Buddhist Analysis of Matter

Y. Karunadasa

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dc.contributor.author	Y. Karunadasa	-
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-15T15:20:53Z	-
dc.date.available	2018-12-15T15:20:53Z	-
dc.date.issued	1967	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://tnt.ussh.edu.vn:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/501	-
dc.description	What has so far been observed about the Theravada is less true about the other schools of Buddhism. For Prof. Stcherbatsky's works, notably The Central Con-ception of Buddhism, Prof. O. K. J. Rosenberg's Die Probleme der buddhistischen Philosophie (Heidelberg, 1924) and Dr. Mo Govern's A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy, Vol. I (London, 1924), (e.g.) have gone a long way to elucidating the Buddhist theories of matter as expressed in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese sources. Along with these should be mentioned Prof. De Ia Vallee Poussin's monumental translation of the Hiuan Tsang version of the Abhidharmakosa, under the title : L'Abhidharmakosa de Vasubandhu, Vols. I-VI (Paris, 1923-31). With its voluminous notes and critical observations, this translation has become an indispensable source book for a study of the doctrines and theories of the schools of Sanskrit Buddhism.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Tms study constitutes an inquiry into the analysis of matter as expressed in the sources of Theravada Buddhism, especially in the later systematization known as the Abhidhamma, The introductory chapter is devoted to an examination of the many senses and contexts in which rilpa-& term often used in the sense of matter-occurs ; the definition of rilpa in the sense of matter ; and the general nature of tbe rllpa· dhammas, i.e. the ultimate irreducible factors into which matter is analysed. These riipa-clhammas, twenty eight in all, are classified into two categories as primary and secondary	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	ABSTRACT iii PREFACE v-vii ABBREVIATIONS xi-xii BIBLIOGRAPHY xiii-xviii CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY 1 - 15 Rupa as a technical term 1 - 8 Material aggregate (rupakkhandha) 8 - 12 Definition of matter 12 - 14 Elements of matter 14 - 15 CHAPTER II. THE PRIMARY ELEMENTS 16 - 30 Non-recognition of akasa as a mahabhuta 16 - 17 The Nikayan conception of the primary elements 17 The Adhidhammic conception of the primary elements 17 Earth-element (solidity and extension) 17 - 18 Water-element (viscidity and cohesion) 18 - 19 Fire-element (temperature of cold and heat) 19 - 20 Air-element {distension and mobility) 20 - 21 Denial of motion 21 - 22 Fundamental characteristics of the primary elements 22 - 29 Exclusion of the water-element from the sphere of the tangible 29 - 30 Primary elements as Ultimate data of matter 30 CHAPTER III. THE SECONDARY ELEMENTS: A GENERAL SURVEY 31 - 41 The position of the secondary in relation to the primary 31 - 34. The list of secondary elements 34 - 35 Its representation in the list of ayatanas 35 - 36 The category of dhammayatana-rupas 36 - 39 The position of the dhammayatana-rupas in relation to the definition of matter 39 - 40 Theravada list as representative of an earlier tradition 40 - 41 CHAPTER IV. THE SECONDARY ELEMENTS: Group A (Nipphanna) 42 - 66 Significance of nipphanna : real 42 - 44 Senso-organs 44 - 49 Objective fields 49 - 55 Faculties of sex 55 - 58 Faculty of life (material) 59 - 61 Nutriment 61 - 62 Physical basis of mental activity 62 - 66 CHAPTER V. THE SECONDARY ELEMENTS: Group B (Anipphanna) 67 - 98 Significance of anipphanna: nominal 67 - 69 Modes of self-expression 69 - 77 Characteristics of matter 77 - 78 Phases of matter 78 - 81 Phases of matter in relation to the satkhata-lakkhanas 81 - 83 Theory of moments 83 - 88 Phases of matter 60Qording to the theory of moments 88 - 91 Space-element 91 – 98 CHAPTER VI. CLASSIFICATION OF THE MATTER ELEMENTS 99-124 Classification into two groups 99-101 Classifications into three groups 101-102 Classifications into four groups102 More complex classifications 102-103 Classification into upadinna and anupadinna 103-112 Classification into cittasamuffhana and na cittasamuffhana 112-113 The four generative conditions of matter 113 Classification into ajjhattika and bahira 114-116 CHAPTER VII. MATTER AND THE SYSTEM of CORRELATION 125-140 The twenty four conditions (paccaya) of Theravada Abhidhamma 125 The four causes (hetu) and the six conditions (pratyaya) of the schools of Sanskrit Buddhism 126-128 Some similarities and differences 128 The position of material elements in the System of Correlation 129-138 The relations which do not apply to material elements 138-140 CHAPTER VIII. ATOMISM 141-164 Theory of rupakalapas as the The1·avida form. of atomism 141-142 Parallelism with the atomic theories of the schools of Sanskrit Buddhism 142 The Vaibhasika of the atom (paramanu) and the molecule (sanghata-paramanu) 142-143 Recognition of rupakalapa ae the smallest unit of matter 143-147 The Sautrantika and the Vijnanavada criticisms of the Vaibhasika definition of the atom 147-149 Rupakalapa as possessing spatial dimensions 149-150 Non-contact between atoms 150-153 The octuple molecule of the Theravadins and the Vaibhasika 154-155 Different kinds of rupakalapas 155-159 Classification-of the rupakalapas 159-160 The position of the rupakalapas in relation to Rupa-loka 160-162 CHAPTER IX. THE ETHICO-PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS OF THE BUDDRIBT ANALYSIS OF MATTER 165-176 The connection between the Buddhist analysis of matter and Buddhist ethics 165-167 The ethical and practical approach 167-168 Different interpretations on the philosophical basis of Buddhism 168-171 Realistic and pluralistic view of existence 171-175 Developments in the Abhidhamma 176 Significance of the list of material elements in the context of the practical doctrine and discipline of Buddhism175--176 CHARTS 117-124; 163-164 The classifications of the material elements into two groups 117-118 The classifications of the material elements into three groups 119-120 The claasifications of the material elements into four groups 121-124 Composition of the rupakalapas 163-164 INDEX 178-185	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	THE DEPARTMENT OF CUTURAL AFFAIRS, COLOMBO.	en_US
dc.subject	Kinh điển và triết học phật giáo	en_US
dc.subject	Phật giáo nhập thế và các vấn đề xã hội đương đại	en_US
dc.title	Buddhist Analysis of Matter	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
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