ABSTRACT
The present chapter discusses different views of time and temporality within Buddhism as found in various sets of literature, namely, Sutta, Theravāda, Sarvāstivāda, Sautrāntika, Mādhyamika, Yogācāra–Vijñānavāda, and Jātaka, all within the framework of process philosophy, doctrine of dynamic and non-substantial reality, phenomenological understanding of mind, and equating ethics with nirvāṇa for the end of suffering. Buddhism in general denies substantial time, but accepts temporality as the very nature of a dynamic reality – mental or material. It also dwells upon the notions of atomic temporality, extended temporality, and transcendental atemporality.
