dubious and uncertain analogies. [...] Now it is admitted that the evidence for the rationalistic theory of the Buddha depends on the texts of the Pali Canon of the school of the Vibhajyavadins undoubtedly the most preciouA record of Buddhism preserved to us.
philosophy religion
Pages
340
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142977
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
1-12 A. Keith view
Part I Buddhism in the Pali Canon
13-147 unknown view
Part II Developments in the Hinayana
148-215 unknown view
Part III The Philosophy of the Mahayana
216-302 unknown view
Part IV Buddhist Logic
303-319 unknown view
English Index
320-331 unknown view
Sanskrit Index
332-339 unknown view
Backmatter
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