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Title

The refutation of the self in Indian Buddhism : Candrakīrti on the selflessness of persons / James Duerlinger.

Author

Duerlinger, James

Publication

London : Routledge, 2013.

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Candrakīrti.

Description

xvii, 238 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"Since the Buddha did not fully explain the theory of persons that underlies his teaching, in later centuries a number of different interpretations were developed. This book presents one of these interpretations by the celebrated Indian Buddhist philosopher, Candrakīrti (ca. 570-650 C.E.). Candrakīrti's theory is part of the "Introduction to the Middle Way" ("Madhyamakāvatāra"), which is the central treatise upon which the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) School of Indian Buddhist philosophy was developed. In this book, the text is translated and provided with an introduction and commentary, which offers a careful analysis and historical context on Candrakīrti's account of the selflessness of persons. A philosophical analysis of an ancient Indian philosophical text that is both philologically precise and analytically sophisticated, this book is of interest to scholars of Buddhism generally and Buddhist philosophy"--

Series Statement

Routledge critical studies in Buddhism

Uniform Title

Routledge critical studies in Buddhism.

Subject

• Anātman
• Candrakīrti
• Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
• PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist
• RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist)
• RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780415657495 (hardback)
• 0415657490 (hardback)
• 9780203074718 (ebook)
• 0203074718 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2012026007

OCLC

828883902

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library