Empty words : Buddhist philosophy and cross-cultural interpretation / / Jay L. Garfield

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784992803321
• Autore: Garfield Jay L. <1955->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002
• ISBN: 0-19-773898-2; 1-280-83549-4; 0-19-534911-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages)
• Disciplina: 181/.043
• Soggetti: Mādhyamika (Buddhism); Yogācāra (Buddhism); Buddhist philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-297) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume collects Jay Garfield's essays on Madhyamaka, Yogacara, Buddhist ethics and cross-cultural hermeneutics. The first part addresses Madhyamaka, supplementing Garfield's translation of Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (OUP, 1995), a foundational philosophical text by the Buddhist saint Nagarjuna. Garfield then considers the work of philosophical rivals, and sheds important light on the relation of Nagarjuna's views to other Buddhist and non-Buddhist philosophical positions.