Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors xi
Acknowledgments xviii
List of Abbreviations xix
Introduction 1Steven M. Emmanuel
Part I Conceptual Foundations 11
1 The Philosophical Context of Gotama’s Thought 13Stephen J. Laumakis
2 Dukkha, Non-Self, and the Teaching on the Four “Noble Truths” 26Peter Harvey
3 The Conditioned Co-arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives 46Peter Harvey
Part II Major Schools of Buddhist Thought 69
4 Theravâda 71Andrew Skilton
5 Indian Mahâyâna Buddhism 86James Blumenthal
6 Tibetan Mahâyâna and Vajrayâna 99Douglas Duckworth
7 East Asian Buddhism 110Ronald S. Green
Part III Themes in Buddhist Philosophy 127
A. Metaphysics 129
8 Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought 129Jan Westerhoff
9 Emptiness in Mahâyâna Buddhism: Interpretations and Comparisons 151David Burton
10 Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Stra and Madhyamaka in the Kâlacakra Tantric Tradition 164Vesna A. Wallace
11 The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality 180Alan Fox
12 Forms of Emptiness in Zen 190Bret W. Davis
13 Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism: The Middle Way of Madhyamaka 214Graham Priest
B. Epistemology 223
14 A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology 223John J. Holder
15 Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology 241Christian Coseru
16 The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism 256Brook Ziporyn
17 “Spiritual Exercise” and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet 270Matthew T. Kapstein
18 Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment: The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate 290Tom J. F. Tillemans
C. Language and Logic 307
19 Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought 307Brendan S. Gillon
20 Buddhist Philosophy of Logic 320Koji Tanaka
21 Candrakîrti on the Limits of Language and Logic 331Karen C. Lang
22 On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking: Philosophy of Language in Zen Buddhism 349Steven Heine
23 The Voice of Another: Speech, Responsiveness, and Buddhist Philosophy 366Richard F. Nance
D. Philosophy of Mind 377
24 Mind in Theravâda Buddhism 377Maria Heim
25 Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism 395Richard P. Hayes
26 Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism 405Jonathan Stoltz
27 The Non-Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind 419Joerg Tuske
E. Ethics and Moral Philosophy 429
28 Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism 429Christopher W. Gowans
29 Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas 452Sarah Shaw
30 Compassion and the Ethics of Violence 466Stephen Jenkins
31 Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy 476William Edelglass
F. Social and Political Philosophy 491
32 The Enlightened Sovereign: Buddhism and Kingship in India and Tibet 491Georgios T. Halkias
33 Political Interpretations of the Lotus Stra 512James Mark Shields
34 Socially Engaged Buddhism: Emerging Patterns of Theory and Practice 524Christopher S. Queen
35 Comparative Refl ections on Buddhist Political Thought: Aúoka, Shambhala and the General Will 536David Cummiskey
Part IV Buddhist Meditation 553
36 Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice 555Charles Goodman
37 Seeing Mind, Being Body: Contemplative Practice and Buddhist Epistemology 572Anne Carolyn Klein
38 From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness: Towards a Cross-Cultural Cognitive Science 585Jake H. Davis and Evan Thompson
Part V Contemporary Issues and Applications 599
39 Buddhism and Environmental Ethics 601Simon P. James
40 Buddhism and Biomedical Issues 613Damien Keown
41 War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy 631Sallie B. King
42 Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights 651Karma Lekshe Tsomo
43 Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues 663Rita M. Gross
44 Diversity Matters: Buddhist Refl ections on the Meaning of Difference 675Peter D. Hershock
Further Reading 693
Index 696