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*****{{i|BBA.2.1.1. (A) Discussion of this first general view in the field of material elements|59}} | *****{{i|BBA.2.1.1. (A) Discussion of this first general view in the field of material elements|59}} | ||
BBA.2.1.2. (B) Discussion of this first general view in the field of psychology | *****{{i|BBA.2.1.2. (B) Discussion of this first general view in the field of psychology|60}} | ||
BBA.2.1.3. A substance does not exist ( | *****{{i|BBA.2.1.3. A substance does not exist (Abhidharmakośa III, ad v. 100)|61}} | ||
BBA.2.2. Second general view: The momentariness of all things | *****{{i|BBA.2.2. Second general view: The momentariness of all things|62}} | ||
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BBA.2.2.1. The momentariness of entities ( | ***{{i|BBB. The fundamental concepts|67}} | ||
BBB. The fundamental concepts | ****{{i|BBB.1. The Dogmatics of the Sarvāstivāda|67}} | ||
BBB.1. The Dogmatics of the | *****{{i|BBB.1.1. From the "Treatise on the Five Aggregates" (Pañcaskandhaka)|68}} | ||
BBB.1.1. From the | ****{{i|BBB.2. The Dogmatics of the Sautrāntika|73}} | ||
BBB.2. The Dogmatics of the | *****{{i|BBB.2.1. The seemingly and the truly real (Abhidharmakośa VI, verse 4)|75}} | ||
BBB.2.1. The seemingly and the truly real ( | *****{{i|BBB.2.2. The nature of acquisition (Abhidharmakośa, II, verse 36)|76}} | ||
BBB.2.2. The nature of acquisition ( | ***{{i|BBC. The doctrine of liberation of the Hīnayāna|78}} | ||
BBC. The doctrine of liberation of the | ****{{i|BBC.1. Suppression through knowledge (Abhidharmakośa, I, verse 6)|81}} | ||
BBC.1. Suppression through knowledge ( | ****{{i|BBC.2. Nirvāṇa as non-existence (Abhidharmakośa II, verse 55)|82}} | ||
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BBC.3. From | *{{i|C. The schools of the Mahāyāna|89}} | ||
C. The schools of the | **{{i|CA. Main elements in the development of the Mahāyāna|89}} | ||
CA. Main elements in the development of the | ***{{i|CAA. The new goal of liberation|89}} | ||
CAA. The new goal of liberation | ***{{i|CAB. The philosophical doctrine of a highest being and of the unreality of the phenomenal world|89}} | ||
CAB. The philosophical doctrine of a highest being and of the unreality of the phenomenal | ***{{i|CAC. The new buddhology|90}} | ||
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CAC. The new buddhology | **{{i|CC. The oldest literary documentation of the Mahāyāna|91}} | ||
CB. The beginnings of the | ***{{i|CCA. The Prajñāpāramitā literature and its philosophical doctrines|91}} | ||
CC. The oldest literary documentation of the | ****{{i|CCA.1. Central philosophical thought: the concept of a highest being|92}} | ||
CCA. The | ****{{i|CCA.2. The unreality of the phenomenal world and its relationship to the highest being|93}} | ||
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CCB. From the “Jewel Heap” (RatnakÒ˛a)........................................................................................................102 | CCB. From the “Jewel Heap” (RatnakÒ˛a)........................................................................................................102 | ||
CD. The Madhyamaka school.........................................................................................................................................106 | CD. The Madhyamaka school.........................................................................................................................................106 | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 4 June 2020
The translation of Erich Frauwallner's Die Philosophie des Buddhismus, first published in 1956, opens up a classic introduction to Buddhist thought to a broader English language readership. The book covers the period of early canonical literature with examples of its philosophically relevant ideas, followed by the principal philosophical concepts of systematic Sravakayana Buddhism. In the main part of the book, Frauwallner presents the first survey of the development of the philosophical systems of Mahayana Buddhism. He was well aware of the limitations in presenting only the Buddhist philosophy of the "classical", i.e., the systematic period, and does not seem to have been ready to add the philosophically creative new postsystematic tradition of Buddhist epistemology and logic, a major subject of his subsequent years of research.
Frauwallner's way of translating was straightforward: to remain as close as possible to the original text while presenting it in a clear and readable way in order to convey an accurate impression of its meaning. For technical terms in the source materials he maintained a single translation even when various meanings were suggested. For clarity regarding such variations of meaning he relied on the context and his explanation.
The same approach was taken by the translator of the present book. Although his translation attempts to be faithful to the 1994 edition of Die Philosophie des Buddhismus, he inserted helpful additional headlines into the text and considerably enlarged the index. All other additions by the translator are given within square brackets. Besides this, he created an Appendix, which contains one of Frauwallner's more important articles "Amalavijnana and Alayavijnana" (1951) to complement the long Yogacara section of the book, a bibliography of selective publications after 1969. The URLs for many of the source materials were also conveniently provided. (Source: Motilal Banarsidass)
| Citation | Frauwallner, Erich. The Philosophy of Buddhism (Die Philosophie des Buddhismus). Translated by Gelong Lodrö Sangpo with the assistance of Jigme Sheldrön, under the supervision of Ernst Steinkellner. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2010. Originally published 1956 by Akademie Verlag as Die Philosophie des Buddhismus (Berlin). |
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