| Title |
To see the Buddha : a philosopher's quest for the meaning of emptiness / Malcolm David Eckel. |
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| Publication Info. |
San Francisco, Calif. : HarperSanFrancisco, 1992. |
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| University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location
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294.363 E19T |
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| Description |
x, 262 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
pt. I. The Palace of Reality -- Ch. 1. The Story of the Asuras' Cave -- Ch. 2. The Structure of Bhavaviveka's Thought -- Philosophy as a Cognitive Quest -- The Three-Part Structure of Bhavaviveka's Argument -- Points of Transition from One Stage in the Argument to Another -- Bhavaviveka's Ironical Point of View -- pt. II. The Empty Throne -- Ch. 3. Interpreting the Signs of the Buddha -- Hsuan-tsang's Encounter with the Indian Landscape -- The Buddha as a Place Where an Absence Is Present -- Ch. 4. The Diachronic Dimension of the Buddha's Absence -- The Buddha's Previous Vows -- The Buddha's Manifestations -- The Buddha's Sustaining Power -- Ch. 5. The Synchronic Dimension of the Buddha's Absence -- The Dharma Body -- The Eternal Buddha -- Ch. 6. Bhavaviveka's Theory of the Buddha -- The Ultimate Buddha: A Negative Version of the Two-Body Theory -- The Conventional Buddha: A Positive Version of the Two-Body Theory -- The Three-Body Theory -- pt. III. The Buddha Eye -- Ch. 7. Buddhahood and the Language of the Senses -- Hsuan-tsang's Encounter with the Pirates -- Bhavaviveka and the Philosopher's Eyes -- Structural Similarities Between Different Kinds of Vision -- The Ranking of the Different Senses -- Translation -- 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 Reason -- 1. The Ultimate Buddha -- 2. The Bodhisattva Path -- 3. The Conventional Buddha. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Bhāvaviveka.
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Buddha (The concept)
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Sunyata.
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| ISBN |
0060621265 |
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