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

• Autore: Waldron William S. <1954->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 269 pages)
• Disciplina: 294.3/42042
• Soggetto topico: Ālayavijñāna; Yogācāra (Buddhism); Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
• 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 Yogacarabhmi; Notes; 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Buddhist unconscious
• ISBN: 1-134-42885-5; 0-203-46083-9; 1-280-07257-1; 0-203-45117-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799978603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism.