Ebook: A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy

A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy.

Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy available, covering social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility to instructors in creating a syllabus Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives on topics to those available in Western traditions Content:

Chapter 1 The Philosophical Context of Gotama's Thought (pages 11–25): Stephen J. Laumakis
Chapter 2 Dukkha, Non?Self, and the Teaching on the Four “Noble Truths”1 (pages 26–45): Peter Harvey
Chapter 3 The Conditioned Co?arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives1 (pages 46–68): Peter Harvey
Chapter 4 Theravada (pages 69–85): Andrew Skilton
Chapter 5 Indian Mahayana Buddhism (pages 86–98): James Blumenthal
Chapter 6 Tibetan Mahayana and Vajrayana (pages 99–109): Douglas Duckworth
Chapter 7 East Asian Buddhism (pages 110–125): Ronald S. Green
Chapter 8 Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought (pages 127–150): Jan Westerhoff
Chapter 9 Emptiness in Mahayana Buddhism (pages 151–163): David Burton
Chapter 10 Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Madhyamaka in the Kalacakra Tantric Tradition (pages 164–179): Vesna A. Wallace
Chapter 11 The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality (pages 180–189): Alan Fox
Chapter 12 Forms of Emptiness in Zen (pages 190–213): Bret W. Davis
Chapter 13 Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism (pages 214–222): Graham Priest
Chapter 14 A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology (pages 223–240): John J. Holder
Chapter 15 Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology (pages 241–255): Christian Coseru
Chapter 16 The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism (pages 256–269): Brook Ziporyn
Chapter 17 “Spiritual Exercise” and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet (pages 270–289): Matthew T. Kapstein
Chapter 18 Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment (pages 290–306): Tom J. F. Tillemans
Chapter 19 Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought (pages 307–319): Brendan S. Gillon
Chapter 20 Buddhist Philosophy of Logic1 (pages 320–330): Koji Tanaka
Chapter 21 Candrakirti on the Limits of Language and Logic (pages 331–348): Karen C. Lang
Chapter 22 On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking (pages 349–365): Steven Heine
Chapter 23 The Voice of Another (pages 366–376): Richard F. Nance
Chapter 24 Mind in Theravada Buddhism (pages 377–394): Maria Heim
Chapter 25 Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism (pages 395–404): Richard P. Hayes
Chapter 26 Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism (pages 405–418): Jonathan Stoltz
Chapter 27 The Non?Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind (pages 419–428): Joerg Tuske
Chapter 28 Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism (pages 429–451): Christopher W. Gowans
Chapter 29 Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas (pages 452–465): Sarah Shaw
Chapter 30 Compassion and the Ethics of Violence (pages 466–475): Stephen Jenkins
Chapter 31 Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy (pages 476–490): William Edelglass
Chapter 32 The Enlightened Sovereign (pages 491–511): Georgios T. Halkias
Chapter 33 Political Interpretations of the Lotus Sutra (pages 512–523): James Mark Shields
Chapter 34 Socially Engaged Buddhism (pages 524–535): Christopher S. Queen
Chapter 35 Comparative Refl ections on Buddhist Political Thought (pages 536–551): David Cummiskey
Chapter 36 Buddhist Meditation (pages 553–571): Charles Goodman
Chapter 37 Seeing Mind, Being Body (pages 572–584): Anne Carolyn Klein
Chapter 38 From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness (pages 585–597): Jake H. Davis and Evan Thompson
Chapter 39 Buddhism and Environmental Ethics (pages 599–612): Simon P. James
Chapter 40 Buddhism and Biomedical Issues (pages 613–630): Damien Keown
Chapter 41 War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy (pages 631–650): Sallie B. King
Chapter 42 Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights (pages 651–662): Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Chapter 43 Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues (pages 663–674): Rita M. Gross
Chapter 44 Diversity Matters (pages 675–692): Peter D. Hershock