ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1962.

This book discusses and interprets the main themes of Buddhist thought in India and is divided into three parts:

  1. Archaic Buddhism: Tacit assumptions, the problem of "original Buddhism", the three marks and the perverted views, the five cardinal virtues, the cultivation of the social emotions, Dharma and dharmas, Skandhas, sense-fields and elements.
  2. The Sthaviras: the eighteen schools, doctrinal disputes, the unconditioned and the process of salvation, some Abhidharma problems.
  3. The Mahayana: doctrines common to all Mahayanists, the Madhyamikas, the Yogacarins, Buddhist logic, the Tantras.

 

 

 

part 1|102 pages

Archaic Buddhism

chapter 1|14 pages

Tacit Assumptions

chapter 2|3 pages

The Problem Of ‘Original Buddhism'

chapter 3|13 pages

The Three Marks and the Perverted Views

chapter 4|9 pages

The Five Cardinal Virtues

chapter 5|24 pages

The Final Stages of Deliverance

chapter 6|12 pages

The Cultivation of the Social Emotions

chapter 7|15 pages

Dharma and Dharmas

chapter 8|10 pages

Skandhas, Sense-Fields and Elements

part 2|75 pages

The Sthaviras

chapter 9|2 pages

The Division Into Eighteen Schools

chapter 10|38 pages

Doctrinal Disputes

chapter 12|14 pages

Some Abhidarma Problems

part 3|82 pages

The Mahayana

chapter 13|43 pages

Doctrines Common to All Mahāyāna

chapter 14|12 pages

The Mādhyamikas

chapter 15|11 pages

The Yogacarins

chapter 16|9 pages

Buddhist Logic

chapter 17|5 pages

The Tantras