The centrality of ethics in buddhism: Exploratory essys/ (Record no. 158284)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9788120832398 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
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| Classification number | 294.3 |
| Item number | PRA/T |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Prasad, Hari Shankar |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The centrality of ethics in buddhism: Exploratory essys/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Hari Shankar Prasad |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Delhi: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Motilall Banarasidass, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 602 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | I<br/>Introduction<br/>1. The Centrality of Ethics in Buddhism<br/>• The Significance of Buddhism<br/>• A Naturalistic View of Man in Buddhism<br/>• Hinduism and Christianity: Two Types of<br/>Divinity-based Morality<br/>• Buddhism on the Purification of Mind<br/>• Nagarjuna on Interpretation, Confrontation, and Resolution<br/>• Buddhism on Scriptural Truth-claims<br/>• A Buddhist Response<br/>• The Buddhist Cosmology, Time, and the Teleology<br/>of Karma<br/>• Background to the Buddhist Cosmology<br/>• The Vedic Nature of Man<br/>• Six Destinies of Sentient Beings<br/>• The Three-World Scheme<br/>II<br/>Background to Buddhism<br/>2. The Vedic-Upanisadic-Hindu System of Values<br/>• The Vedic Notion of Value<br/>• The Upanisadic Notion of Value<br/>• Post-Vedic and Post-Upanisadic Value-systems<br/>• The Hindu Concept of Man and Humanity<br/>• The Value of the Organization of Personal Life (Asrama)<br/>• The Social Organization of Humanity in the Srnrtis<br/>• The Varna Theories<br/>• The Hierarchical Types of Values (Purusartha)<br/>• The Sources of Z)/ia/77ia<br/>3. Classical Indian Ethics: An Appraisal<br/>• The Vedic and Upanisadic Concepts of Ethics<br/>• The Non-Vedic Ethical Ideas<br/>• Six Non-Vedic Teachers and their Ethical Doctrines<br/>• Eclecticism of the Vedic Tradition<br/>• Evaluation of the Indian Ethical Concepts by RP<br/>• Svadharma is not Categorical Imperative<br/>• RP on the Nature of Dliantm<br/>• RP on the Bhciguvadifnd<br/>• Eclecticism of the Bhagcivadgltd<br/>• RP's Analysis of Niskdma-kanna and Bhakti<br/>• RP's Analysis of the Concept of Moksa<br/>• Concluding Remarks<br/>III<br/>Buddhism on Ethics and Karma<br/>4. Buddhist Ethics: Integrating Vertical and<br/>Horizontal Developments<br/>'« General Framework<br/>• A Comprehensive Ethical Programme of Buddhism<br/>• The Highest Human Good<br/>• Moral Rules and Moral Ideals<br/>• Advantages and Disadvantages of Moral Rules<br/>• Caste-Morality vs. Virtue-Morality<br/>• Models of Buddhist Ethics<br/>5. The Buddhist Foundation of Morality<br/>• The Vedic and Upanisadic Notions of Morality<br/>• The Buddhist Notion of Morality and its Critique of<br/>the Vedic and Upani.sadic Ethics<br/>• Concluding Remarks<br/>6. The Buddhist Ethicization of Karma, Saiiisara,<br/>and Rebirth<br/>• General Framework<br/>• Issues involved in the Karma Theory<br/>• The Vedic and the Brahmanic Notions of Karma<br/>• Inadequate Ethical Progress in the Upanisads<br/>• The Buddhist Doctrine of Karma<br/>• Cetand as the Determining Factor of Moral Action<br/>• The Twelve-link Formula: Relating Suffering and<br/>Rebirth to Karma<br/>• Nature of the Karmic Consequences<br/>• Mechanism of the Law of Karma<br/>• Denying Anomalies in the Karmic Retribution<br/>7. Ethical Holism of Emptiness in the Madhyamika<br/>Philosophy<br/>• What is Holism?