Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Abbreviations xix
7. Early Buddhism
8. Chapter One. Historical Background 3
9. Chapter Two. Epistemology 16
10. Chapter Three. Causality 26
11. Chapter Four. The Three Characteristics of Existence 36
12. Chapter Five. Karma and Rebirth 44
13. Chapter Six. Morality and Ethics 56
14. Chapter Seven. Nirvana 69
15. Later Buddhism
16. Chapter Eight. Beginnings of Scholasticism and Mahāyāna 93
17. Chapter Nine. Scholasticism-Theravāda, Sarvâstivāda, and Sautrāntika 97
18. Chapter Ten. Development of Mahāyāna 112
19. Chapter Eleven. Mādhyamika Transcendentalism 129
20. Chapter Twelve. Yogâcāâra Idealism 142
21. Appendix I. Metaphysics and the Buddha 153
22. Appendix 2. Reflections on the Relation between Early Buddhism and Zen 163
23. Index 179
24. About the Author 189