Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics: 4 Vol.Set

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Overview and methodology .............33 Systems of Classification .......47 Methods of Inquiry .......51 Reasoning in the Collected Topics ........63 2. Knowable Objects .................71 Phenomena in General .......83 The essential Nature of Physical Entities ........87 The five Sense objects .......93 Mental-Objects forms .......119 The causal Primary elements ........125 Nonassocated formative factors ........141 Causes and Effects .....151 Unconditioned Phenomena .........159 Other Presentation of Ascertainable objects .........163 3. Subtle particles ...........195 How bubtle particles are posited .......207 How Coarse matter is Formed .........217 Analysing whether indivisible particles exist .........225 Time .........239 The definision of Time ...........251 Positing the three times .........259 5. The cosmos and its inhabitants .........283 The cosmos and its inhabitants in Abhidharma ..........293 The development of the Cosmos in Kalacakra Texts .......307 How world end .............313 6. Fetal Development and the Channels, Wind, and Drops .........337 The birth process..........347 Fetel development in the Kalacakra Tantra.........369 Fetal Development in Buddhist medical Texts........375 The subtle body of the Channels, winds, and Drops ..........381 Channels and winds in Buddhist medical Texts ..........395 The brain in Buddhist medical Texts .........405 The relation of body and mind ............417

V1. The Physical World.