Empty Words Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation

Name: Empty Words Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation
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ISBN: 9780195146721

ISBN-10: 0195146727

ISBN-13: 9780195146721

Edition: 2001

Authors: Jay L. Garfield

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The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (Mulamadhyamakakarika), a second-century philosophical text by the Buddhist saint Nagarjuna, is the foundational text of Mahayana, the Buddhist school that predominates in Tibet, China, Mongolia, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Nagarjuna is the founder of the Madhyamaka, or Middle Path, school of Mahayana. Jay Garfield's magisterial translation (with commentary) of this seminal text (OUP, 1995) has established itself as the definitive edition in the English language. Empty Words is intended as a companion to Garfield's translation to The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, providing additional background, argument and context. It considers the work of…

Book details

List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/6/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Madhyamaka



Skepticism East and West



Why Did N&amacr;g&amacr;rjuna Start with Causation?



Do the M&amacr;dhyamika Relinquish All Views?



Implications Sacred and Profane



N&amacr;g&amacr;rjuna and the Limits of Thought



Yog&amacr;c&amacr;ra



Comments Concerning Cittam&amacr;tra Conceptual Categories



A Translation and Commentary



A Cittam&amacr;tra Reading of Berkeley, Kant, and Schopenhauer



Ineffability and the Limits of Language in Madhyamaka and Yog&amacr;c&amacr;ra



Ethics and Hermeneutics



Toward a Unified Moral Framework



Buddhism and Democracy



Samdhongrinpoche's Approach to Nonviolence



Snapshots from a Philosopher's Travel Album



Philosophy, Religion, and the Hermeneutic Imperative


Notes


References


Index