[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The History of Buddhist Thought](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933) › c3 # The History of Buddhist Thought c3: Contents The History of Buddhist Thought c3 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c3.1) CHAP. | PAGE --- | --- ### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c3.2) | CONTENTS | v | ILLUSTRATIONS | vii | PREFACE | ix | ABBREVIATIONS | xiii | PRONUNCIATION | xv | CHRONOLOGY | xvi ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c3.3) I. | INTRODUCTION | 1 ### [c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c3.4) | GEOGRAPHY | 3 | CHRONOLOGY | 6 ### [c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c3.5) 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 ### [c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c3.6) 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c3) · Pramāṇa