CHAPTER XIV Abhidhamma

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. INTRODUCTION IX
4. ABBREVIATIONS XV
5. PART ONE. EARLY BUDDHISM
6. CHAPTER I Indian Philosophy and the Search for Ultimate Objectivity 1
7. CHAPTER II Life of the Buddha 22
8. CHAPTER III Knowledge and Understanding 30
9. CHAPTER IV Experience and Theory (Paṭiccasamuppanna and Paṭiccasamuppāda) 53
10. CHAPTER V Language and Communication 60
11. CHAPTER VI The Human Personality 68
12. CHAPTER VII The Object 78
13. CHAPTER VIII The Problem of Suffering 85
14. CHAPTER IX Freedom and Happiness 90
15. CHAPTER X The Moral Life 101
16. CHAPTER XI Popular Religious Thought 110
17. PART TWO CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES
18. CHAPTER XII The Emergence of Absolutism 119
19. CHAPTER XIII Moggalīputta-tissa and the Kathāavatthu 132
20. CHAPTER XIV Abhidhamma 144
21. CHAPTER XV The Perfection of Wisdom in the Vajracchedikā 153
22. CHAPTER XVI Nāgārjuna and the Mūamadhyamakakārikā 160
23. CHAPTER XVII The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra and Conceptual Absolutism 170
24. CHAPTER XVIII The Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra and the Great Emptiness (Mahā-ṥūnyatā) 176
25. CHAPTER XIX Vasubandhu and the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi 184
26. CHAPTER XX Dignāga's Epistemology and Logic 194
27. CHAPTER XXI Buddhaghosa, the Harmonizer 206
28. CHAPTER XXII Tantras and Partitas: The Voiceful Tradition 217
29. CHAPTER XXIII Silent Meditation and Ch'an (Zen): The Voiceless Tradition 228
30. EPILOGUE: PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY 237
31. APPENDIX HISTORY OF THE LAṄKĀVATĀRA 241
32. NOTES 247
33. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 269
34. INDEX 283