Buddhist Philosophy

Abstract

Contributors ; Introduction ; Part I: Metaphysics and Ontology ; Therava ¯da Metaphysics and Ontology: Kacca¯nagotta (Samyutta-nika¯ya) and Abhidhammatthasangaha Noa Ronkin ; Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika (Fundamental Verses of the Middle Way): Chapter 24: Examination of the Four Noble TruthsJay L. Garfield ; Vasubandhu’s Trisvabhavanirdesa (Treatise on the Three Natures) Jay L. Garfield ; Santaraksitas “Neither-One-Nor-Many” Argument from Madhyamakalamkara (The Ornament of the Middle Way): A Classical Buddhist Argument on the Ontological Status of Phenomena James Blumenthal; Mipam Namgyel: The Lion’s Roar Affirming Extrinsic Emptiness Matthew T. Kapstein ; Dushun’s Huayan Fajie Guan Men (Meditative Approaches to the Huayan Dharmadhatu) Alan Fox ; Dogen’s “Mountains and Waters as Sutras” (Sansui-kyo) Graham Parkes ; Nishitani Keiji’s “The Standpoint of Zen: Directly Pointing to the Mind” Bret W. Davis ; Part II: Philosophy of Language and Hermeneutics ; Sensation, Inference, and Language: Digna ga’s Pramanasamuccaya Richard Hayes ; Jñanagarbha’s Verses on the Distinction between the Two Truths Malcolm David Eckel ; Language and the Ultimate: Do Madhyamikas Make Philosophical Claims? A Selection from Khedrupjey’s Stong thun chen mo (Great Digest) José Ignacio Cabezón ; Zongmi’s Yuanren lun (Inquiry into the Origin of the Human Condition): The Hermeneutics of Doctrinal Classifi cation Peter N. Gregory ; Dogen’s Shobogenzo, Fascicles “Katto” and “Osakusendaba” Steven Heine ; Beyond Awareness: Torei Enji’s Understanding of Realization in the Treatise on the Inexhaustible Lamp of Zen, chapter 6 Michel Mohr ; Part III: Epistemology ; The Approach to Knowledge and Truth in the Therava da Record of the Discourses of the Buddha Peter Harvey ; Dharmakırti and Dharmottara on the Intentionality of Perception: Selections from Nyayabindu (An Epitome of Philosophy) Dan Arnold ; The Role of Knowledge of Causation in Dharmakırti’s Theory of Inference: The Pramana-varttika Brendan S. Gillon ; Yogacara Theories of the Components of Perception: The Buddhabhumy-upades ´a Dan Lusthaus ; Classifi cation of Non-Authoritative Cognitive Processes (tshad min) in the Ngog and Sakya Traditions Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp ; Understanding the Two Truths: Tsongkhapa’s Ocean of Reasoning: A Great Commentary on Nagarjuna’s “Mulamadhyamakakarika¯” Jay L. Garfield ; The Deluded Mind as World and Truth: Epistemological Implications of Tiantai Doctrine and Praxis in Jingxi Zhanran’s Jingangpi and Zhiguan yili Brook Ziporyn ; The Presencing of Truth: Dogen’s Genjo koan Bret W. Davis ; Part IV: Philosophy of Mind and the Person ; Theravada Philosophy of Mind and the Person: Anatta-lakkhana Sutta, Maha-nidana Sutta, and Milindapañha Peter Harvey ; Pudgalavada Doctrines of the Person Dan Lusthaus ; Vasubandhu’s Abhidharmakos´a: The Critique of the Pudgalava dins’ Theory of Persons James Duerlinger; Vasubandhu’s Abhidharmakos´a: The Critique of the Soul Charles Goodman ; Candrakırti’s Madhyamakavatarabhasya 6.86–97: A Madhyamaka Critique of Vijñanavada Views of Consciousness C. W. Huntington, Jr ; Santaraksita’s Tattvasamgraha: A Buddhist Critique of the Nyaya View of the Self Matthew T. Kapstein ; Zhiyi’s Great Calming and Contemplation: “Contemplating Mental Activity as the Inconceivable Realm” Hans-Rudolfh Kantor ; “The Mind Is Buddha”: Pojo Chinul’s Secrets on Cultivating the Mind Jin Y. Park ; Nishida’s Conception of Person Gereon Kopf ; Part V: Ethics ; Therava da Texts on Ethics Peter Harvey ; The Bodhisattva Path: Santideva’s Bodhicaryavatara William Edelglass ; Asanga’s Bodhisattvabhumi: The Morality Chapter Gareth Sparham ; Essentials on Observing and Violating the Fundamentals of Bodhisattva Precepts: Wonhyo’s Non-Substantial Mahayana Ethics Jin Y. Park ; Thich Nhat Hanh’s Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism William Edelglass ; Joanna Macy: The Ecological Self William Edelglass ; Buddhist Feminist Refl ections Karma Lekshe Tsomo ; Index ;