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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450958303321

Autore

Waldron William S

Titolo

The Buddhist unconscious [[electronic resource] ] : the ālaya-vijñāna in the context of Indian Buddhist thought / / William S. Waldron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

ISBN

0-203-46083-9

1-280-07257-1

0-203-45117-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism

Disciplina

294.3/42042

Soggetti

Ālayavijñāna

Yogācāra (Buddhism)

Mādhyamika (Buddhism)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-253) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Thematic introduction: a Buddhist critique of the construction of self and world; The background and context of the alaya-vijana; The early Buddhist background; The Abhidharma context; The alaya-vijana in the Yogacara tradition; The alaya-vijana in the early tradition; The alaya-vijana in the Mahayana-sagraha 1. bringing it all back home; The alaya-vijana in the Mahayana-sagraha 2. looking beyond; Appendices; The series of dependent arising: affliction, action, and their results; Index of related controversies

Translation: the Pravtti and Nivtti Portions of the Vinicayasagraha of the YogacarabhmiNotes; Bibliography of works cited; Index of texts quoted; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study focuses on the development of the concept of unconscious mind within Indian Buddhist thought, presents issues of conception of mind and examines the doctrinal and philosophical arguments described and defended it.