<br/>• Justification for Ethical Holism<br/>• Holism of the Madhyamika<br/>• Madhyamika Disbelief in Reason and Language<br/>• Buddha's Silence and the Madhyamika Philosophy<br/>• Philosophical Theses of the Madhyamika<br/>• The Madhyamika Priority of Higher Values<br/>IV<br/>Buddhism and Interculturality<br/>8. A Buddhist Model of Interculturality: Cultural<br/>Encounters of Buddhism with Hinduism,<br/>Confucianism, and Taoism<br/>• The Framework of Interculturality<br/>• The Cultural Background to Buddhism: Vedic and<br/>Non-Vedic<br/>• Reasons for the Emergence of the Buddha<br/>• Fruitful Cultural Encounters of the Buddha<br/>• Reasons for the Decline of Buddhism in India<br/>• China Before Buddhism: A Survey<br/>• The Characteristics of Confucianism: A Survey<br/>• The Characteristics of Taoism: A Survey<br/>• Buddhism: Its Doctrines, Problems, and Methods<br/>in China<br/>• Growth, Modification, and Sinicization of Buddhism<br/>in China<br/>• Chinese Buddhism: A Product of Cultural Encounters<br/>• Tien-tai School<br/>• Hua-yen School<br/>• Ch'an School<br/>• Ching-t'u School<br/>Buddhism and the Chinese Rulers; Favour, Disfavour,<br/>and Persecution<br/>• A Viable Framework of Interculturality for Future<br/>Looking for the Post-Modern Ideas in the Buddha<br/>and Nagarjuna<br/>• Preamble<br/>• What is Postmodernity?<br/>• The Postmodern Spirit of the Buddha<br/>• Self-Critical Attitude of the Buddha<br/>• Denial of Eternalism and Fundamental Ontology<br/>• Against Creator God and Teleology<br/>• The Buddha's Method of Dialogue<br/>• Emergence of Madhyamika Nagarjuna<br/>• Nagarjuna's Method<br/>• Concluding Remarks<br/>Buddhism on Knowledge,<br/>Reality, and Self<br/>10. Understanding Buddhist Epistemology<br/>• Development of Buddhist Epistemology<br/>• Theory of Knowledge in Diiinaga School<br/>• The Defining Characteristic of Knowledge<br/>• Ascertainment of the Truth of Knowledge<br/>• The Theory of Twofold Appearances<br/>• Self-Cognition and the Truth of Knowledge<br/>• Knowledge is 'Justified True Belief<br/>• Is Knowledge an Activity or a Product?<br/>11. A Buddhist Face of Constructive Realism<br/>• What is Constructive Realism?<br/>• Mind s Creative Role in Cognition<br/>• Analysis of Various Cognitive Situations<br/>• The Buddhist Theses of Constructive Realism<br/>• Concluding Remarks<br/>12. Dreamless Sleep in Vedanta: A Buddhist Critique<br/>• The Vedantic Way of Thinking<br/>• Analysis of the Susupti-related Statements<br/>• Analysis of the Advaita Theses<br/>• The Unanswered Questions.<br/>• Buddhist Critique of the Sou! Theory<br/>• Concluding Remarks<br/>VI<br/>Buddhism and Perspectives on Time<br/>13. A Critique of the Samskrtalaksanas as the<br/>Principle of Change and Temporality<br/>• The Samskrtalaksanas as the Principle of Change<br/>• The Sautrantika Criticism of the Samskrtalaksanas<br/>• The Madhyamika Criticism of the Samskrtalaksanas<br/>14. Buddhism and Leibniz on Time: An Intercultural<br/>Study<br/>• Introduction<br/>• The Buddhist Presuppositions and Theses<br/>• The Buddhist Statements and Arguments regarding<br/>Time and Temporality<br/>• Leibniz's Metaphysical Presuppositions and Theses<br/>• Statements and Arguments regarding Time in Leibniz<br/>• Concluding Remarks<br/>15. Newton and Leibniz on Time: A Controversy between<br/>Absolutism and Relationism<br/>• Newton's Theory of Absolute Time<br/>• Space and Time as Affections of Existing Things<br/>• Leibniz's Theory of Ideal Space and Time<br/>• Acquition of the Ideas of Space and Time<br/>• The Fundamental Difference between Space and Time<br/>• The Two Great Principles of Leibniz<br/>• Concluding Remarks<br/>16. The Problem of Time in Indian Philosophy<br/>• Myths and Images of Time<br/>• Unreality of Time in Post-Vedic Period<br/>• Subjectivity of Time, Change, and Causality<br/>• Time and Duration<br/>• Duration of Specious Present |
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| Keyword | Buddhist ethics. |
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| Keyword | Buddhist philosophy. |
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| Keyword | Hindu philosophy. |
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