Wisdom, Compassion, and the Search for Understanding. The Buddhist Studies Legacy of Gadjin M. Nagao.

Silk, Jonathan A. (Ed.).

ISBN 10: 082482086X / ISBN 13: 9780824820862

Published by Honolulu, Univ. of Hawai'i Press., 2000

About this Item

4°. 420 S. Ln 2.

Seller Inventory # 72371BB

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wisdom, Compassion, and the Search for Understanding. The Buddhist Studies Legacy of Gadjin M. Nagao.
• Publisher: Honolulu, Univ. of Hawai'i Press.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082482086X
• ISBN 13: 9780824820862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Indologie

About this title

Synopsis

The field of Buddhist studies is a truly international and interdisciplinary one. By its nature, the study of Buddhism must take into account phenomena that cross national and cultural boundaries, as well as the more artificual boundaries of modern academic fields. This volume presents eighteen studies, the subjects of which range over India, Tibet, China, and Japan, and deal with an even broader range of subjects. It includes many essays on Buddhist philosophy, a number of which deal with the Madhyamaka tradition of Nagarjuna and his successors, while others examine the Yogacara tradition of Asanga, Vasubandhu, and their succcessors. These essays investigate areas of doctrinal interest such as the so-called "Two Truth" theory and the doctrine of the equivalence of nirvana and samsara, as well as such topics as the nature and practice of compassion and Indian Buddhist cosmology.

About the Author

Jonathan Silk is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University.