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Fragments from Dinnaga

Author : Herbert Nial Randle
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120829800
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Fragments from Dinnaga written by Herbert Nial Randle and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1981 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treatise, originally written as part of a study of logic in the Early Schools, contains seventeen fragments attributed to Dinnaga by Vacaspati Misra as also confirmed by the Tibetan version of the Pramana-samuccaya, the authorship of which is also attributed to Dinnaga. The fragments constitute the Sanskrit text transliterated in Roman script, translated and annotated into English. The text deals with the various topics of logic such as Perception, Inference, Valid Testimony, Analogy, Apoha etc. The book covers two appendices: (1) Dinnaga and Prasastapada. (2) Summary of Buddhist logical doctrine. It is documented with Preface, Bibliography, Abbreviations and Index.

Dignaga on the Interpretation of Signs

Author : R.P. Hayes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400928998
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Dignaga on the Interpretation of Signs written by R.P. Hayes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhist philosophy in India in the early sixth century C. E. took an important tum away from the traditional methods of explaining and systematizing the teachings in Siitra literature that were attributed to the Buddha. The new direction in which several Indian Buddhist philosophers began to move was that of following reasoning to its natural conclusions, regardless whether the conclusions conflicted with traditional teachings. The central figure in this new movement was DiIinaga, a native of South India who found his way to the centre of Buddhist education at Nalanda, studied the treatises that were learned by the Buddhist intellectuals of his day, and eventually wrote works of his own that formed the core of a distinctly new school of Buddhist thought. Inasmuch as virtually every Indian philosopher after the sixth century had either to reject Dirinaga's methods or build upon the foundations provided by his investigations into logic, epistemology and language, his influence on the evolution of Indian philosophy was considerable, and indeed some familiarity with Dirinaga's arguments and conclusions is indispensable for anyone who wishes to understand the historical development of Indian thought. Moreover, since the approach to Buddhism that grew out of Dirinaga's meditations on language and the limits of knowledge dominated the minds of many of the scholars who took Buddhism to Tibet, some familiarity with Dirinaga is also essential to those who wish to understand the intellectual infrastructure of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and practice.

Holy People of the World [3 volumes]

Author : Phyllis G. Jestice
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851096493
Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Holy People of the World [3 volumes] by : Phyllis G. Jestice

Download or read book Holy People of the World [3 volumes] written by Phyllis G. Jestice and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cross-cultural encyclopedia of the most significant holy people in history, examining why people in a wide range of religious traditions throughout the world have been regarded as divinely inspired. The first reference on the subject to span all the world's major religions, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia examines the impact of individuals who, through personal charisma and inspirational deeds, served both as glorious examples of human potential and as envoys for the divine. Holy People of the World contains nearly 1,100 biographical sketches of venerated men and women. Written by religious studies experts and historians, each article focuses on the basic question: How did this person come to be regarded as holy? In addition, the encyclopedia features 20 survey articles on views of holy people in the major religious traditions such as Islam, Buddhism, and African religions, as well as 64 comparative articles on aspects of holiness and veneration across cultures such as awakening and conversion experiences, heredity, gender, asceticism, and persecution. Whether exploring by religion, culture, or historic period, this extensively cross-referenced resource offers a wealth of insights into one of the most revealing—and least explored—common denominators of spiritual traditions.

Logic, Language and Reality

Author : Bimal Krishna Matilal
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 13 : 8120800087
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis Logic, Language and Reality by : Bimal Krishna Matilal

Download or read book Logic, Language and Reality written by Bimal Krishna Matilal and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word 'philosophy' as well as the conjuring expression 'Indian philosophy' has meant different things to different people-endeavours and activities, old and new, grave and frivolous, edifying and banal, esoteric and exoteric. In this book, the author has chosen deliberately a very dominant trend of the classical (Sanskrit) philosophical literature as his subject of study. The age of the material used here demands both philological scholarship and philosophical amplification. Classical pramanasastras usually deal with the theory of knowledge, the nature of inference and language, and the related questions of ontology and semantics. Several important concepts and theories have been singled out for critical analysis and clarification in modern terms so that the results may be intelligible to modern students of both Sanskrit and philosophy. It is hoped that such an attempt will kindle the enthusiasm of young scholars in the field and inspire them to proceed in this comparatively new area of research and explore further and more interesting possibilities.

