Text, History, and Philosophy

Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-31666-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 50, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 764 g

Reihe: Brill's Indological Library

Text, History, and Philosophy. Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions discusses Abhidhamma / Abhidharma as a specific exegetical method. In the first part of the volume, the development of the Buddhist argumentative technique is discussed. The second part investigates the importance of the Buddhist rational tradition for the development of Buddhist philosophy. The third part focuses on some peculiar doctrinal issues that resulted from rational Abhidharmic reflections. In this way, an outline of the development of the Abhidharma genre and of Abhidharmic notions and concepts in India, Central Asia, China, and Tibet from the life time of the historical Buddha to the tenth century CE is given.

Contributors are: Johannes Bronkhorst, Lance S. Cousins, Bart Dessein, Tamara Ditrich, Bhikkhu Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti, Dylan Esler, Eric Greene, Goran Kardaš, Jowita Kramer, Chen-kuo Lin, Andrea Schlosser, Ingo Strauch, Weijen Teng and Yao-ming Tsai.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dessein, Bart

Teng, Weijen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Bart Dessein, Ph.D. (1994) is Full Professor at the Department of Chinese Language and Culture of Ghent University, and member of the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies. He has mainly published on Sarvastivada and Mahasamghika history and philosophy.

Weijen Teng, Ph.D. (2011) Harvard University, is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts. His research interests are Chinese Buddhist intellectual history, Sanskrit grammar study in Medieval China and Abhidharma.