03487nam 2200685Ia 450 991096763970332120251117084915.01-134-28745-31-283-60568-697866139181301-134-28746-10-203-44528-710.4324/9780203445280 (CKB)2670000000242441(EBL)201331(OCoLC)811492472(SSID)ssj0000711055(PQKBManifestationID)11417240(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711055(PQKBWorkID)10681546(PQKB)10183804(MiAaPQ)EBC201331(Au-PeEL)EBL201331(CaPaEBR)ebr10603881(CaONFJC)MIL391813(OCoLC)811563620(EXLCZ)99267000000024244120041210d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Buddhist theory of self-cognition /Zhihua YaoLondon ;New York Routledge20051 online resource (212 p.)Routledge critical studies in BuddhismDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-54438-6 0-415-34431-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-189) and index.Front Cover; The Buddhist Theory of Self-Cognition; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Origin: Mahāsāmghika; The origin of self-cognition; The Mahāsāmghika theory of self-cognition; The Andhakas' arguments for self-cognition; 3. Refutation: Sarvāstivāda; Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma; Awareness of single moment; Refutation of self-awareness; Discussion of self-consciousness; Two minds and memory; The problem of self-feeling; 4. Synthesis: Sautrāntika; Sautrāntika: Sources; Multiple minds; Mental consciousness; Proof of self-cognition; 5. Systematization: YogācāraYogācāra and its two schoolsSelf-cognition in early Yogācāra; Self-cognition: Dignāga; Cognition of self-cognition: Dharmapāla; Later development; 6. Conclusion; Appendix: Dates of Important Authors; Bibliography; IndexThis highly original work explores the concept of self-awareness or self-consciousness in Buddhist thought. Its central thesis is that the Buddhist theory of self-cognition originated in a soteriological discussion of omniscience among the Mahasamghikas, and then evolved into a topic of epistemological inquiry among the Yogacarins. To illustrate this central theme, this book explores a large body of primary sources in Chinese, Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan, most of which are presented to an English readership for the first time. It makes available important resources for the study of the BuddhistRoutledge Critical Studies in BuddhismKnowledge, Theory of (Buddhism)Self-perceptionReligious aspectsBuddhismBuddhismDoctrinesKnowledge, Theory of (Buddhism)Self-perceptionReligious aspectsBuddhism.BuddhismDoctrines.294.3/422Yao Zhihua1968-926784MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967639703321The Buddhist theory of self-cognition4482531UNINA