The Continuity of Madhyamaka and Yogācāra in Indian Mahāyāna BuddhismIn the past European scholars have tended to treat both Madhyamaka and Yog?c?ra as separate and fundamentally opposed trends in Mah?y?na Buddhist thought. Drawing heavily on early textual evidence this work questions the validity of such a "Mah?y?na schools" hypothesis. By down-playing the late commentorial traditions, the author attempts a general reappraisal of the epistemological and ontological writings of Nagarjuna, Asanga and Vasubandhu. He concludes that the overlap in all areas of doctrine is significant, but particularly with respect to the teachings on the levels of truth, the enlightened and unenlightened states, the status of language and the nature of reality. It is hoped that such investigations may provide the basis for a new theory on the proliferation of Indian Mah?y?na Buddhism as an organic process of assimilation to new audiences, and specific contemporary problems, rather than in the more schismatic manner favoured by past researchers. |
Contents
A Preliminary Examination of Madhyamaka Ontology | 7 |
Nāgārjuna and Logic | 25 |
Nāgārjuna and the Continuity of Tradition | 44 |
The Problem of Mahāyāna Schools | 63 |
The Conception of Truth in Early Buddhism | 84 |
The Two Truths and the Three Natures | 102 |
The Nature of Reality | 132 |
The Problem of Idealism | 152 |
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Abhidharmika accomplished nature ālayavijñāna arise Asanga avidyā bhavanga Bhāvaviveka Buddha Buddhist Buddhist path Buddhist thought Buddhist tradition Candrakirti cessation cittamātra commentary concept conditioned consciousness defilements dependent origination devoid dharmas dharmatā dichotomies Dignāga distinction early emptiness sūnyatā enlightened entities evam existence fact formulations Four Noble Truths ibid idam idea ignorance avidyā interpretation jñāna knowledge Lindtner Madhyamaka Madhyamaka and Yogācāra Mahāyāna Mahāyānist Maitreya Maitreya chapter mental mind citta Murti Nāgārjuna nature of things negation Nikāyas nirvāṇa non-existence notion object ontological opponent own-being svabhāva paramartha paratantra parikalpita point of view position prajñā Prajñāpāramitā prajñapti prapañca pratityasamutpāda reality tattva reference Ruegg rūpam samsāra samvṛti Schmithausen scholars seems self-nature sense statement Sthiramati sūtra sutta Tathāgata tattva teaching theory thought construction Tibetan Tripitaka true nature truth doctrine ultimate point ultimate truth understanding unenlightened Vallée Poussin Vasubandhu vijñāna Vijñānavāda vikalpa Vimsatikā xxiv yathā yathābhūtam Yogācāra