Buddhist Philosophy

Edelglass, William ; Garfield, Jay (Hrsg.):
Buddhist Philosophy : essential readings / ed. by William Edelglass and Jay Garfield. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - ca. 480 S.
ISBN 978-0-19-532816-5 / 0-19-532816-7
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Beschreibung
The Buddhist philosophical tradition is vast, internally diverse, and comprises texts written in a variety of canonical languages. It is hence often difficult for those with training in Western philosophy who wish to approach this tradition for the first time to know where to start, and difficult for those who wish to introduce and teach courses in Buddhist philosophy to find suitable textbooks that adequately represent the diversity of the tradition, expose students to important primary texts in reliable translations, that contextualize those texts, and that foreground specifically philosophical issues.
   Buddhist Philosophy fills that lacuna. It collects important philosophical texts from each major Buddhist tradition. Each text is translated and introduced by a recognized authority in Buddhist studies. Each introduction sets the text in context and introduces the philosophical issues it addresses and arguments it presents, providing a useful and authoritative guide to reading and to teaching the text. The volume is organized into topical sections that reflect the way that Western philosophers think about the structure of the discipline, and each section is introduced by an essay explaining Buddhist approaches to that subject matter, and the place of the texts collected in that section in the enterprise.
   This volume is an ideal single text for an intermediate or advanced course in Buddhist philosophy, and makes this tradition immediately accessible to the philosopher or student versed in Western philosophy coming to Buddhism for the first time. It is also ideal for the scholar or student of Buddhist studies who is interested specifically in the philosophical dimensions of the Buddhist tradition.

Inhalt
Contributors. xv
Introduction. 3
PART I: METAPHYSICS AND ONTOLOGY. 9
1. Noa Ronkin: Theravāda metaphysics and ontology: Kaccānagotta (Saṃyutta-nikāya) and Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha. 13
2. Jay L. Garfield: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Fundamental Verses of the Middle Way): Chapter 24: Examination of the Four Noble Truths. 26
3. Jay L. Garfield: Vasubandhu's Trisvabhāvanirdeśa (Treatise on the Three Natures). 35
4. James Blumenthal: Śāntarakṣita's "Neither-One-Nor-Many" Argument from The Ornament of the Middle Way (Madhyamakālaṃkāra): A Classical Buddhist Argument on the Ontological Status of Phenomena. 46
5. Matthew Kapstein: Mipam Namgyel: The Lion's Roar Affirming Extrinsic Emptiness. 61
6. Alan Fox: Dushun's Huayan Fajie Guan Men (Meditative Approaches to the Huayan Dharmadhātu). 73
7. Graham Parkes: Dōgen's "Mountains and Waters as Sūtras" (Sansui-kyō). 83
8. Bret Davis: Nishitani Keiji's "The Standpoint of Zen: Directly Pointing to the Mind". 93
PART II: PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE AND HERMENEUTICS. 103
9. Richard Hayes: Sensation, Inference, and Language: Dignāga's Pramāṇasamuccaya. 107
10. David Eckel: Jñānagarbha's Verses on the Distinction Between the Two Truths. 116
11. José Cabezón: Language and the Ultimate: Do Mādhyamikas Make Philosophical Claims? A Selection from Khedrupjey's Great Digest. 126
12. Peter Gregory: Zongmi's Inquiry into the Origin of the Human Condition (Yuanren lun): The Hermeneutics of Doctrinal Classification. 138
13. Steven Heine: Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Fascicles "Kattō" and "Ōsakusendaba". 149
14. Michel Mohr: Beyond Awareness: Tōrei Enji's Understanding of Realization in the Treatise on the Inexhaustible Lamp of Zen, Chapter VI. 159
PART III: EPISTEMOLOGY. 171
15. Peter Harvey: The approach to knowledge and truth in the Theravāda record of the discourses of the Buddha. 175
16. Dan Arnold: Dharmakīrti and Dharmottara on the Intentionality of Perception: Selections from "An Epitome of Philosophy" (Nyāyabindu). 186
17. Brendan Gillon: The Role of Knowledge of Causation in Dharmakīrti's Theory of Inference: The Pramāṇa-vārttika. 197
18. Dan Lusthaus: Yogācāra theories of the components of perception: the Buddhabhūmy-upadeśa. 205
19. Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp: Classification of Non-Authoritative Cognitive Processes (tshad min) in the Ngog and Sakya Traditions. 218
20. Jay L. Garfield: Understanding the Two Truths: Tsongkhapa's Ocean of Reasoning: A Great Commentary on Nāgārjuna's "Mūlamadhyamakakārikā". 224
21. Brook Ziporyn: The Deluded Mind as World and Truth: Epistemological Implications of Tiantai Doctrine and Praxis in Jingxi Zhanran's Jingangpi and Zhiguan yili. 238
22. Bret Davis: The Presencing of Truth: Dogen's Genjōkoan. 251
PART IV: PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND THE PERSON. 261
23. Peter Harvey: Theravāda Philosophy of Mind and the Person: Anatta-lakkhaṇa Sutta, Maha-nidāna Sutta, and Milindapañha. 265
24. Dan Lusthaus: Pudgalavāda Doctrines of the Person. 275
25. James Duerlinger: Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośa: The Critique of the Pudgalavādins' Theory of Persons. 286
26. Charles Goodman: Vasubandhu's Abhidharma-kośa: The Critique of the Soul. 297
27. C.W. Huntington, Jr.: Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya VI.86-97: A Madhyamaka Critique of Vijñānavāda Views of Consciousness. 309
28. Matthew Kapstein: Śāntarakṣita's Tattvasaṃgraha: A Buddhist Critique of the Nyāya View of the Self. 320
29. Hans-Rudolph Kantor: Zhiyi's Great Calming and Contemplation: "Contemplating Mental Activity as the Inconceivable Realm". 334
30. Jin Y. Park: "The Mind is Buddha": Pojo Chinul's Secrets on Cultivating the Mind. 348
31. Gereon Kopf: Nishida's Conception of Person. 358
PART V: ETHICS. 371
32. Peter Harvey: Theravāda Texts on Ethics. 375
33. William Edelglass: The Bodhisattva Path: Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra. 388
34. Gareth Sparham: Asaṅga's Bodhisattvabhūmi: The Morality Chapter. 400
35. Jin Y. Park: Essentials of Observing and Violating Bodhisattva Precepts: Wonhyo's Non-Substantial Mahāyāna Ethics. 409
36. William Edelglass: Thich Nhat Hanh's Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism. 419
37. William Edelglass: Joanna Macy: The Ecological Self. 428
38. Karma Lekshe Tsomo: Buddhist Feminist Reflections. 437
Index. 449

Herausgeber
WILLIAM EDELGLASS is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Marlboro College. Previously he taught at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, India. His research focuses on Buddhist philosophy, environmental philosophy, and twentieth century continental philosophy. Profile page.
JAY GARFIELD is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College. His books include the translations of Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika: The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (OUP, 1995); Tsong khapa's Ocean of Reasoning (OUP, 2002), and Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation (OUP, 2006). Profile page.

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Vom J. Garfield haben wir in Indologica bereits das folgende Werk erfaßt:
[19.06.2006] Tsong kha pa: Ocean of Reasoning