The Vibhanga

The Vibhanga
Author: Caroline Augusta Rhys Davids
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2014-08-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781498172165

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1904 Edition.

Studies in Abhidharma Literature and the Origins of Buddhist Philosophical Systems

Studies in Abhidharma Literature and the Origins of Buddhist Philosophical Systems
Author: Erich Frauwallner
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1996-01-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1438403275

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.

A History of Mindfulness

A History of Mindfulness
Author: Bhikkhu Sujato
Publisher: Bhikkhu Sujato
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2011-07-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1921842091

The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is the most influential scripture in Buddhist meditation. It is the foundation text for the modern schools of 'vipassanā' or 'insight' meditation. The well-known Pali discourse is, however, only one of many early Buddhist texts that deal with mindfulness. This is the first full-scale study to encompass all extant versions of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, taking into account the dynamic evolution of the Buddhist scriptures and the broader Indian meditative culture. A new vision emerges from this groundbreaking study: mindfulness is not a system of 'dry insight' but is the 'way to convergence' leading the mind to deep states of peace.

Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge

Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge
Author: K N Jayatilleke
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2013-10-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134542879

The author of this volume, an accomplished philologist, historian and philosopher, analyzes the relevant earlier and later texts and traces the epistemological foundations of Pali canonical thought from the Vedic period onwards. Originally published in 1963, it sheds new light on later developments and elucidates from the Indian point of view some of the basic problems of the conflict between metaphysics and logical and linguistic analysis.

Early Buddhist Metaphysics

Early Buddhist Metaphysics
Author: Noa Ronkin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2005-02-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134283121

This book provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic of the Pali Abhidhamma movement.