The History of Buddhist Thought
Ascetic background, early doctrine, schools, Abhidharma, Mahāyāna, Mādhyamika, Yogācāra, Tantra, with source references.
- Language
- English
- Author
- Edward J. Thomas
- Extent
- 1,777 passages, 132,612 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · History of Civilization series, London: Kegan Paul 1933; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite;… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Edward J. Thomas †1958)
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 9 parts
- c2 The History of Buddhist Thought — 3 parts
- c3 Contents — 6 parts
- c4 Illustrations — 12 parts
- c5 Preface — 13 parts
- c6 Abbreviations — 32 parts
- c7 Pronunciation — 1 part
- c8 Chronology — 12 parts
- c9 Chapter I. Introduction — 7 parts
- c10 Chapter II. The Ascetic Ideal — 95 parts
- c11 Chapter III. The Councils : Early Schools — 4 parts
- c12 Chapter IV. Early Doctrine: Yoga — 105 parts
- c13 Chapter V. Causation — 40 parts
- c14 Chapter VI. The Background of Buddhism — 47 parts
- c15 Chapter VII. Brahminism and the Upanishads — 42 parts
- c16 Chapter VIII. Dogma and Philosophy: The Soul — 54 parts
- c17 Chapter IX — 62 parts
- c18 Chapter X. Release and Nirvāṇa — 69 parts
- c19 Chapter XI. Buddha — 89 parts
- c20 Chapter XII — 58 parts
- c21 Chapter XIII. Development of the Doctrine : The Buddhas — 53 parts
- c22 Chapter XIV. The Lotus of the True Doctrine — 31 parts
- c23 Chapter XV. Popular Bodhisattva Doctrine — 45 parts
- c24 Chapter XVI. The Bodhisattva's Career — 51 parts
- c25 Chapter XVII — 68 parts
- c26 Chapter XVIII. The Doctrine of Consciousness Only: The Three Bodies: Tantrism — 76 parts
- c27 Chapter XIX. Buddhism and Modern Thought — 52 parts
- c28 Appendix I. The Scriptures — 23 parts
- c29 Appendix II. The Eighteen Schools — 28 parts
- c30 Bibliography — 5 parts
- c31 Index — 252 parts