1st Edition
Indian Buddhist Studies on Non-Buddhist Theories of a Self The Studies of Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla on the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika, Mīmāṃsā, Sāṃkhya, Jain, Vedānta and Vātsīputrīya Theories of a Self
By James Duerlinger
Copyright 2023
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book addresses prominent views on the nature of the self in Indian philosophical traditions and presents Buddhist critiques of those conceptions through the translation and commentary on Śāntarakṣita’s chapter in the Tattvasaṃgraha on theories of a self and Kamala-śīla’s commentary on it in his Tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā.
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Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction to the Translation; Chapter Two: Translation and Commentary; Bibliography
Biography
James P. Duerlinger is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa, USA. He is the author of Indian Buddhist Theories of Persons: Vasubandhu's "Refutation of the Theory of a Self" (2003) and Refutation of the Self in Indian Buddhism: Candrakīrti on the Selflessness of Persons (2012), also published by Routledge.
