To see the Buddha : a philosopher's quest for the meaning of emptiness
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To see the Buddha : a philosopher's quest for the meaning of emptiness
（Princeton paperbacks）
Princeton University Press, 1994, c1992
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Originally published: San Francisco : Harper SanFrancisco, c1992
Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-258) and index
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Description
Malcolm David Eckel takes us on a contemporary quest to discover the essential meaning behind the Buddha's many representations. Eckel's bold thesis proposes that the proper understanding of Buddhist philosophy must be thoroughly religious--an understanding revealed in Eckel's new translation of the philospher Bhavaviveka's major work, The Flame of Reason. Eckel shows that the dimensions of early Indian Buddhism--popular art, conventional piety, and critical philosophy--all work together to express the same religious yearning for the fullness of emptiness that Buddha conveys.
Table of Contents
AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Ch. 1The Story of the Asuras' Cave11Ch. 2The Structure of Bhavaviveka's Thought22Philosophy as a Cognitive Quest23The Three-Part Structure of Bhavaviveka's Argument29Points of Transition from One Stage in the Argument to Another42Bhavaviveka's Ironical Point of View44Ch. 3Interpreting the Signs of the Buddha51Hsuan-tsang's Encounter with the Indian Landscape51The Buddha as a Place Where an Absence Is Present65Ch. 4The Diachronic Dimension of the Buddha's Absence73The Buddha's Previous Vows74The Buddha's Manifestations84The Buddha's Sustaining Power90Ch. 5The Synchronic Dimension of the Buddha's Absence95The Dharma Body97The Eternal Buddha109Ch. 6Bhavaviveka's Theory of the Buddha114The Ultimate Buddha: A Negative Version of the Two-Body Theory115The Conventional Buddha: A Positive Version of the Two-Body Theory122The Three-Body Theory125Ch. 7Buddhahood and the Language of the Senses131Hsuan-tsang's Encounter with the Pirates131Bhavaviveka and the Philosopher's Eyes137Structural Similarities Between Different Kinds of Vision141The Ranking of the Different Senses147Translation: Bhavaviveka's Account of the Buddha in Chapter III of The Verses on the Essence of the Middle Way with the Commentary in The Flame of Reason1531The Ultimate Buddha1582The Bodhisattva Path1723The Conventional Buddha189Notes197Bibliography242Index259
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