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Self, no-self, and salvation : Dharmakirti's critique of the notions of self and person

Title
Self, no-self, and salvation : Dharmakirti's critique of the notions of self and person / Vincent Eltschinger and Isabelle Ratie.
Author
Eltschinger, Vincent.
Publication
Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2013.

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Description
xiii, 382 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
  • Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 75
  • Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse), 0029-8832 ; 837. Bd
Uniform Title
  • Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 75.
  • Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) ; 837. Bd.
Subject
  • Dharmakīrti, active 7th century
  • Self (Philosophy)
  • Personalism
  • Ātman
  • Anātman
  • Salvation > Buddhism
  • Buddhist philosophy
  • Pudgalavādins
  • Nyaya
Note
  • Academy publication.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Dharmakīrti's attitude toward the self. Dharmakīrti's account of the belief in a self as nescience ; The "Speculative" form of the personalistic belief and the function of philosophy -- Dharmakīrti against the pudgala. Two buddhist versions of the self and the person; Introduction; The "Immanence of the absolute, " or the tathāgatagarbha as the true self of living beings; On Pudgalavāda buddhism ; Context and arguments of Dharmakīrti's critique; The immediate context and doctrinal background of PVSV 147,2-148,5; PVSV 147,2-148,5 : annotated translation; On PV 2.202-204 ; Conclusion -- Dharmakīrti against Ātmavādin arguments. Against the so-called vyatirekin; The context of PVSV 12,26-13,11 : a critique of non-perception as a means to establish co-absence (vyatireka); The (kevala)vyatirekihetu and the inference of the self; Dharmakīrti's argument in PVSV 12,26-13,11 : english translation; Explanations (mainly based on PV 4 and PVin 3); Dharmakīrti's argument in PVin 3 and NB 3 ; Against the inferability of the self; The self's imperceptibility and the Ātmavādin's inference of the self from its effects; Dharmakīrti's argument in PVSV 16,8-19 : english translation ; The refutation of the Sāṅkhya's teleological argument for the existence of the self; The Sāṅkhya's teleological argument; The refutation of the argument as proving the contrary of the intended thesis; The refutation of the argument as being useless; Dharmakīrti's critique of the Sāṅkhya's argument in PVSV 16,20-27 : once again on non-perception ; On memory : PV 2.267-269 -- Dharmakīrti against the self as the basis of Brahmanical soteriologies. The doctrines of the self as soteriologies; Sāṅkhya's; Nyāya; Vaiśesịka ; Dharmakīrti's main target : the Nyāya's soteriology ; Translation and commentary of PV 2.220-256 ; Dharmakīrti's main point : detachment presupposes detachment from the self (PV 2.220-225); Cultivating the thought of pain (duhḳhabhāvanā) does not eliminate the notion of belonging to the self (ātmīya) (PV 2.226-228); The criticism of the self's relations with what one ought to be detached from (PV 2.229); The Naiyāyikas' liberated state cannot be desired by those who seek liberation (PV 2.230-235); The criticism of the Naiyāyikas' understanding of duhḳhabhāvanā as a means of liberation (PV 2.236-246); Dharmakīrti's refutation of the Sāṅkhya position (PV 2.247-248); The Naiyāyikas' cultivation of the thought of pain as a misunderstanding of the buddhist path (PV 2.249-254); The inconsistency of the Nyāya's soteriology with its Ātmavāda and the soteriological necessity of selflessness (PV 2.255-256) -- Abbreviations and bibliography.
Call Number
JFE 13-4831
ISBN
  • 9783700173038 (pbk.)
  • 3700173032 (pbk.)
OCLC
830296149
Author
Eltschinger, Vincent.
Title
Self, no-self, and salvation : Dharmakirti's critique of the notions of self and person / Vincent Eltschinger and Isabelle Ratie.
Imprint
Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2013.
Series
Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 75
Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse), 0029-8832 ; 837. Bd
Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 75.
Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) ; 837. Bd.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-4831
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