Philosophy of Buddhism

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Philosophy of Buddhism
By: Erich Frauwallner. Translated by Gelong Lodrö Sangpo with the assistance of Jigme Sheldron under the supervision of Ernst Steinkellner

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Author: Erich Frauwallner
Translator: Gelong Lodro Sangpo
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9788120834811
Publication Date: 2010

Product Code: 16909

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The translation of Erich Frauwallner's Die Philosophie des Buddhismus, first published in 1956, opens up a classic introduction to Buddhist thought to a broader English language readership. The book covers the period of early canonical literature with examples of its philosophically relevant ideas, followed by the principal philosophical concepts of systematic Śrāvakayāna Buddhism. In the main part of the book, Frauwallner presents the first survey of the development of the philosophical systems of Mahāyāna Buddhism. He was well aware of the limitations in presenting only the Buddhist philosophy of the "classical", i.e., the systematic period, and does not seem to have been ready to add the philosophically creative new postsystematic tradition of Buddhist epistemology and logic, a major subject of his subsequent years of research.
Frauwallner's way of translating was straightforward: to remain as close as possible to the original text while presenting it in a clear and readable way in order to convey an accurate impression of its meaning. For technical terms in the source materials he maintained a single translation even when various meanings were suggested. For clarity regarding such variations of meaning he relied on the context and his explanation.
The same approach was taken by the translator of the present book. Although his translation attempts to be faithful to the 1994 edition of Die Philosophie des Buddhismus, he inserted helpful additional headlines into the text and considerably enlarged the index. All other additions by the translator are given within square brackets. Besides this, he created an Appendix, which contains one of Frauwallner's more important articles "Amalavijñāna and Ālayavijñāna" (1951) to complement the long Yogācāra section of the book, a bibliography of selective publications after 1969. The URLs for many of the source materials were also conveniently provided.

Contents: The Philosophy of Buddhism (Die Philosophie des Buddhismus)

Preface by Ernst Steinkellner viii

Contents (detailed)
xxv

Introduction by Erich Frauwallner
1

A.
The Teaching of the Buddha 9

AA. The Buddha (ca. 560-480 b.c.e.)
11

AB. The proclamation of the Buddha 13

AC. Questions that the Buddha did not answer 21

AD. The tenet of dependent origination 30

B. The Scholasticism (Abhidharma) of the Way of Hearers (Sravakayana) 63

BA. The rise of the Buddhist schools 65

BB. The principal philosophical doctrines of the Sarvastivada 67

C. The Schools of the Great Way (Mahayana) 151

CA. Main elements in the development of the Mahayana 153

CB. The beginnings of the Mahayana 156

CC. The oldest literary documentation of the Mahayana 157

CD. The Madhyamaka school 181

CE. The school of Saramati 271

CF. The Yogacara school 280

Sources and Literature & Supplementary Remarks

Sources and Literature 441

Supplementary Remarks (1969) 458

Appendices

Appendix I: Amalavijnana and Alayavijnana. A Contribution to the Epistemology of Buddhism. (1951) 469

Appendix II: Bibliography of Erich Frauwallner 496

Appendix III: Selected editions (E), translations (T), resources (R) and literature after the third edition (1969) 503

Indices 521

Index
317

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