The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy

includes index and biblioraphy

Buddhist Philosophy in India : A wheel ever Turning ..........1 Philosophy as a Game ..........2 Factors determining the Game ..........4 Narrating the game : How to structure the material ..........9 The sources of the game ...........11 1. Abhidharma ..............35 Introuducing the abhidharma ...............35 The Question of Authenticity ...............41 The abhidharma schools............43 2. Madhyamaka ............84 The rise of the Mahayana and its relation to buddhist philosophy .......84 The madhyamaka school ..........89 The Teachings of the abhidharma project .........99 Key themes of Nagarjuna`s Thought .........107 The Commentators .............117 The great synthesizers : Santaraksita and Kamalsila .........139 Madhyamaka and nyaya..........142 3. Yogacara ............147 Five stages of Yogacara`s Development ...........147 proofs of Buddhist doctrine ............160 Key yogacara concepts .........168 Factors that shaped yogacara philosophy.............193 4. The Schol of Dinnaga and Dharmakirti ..........217 The lives of Dinnaga and dharmakirti .........217 Epistemology .........220 Inference ............225 Metaphysics ............231 Language ........235 Scriptural Authority and yogic perception ............238 How to classify dinnaga`s Dharmakirti`s Philosophy..........250 The school of Dinnaga and Dharmakirti and its relation to mimamsa ............259 The end of Buddhist philosophy in India ...........270