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The History of Buddhist Thought c3: Contents

The History of Buddhist Thought c3

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Contents

c3.1

CHAP. | PAGE --- | ---

c3.2

| CONTENTS | v
| ILLUSTRATIONS | vii
| PREFACE | ix
| ABBREVIATIONS | xiii
| PRONUNCIATION | xv
| CHRONOLOGY | xvi

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I. | INTRODUCTION | 1

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| GEOGRAPHY | 3
| CHRONOLOGY | 6

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II. | THE ASCETIC IDEAL | 11 III. | THE COUNCILS : EARLY SCHOOLS | 27 IV. | EARLY DOCTRINE : YOGA | 42 V. | CAUSATION : NOTE ON THE WHEEL OF BECOMING | 58 VI. | THE BACKGROUND OF BUDDHISM | 71 VII. | BRAHMINISM AND THE UPANISHADS | 82 VIII. | DOGMA AND PHILOSOPHY : THE SOUL | 92 IX. | KARMA | 107 X. | RELEASE AND NIRVĀṆA | 119 XI. | BUDDHA | 133 XII. | DEVELOPMENTS IN ABHIDHAMMA | 153 XIII. | DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCTRINE : THE BUDDHAS | 166 XIV. | THE LOTUS OF THE TRUE DOCTRINE : NOTE ON SPELLS | 177 XV. | POPULAR BODHISATTVA DOCTRINE | 189 XVI. | THE BODHISATTVA'S CAREER | 198

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CHAP. PAGE XVIII. THE DOCTRINE OF CONSCIOUSNESS ONLY . 230 XIX. BUDDHISM AND MODERN THOUGHT . . 249 APPENDIX I: THE SCRIPTURES . . . 261 APPENDIX II: THE EIGHTEEN SCHOOLS . . 288 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . 293