Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Metaphysics and Ontology
1. Theravada Metaphysics and Ontology: Kaccanagotta
(Samyutta-nikaya) and Abhidhammatthasangaha Noa Ronkin
2. Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika (Fundamental Verses of the
Middle Way): Chapter XXIV: Examination of the Four Noble Truths ,
Jay L. Garfield
3. Vasubandhu's Trisvabhavanirdenulla (Treatise on the Three
Natures) , Jay L. Garfield
4. Santaraksita's "Neither-One-Nor-Many" Argument from The Ornament
of the Middle Way (Madhyamakalamkara): A Classical Buddhist
Argument on the Ontological Status of Phenomena , James
Blumenthal
5. Mipam Namgyel: The Lion's Roar Affirming Extrinsic Emptiness ,
Matthew Kapstein
6. Dushun's Huayan Fajie Guan Men (Meditative Approaches to the
Huayan Dharmadhatu) , Alan Fox
7. Dogen's "Mountains and Waters as Sutras" (Sansui-kyo) , Graham
Parkes
8. Nishitani Keiji's "The Standpoint of Zen: Directly Pointing to
the Mind" , Bret Davis
Part II: Philosophy of Language and Hermeneutics
9. Sensation, Inference, and Language: Dignaga's Pramanasamuccaya ,
Richard Hayes
10. Jn?nagarbha's Verses on the Distinction Between the Two Truths
, David Eckel
11. Language and the Ultimate: Do Madhyamikas Make Philosophical
Claims? A Selection from Khedrupjey's Great Digest , José
Cabezón
12. Zongmi's Inquiry into the Origin of the Human Condition
(Yuanren lun): The Hermeneutics of Doctrinal Classification , Peter
Gregory
13. Dogen's Shobogenzo Fascicles "Katto" and "Osakusendaba" ,
Steven Heine
14. Beyond Awareness: T?rei Enji's Understanding of Realization in
the Treatise on the Inexhaustible Lamp of Zen, Chapter VI , Michel
Mohr
Part III: Epistemology
15. The approach to knowledge and truth in the Theravada record of
the discourses of the Buddha , Peter Harvey
16. Dharmakirti and Dharmottara on the Intentionality of
Perception: Selections from "An Epitome of Philosophy" (Nyayabindu)
, Dan Arnold
17. The Role of Knowledge of Causation in Dharmakirti's Theory of
Inference: The Pramana-varttika , Brendan Gillon
18. Yogacara Theories of the Components of Perception: The
Buddhabhumy-upadenulla , Dan Lusthaus
19. Classification of Non-Authoritative Cognitive Processes (tshad
min) in the Ngog and Sakya Traditions , Leonard W.J. van der
Kuijp
20. Understanding the Two Truths: Tsongkhapa's Ocean of Reasoning:
A Great Commentary on Nagarjuna's "Mulamadhyamakakarika" , Jay L.
Garfield
21. The Deluded Mind as World and Truth: Epistemological
Implications of Tiantai Doctrine and Praxis in Jingxi Zhanran's
Jingangpi and Zhiguan yili , Brook Ziporyn
22. The Presencing of Truth: Dogen's Genjokoan , Bret Davis
Part IV: Philosophy of Mind and the Person
23. Theravada Philosophy of Mind and the Person: Anatta-lakkhana
Sutta, Maha-nidana Sutta, and Milindapa nha , Peter Harvey
24. Pudgalavada Doctrines of the Person , Dan Lusthaus
25. Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakonulla: The Critique of the
Pudgalavadins' Theory of Persons , James Duerlinger
26. Vasubandhu's Abhidharma-ko?a: The Critique of the Soul ,
Charles Goodman
27. Candrakirti's Madhyamakavatarabhasya VI.86-97: A Madhyamaka
Critique of Vijñanavada Views of Consciousness , C.W. Huntington,
Jr.
28. nullantaraksita's Tattvasamgraha: A Buddhist Critique of the
Nyaya View of the Self , Matthew Kapstein
29. Zhiyi's Great Calming and Contemplation: "Contemplating Mental
Activity as the Inconceivable Realm" , Hans-Rudolph Kantor
30. "The Mind is Buddha": Pojo Chinul's Secrets on Cultivating the
Mind , Jin Y. Park
31. Nishida's Conception of Person , Gereon Kopf
Part V: Ethics
32. Theravada Texts on Ethics, Peter Harvey
33. The Bodhisattva Path: nullantideva's Bodhicaryavatara , William
Edelglass
34. Asanga's Bodhisattvabhumi: The Morality Chapter , Gareth
Sparham
35. Essentials of Observing and Violating Bodhisattva Precepts:
Wonhyo's Non-Substantial Mahayana Ethics , Jin Y. Park
36. Thich Nhat Hanh's Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged
Buddhism , William Edelglass
37. Joanna Macy: The Ecological Self , William Edelglass
38. Buddhist Feminist Reflections , Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Contributors
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.
Jay Garfield is Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple rofessor of
Humanities at Yale-NUS 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).
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