Studies in Abhidharma Literature and the Origins of Buddhist Philosophical Systems

Translated from the German by Sophie Francis Kidd as Translator and Under the Supervision of Ernst Steinkellner as Editor

von Erich Frauwallner

250 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This is a translation of Frauwallner's Abhidharmastudien. It analyzes the literary traditions, doctrinal tendencies, and structural methods of the Buddhist Abhidarma canon in order to expose the beginnings of systematic philosophical thought in Buddhism. Frauwallner's insights illuminate the path of meditation toward liberation, the development of Buddhist psychology, and the evolution of the Buddhist view of causality and the problem of time. He provides a clear explanation of the gradual development of Buddhist thought from its early doctrinal beginning to some of the most complex and remarkable philosophical edifices in history.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Philosophische Traditionen und Denkschulen Ostasiatische und indische Philosophie
• ISBN: 9780791427002
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.01.1996
• Größe: 226 x 152 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Herausgegeben von: Ernst Steinkellner