David J. Kalupahana (1936–2014)
Författare till Buddhist Philosophy: A Historical Analysis
Verk av David J. Kalupahana
Associerade verk
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika (1993) — Översättare, vissa utgåvor — 553 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1936
- Avled
- 2014-01-15
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Sri Lanka
USA - Dödsort
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
- Utbildning
- University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (BA)
University of London (Ph.D.)
University of Peradeniya (D. Lit) - Yrken
- professor emeritus
- Relationer
- Kalupahana, Indrani (wife)
- Organisationer
- University of Hawaii
University of Ceylon - Kort biografi
- Sri Lankan scholar of epistemology, theory of language, and Buddhist philosophical texts.
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Statistik
- Verk
- 15
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 312
- Popularitet
- #75,595
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 2
- ISBN
- 38
- Språk
- 1
Part one: early Buddhism
Indian philosophy and the search for ultimate objectivity
Life of the Buddha
Knowledge and understanding
Experience and theory
Language and communication
The human personality
The object
The problem of suffering
Freedom and happiness
The moral life
Popular religious thought
Part two: continuities and discontinuities
The emergence of absolutism
Moggaliputta-tissa and the Kathavattu
Abhidamma
The perfection of wisdom in the Vajracchedika
Nagarjuna and the Mulamadhyamakakarika
The saddharmapundarika-sutra and conceptual absolutism
The Lankavatara-sutra and the great emptiness (maha-sanyata)
Vasubandhu and the Vijnaptimatratasiddhi
Dignaga’s epistemology and logic
Buddhadosa the harmonizer
Tantras and parittas: the voiceful tradition
Silent meditation and Ch’an (Zen)
The voiceless tradition
Epilogue: philosophy and history
Appendix: history of the Lankavatara… (mer)