Bhartṛhari and the Buddhists

Author : Radhika Herzberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940094666X
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Bhartṛhari and the Buddhists written by Radhika Herzberger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Viikyapadiya of Bhartrhari and the Pramii1Jasamuccaya of Dignaga • are seminal texts in the history of ancient Indian philosophy. One text deals with grammar, the other with logic, both are the work of committed metaphysicians. Written within a span of less than a hundred years, between the fifth and the sixth centuries A.D., these texts have generally been treated separately, as representing independent schools of thought. This essay attempts to interpret these texts jointly, as a dialogue between a grammarian and a logician. This way of approaching these texts highlights unexpected facets of Bhartrhari's and Dignaga's theories of language and is intended to identify the individual achievements of each. Above all, this treatment is an exercise in writing the intellectual history of a period in time, rather than a history of a school of philosophy. The prevailing view of Bhartrhari holds that his linguistic techniques are not intrinsic to his metaphysics. The conclusions reached in the present essay are that Bhartrhari's metaphysics underlie his linguistic techniques and articulate their presuppositions. The prevailing view of Dignaga maintains that for him language deals with illusory entities and must falsify what is real. The conclusions reached in the present essay are that Dignaga's logical rules are designed to ensure that in using language one is not committed to a belief in fictional entities. My debt to modern scholarship in the field is considerable.

Dignaga's Investigation of the Percept

Author : Douglas Duckworth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190623713
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Dignaga's Investigation of the Percept written by Douglas Duckworth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a short work of only eight verses and a three-page autocommentary, the Investigation of the Percept has inspired epistemologists for centuries and has had a wide-ranging impact in India, Tibet, and China. Dignaga, one of the major figures in Buddhist epistemology, explores issues such as the relation between the mind and its percepts, the problems of idealism and realism, and the nature of intentionality in this brief but profound text. This volume provides a comprehensive history of the text in India and Tibet from 5th century India to the present day. This team of philologists, historians of religion and philosophers who specialize in Tibetan, Sanskrit and Chinese philosophical literature has produced the first study of the text and its entire commentarial tradition. Their approach makes it possible to employ the methods of critical philology and cross-cultural philosophy to provide readers with a rich collection of studies and translations, along with detailed philosophical analyses that open up the intriguing implications of Dign=aga's thought and demonstrate the diversity of commentarial approaches to his text. The comprehensive nature of the work reveals the richness of commentary in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism and shows surprising parallels between the modern West and traditional Buddhist philosophy.

Gautama

Author : N.S. Junankar
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 13 : 8120808967
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis Gautama by : N.S. Junankar

Download or read book Gautama written by N.S. Junankar and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of the Nyaya Philosophy as propounded by Gautama and explained by Vatsyayana and Uddyotakara, the author has examined the empirical foundations of its theory of cognition and proof and the validity of the conclusions based on them. The analysis reveals that the Nyaya theory does not warrant the nature, career and destiny of the self (atman). The conceptual framework rests upon the questionable assumption that not only is the experience of the expert (apta) incorrigible but his communication of that experience is authentic. The framework can only be understood in its social context. The author maintains that Indian religious and philosophical thought must be judged not only in the light of criteria generally accepted in these fields but also in the broad perspective of the social and intellectual background of the thinkers usually regarded as rsis beyond the pale of society. The study is both a challenge to the traditional presentation of the Indian cultural heritage and a constructive hypothesis for further research and reappraisal on new lines.

The Yogācāra Idealism

Author : Ashok Kumar Chatterjee
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120803152
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Yogācāra Idealism written by Ashok Kumar Chatterjee and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yogacana-Vijnanavada Idealism was the last great creative synthesis of Buddhism and its position in that tradition is comparable to that of the Advaita Vedanta. In this present book the author deals with the Yogacara-Vijnanavada in all its aspects and bearings, historically, analytically and comparatively. The first two chapters show, with great clarity and sufficient detail, the origin and development of the Yogacara idealism as an outcome of those fruitful and dynamic ideas associated with the previous schools of Buddhism, especially with the Sautrantika and the Madhyamika. The originality of the Yogacara synthesis of Buddhist teachings has been clearly brought out, and the individual contributions made by the philosophers of this school, such as Asanga, Vasubandhu, Sthiramati, Dignaga, Dharmakirti and Santaraksita, have received adequate attention. The subsequent chapters, which form the core of the work, represent a constructive and critical exposition of the Yogacara metaphysics, its idealism and absolutism as well as its spiritual discipline. This reprint after a lapse of ten years fills the need of the researchers.

