The Buddhist self : on tathāgatagarbha and ātman /
The assertion that there is nothing in the constitution of any person that deserves to be considered the self (ātman)--a permanent, unchanging kernel of personal identity in this life and those to come--has been a cornerstone of Buddhist teaching from its inception. Whereas other Indian religious s...
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press
[2021]
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| Online toegang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvz0h8qt |
Inhoudsopgave:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Conventions
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Buddha-Nature, the Self
- 2. The Mahāparinirvāṇamahāsūtra and the Buddhist Self
- 3. The Aṅgulimālīyasūtra and the Essential Self
- 4. The Mahābherīhārakasūtra and Liberation of the Self
- Part II. Buddha-nature, Not Self
- 5. The Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanādasūtra and the Perfection of Self
- 6. Other Tathāgatagarbha Sources
- 7. The Ratnagotravibhāga and the Self That Is No Self
- 8. The Laṅkāvatārasūtra and Rejecting the Buddhist Self
- Part III. Buddha-nature Reconsidered
- 9. Recurring Themes and Motifs
- 10. Evolution of the Buddhist Self
- References
- Index
- About the Author