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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790819103321

Autore

Pérez Remón Joaquín

Titolo

Self and non-self in early Buddhism / / Joaquín Pérez Remón

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hague ; ; New York : , : Mouton, , [1980]

©1980

ISBN

3-11-175202-X

3-11-080416-6

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Collana

Religion and Reason ; ; 22

Religion and reason ; ; 22

Classificazione

BE 8520

Disciplina

294.3/422

Soggetti

Ātman

Anātman

Buddhism - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Bombay) under the title: The Anattavāda in the Suttapiţaka.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-387) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Sources and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The Existential Self -- 1. Preliminary Remarks -- 2. Atta as Man's Highest Value -- 3. The Self as the Moral Agent -- 4. The Self and Moral Evil -- 5. Towards Perfection -- 6. The Self and Perfection -- 7. The Self as Related to Kamma and Rebirth -- 8. A Brief General Assessment of the First Part -- PART TWO: The Metaphysical Self -- 9. The Doctrine of Anattā Can Coexist With the Reality of Attā -- 10. The Doctrine of Anattā Taught Through the Denial of Positive Terms -- 11. The Doctrine of Non-Self Taught Through the Predication of the Negative Term Anattā -- 12. Asmimāna, Sakkāyadiṭṭhi, Sassatavāda and Ucchedavāda -- 13. Self and Non-self After Liberation -- 14. Recapitulation -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Glossary of terms -- Table of Scriptural Passages Commented or Quoted -- Index of Names and Subjects