A Course in Indian Philosophy

Author : A. K. Warder
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120812444
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (124 download)

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Book Synopsis A Course in Indian Philosophy by : A. K. Warder

Download or read book A Course in Indian Philosophy written by A. K. Warder and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume appears to be the first general introduction, for English-reading students, to that which, in Indian tradition, corresponds to 'philosophy' in British and probably in most other English-speaking universities. It shows how Indian philosophers have posed such questioins as whether we can be sure we 'know' anything, whether words 'mean' anything, whether it is possible to generalise from observed regularities in nature and whether there is anything in nature, or in 'reality', corresponding to our concept of a 'class'. It traces the sustained and rigorous analysis of such philosophical problems through many centuries, indicating in outline the interrelationships of ideas and 'schools' and development of the theory of knowledge, formal logic and other analytical investigations. The closely related development of science in India is also indicated. This does not imply that Indian philosophy is the same as 'Western' philosophy or part of it, which would make it redundant and uninteresting. It is interesting in that it discusses similar philosophical problems in different ways, as philosophers elsewhere have. But there is the problem of translation, obvious in most books on Indian tradition, especially if we compare any two of them. This Course is based only on original Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit sources translated by the author.

The Buddhist Theory of Self-Cognition

Author : Zhihua Yao
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1134287461
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book The Buddhist Theory of Self-Cognition written by Zhihua Yao and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly original work explores the concept of self-awareness or self-consciousness in Buddhist thought. Its central thesis is that the Buddhist theory of self-cognition originated in a soteriological discussion of omniscience among the Mahasamghikas, and then evolved into a topic of epistemological inquiry among the Yogacarins. To illustrate this central theme, this book explores a large body of primary sources in Chinese, Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan, most of which are presented to an English readership for the first time. It makes available important resources for the study of the Buddhist philosophy of mind.

Philosophy in Classical India

Author : Jonardon Ganeri
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134551649
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy in Classical India written by Jonardon Ganeri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original work focuses on the rational principles of Indian philosophical theory, rather than the mysticism more usually associated with it. Ganeri explores the philosophical projects of a number of major Indian philosophers and looks into the methods of rational inquiry deployed within these projects. In so doing, he illuminates a network of mutual reference, criticism, influence and response, in which reason is used to call itself into question. This fresh perspective on classical Indian thought unravels new philosophical paradigms, and points towards new applications for the concept of reason.

Dignāga, on Perception

Author : Dignāga
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies

Author : International Association of Buddhist Studies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies written by International Association of Buddhist Studies and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy

Author : John D. Dunne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 086171184X
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy written by John D. Dunne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dharmakirti is a central figure in the history of Buddhist philosophy.

Perception, Knowledge and Disbelief

Author : Eli Franco
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120811195
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Perception, Knowledge and Disbelief written by Eli Franco and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tattvapaplavasimha is a philosophical text unique of its kind it is the only text of the Carvaka Lokayata school which has survived and the only Sanskrit work in which full-fledged scepticism is propounded. Notwithstanding that it has been hitherto almost completely ignored. The present book consists of an introduction detailed analysis edition translation with extensive notes of the first half of the text. In the introduction Jayarasi`s affiliation to the Lokayata school is reassessed and his place in the historical development of Indian Philosophy evaluated. New evidence for the dating of Jayarasi is examined and a new dating is suggested.

The Philosophical Quarterly

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophical Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Crossing the Stream, Leaving the Cave

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019888088X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Stream, Leaving the Cave written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing the Stream, Leaving the Cave brings philosophers from two of the world's great philosophical traditions--Platonic and Indian Buddhist--into joint inquiry on topics in metaphysics, epistemology, mind, language, and ethics. An international team of scholars address selected questions of mutual concern to Buddhist and Platonist: How can knowledge of reality transform us? Will such transformation leave us speechless, or disinterested in the world around us? What is cause? What is self-knowledge? And how can dreams shed light on waking cognition? What do the paradoxes thrown up by abstract thought about fundamental notions such as being and unity reveal? Is it possible to attain unity in ourselves, and should we even try? Would doing so make us happy--and is such happiness consistent with both contemplation of reality and action in the world? With close readings of texts by Buddhaghosa, Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, Bhaviveka, Santideva; by Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry, Olympiodorus, and Damascius (among others), these studies consider not just the different answers Buddhists and Platonists might give to these questions, but also the criticisms they might bring to each other's positions, the sort of arguments they use, and the use they put these arguments to. Bringing Platonic and the Buddhist perspectives jointly to bear creates a cosmopolitan philosophical exchange which yields greater conceptual clarity on the questions and the terms in which they are cast, reveals unnoticed conceptual connections, and opens up new possibilities for addressing central philosophical concerns.