Buddhism/Philosophy of Early History Buddhist Schools
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This module examines comprehensively the Sthaviravada and Mahasanghika schools of Buddhism which came into existence after the second council. Their philosophical teachings are explored with special attention to the following:
- The relationship between the philosophical trends in the Buddhist thought appearing in the Suttapitaka and the Buddhist thought of the early schools of Buddhism;
- Different views of Dharmavada and their various revisions; analysis of mind and sense perception; analysis of matter and atomism;
- The concept of time and the theory of momentariness;
- Analysis and synthesis of Dharma;
- Divisions of truths as conventional and absolute and their mutual relationship;
- Nirvana and its sectarian interpretations.
Recommended Reading:[edit | edit source]
- Central Conception of Buddhism - K. Stcherbatsky, Calcutta, 1956
- Early History of the Spread of Buddhism and Buddhist School - N. Dutt, New Delhi, 1980
- Guide Through the Abhidhamma Pitaka – Nanatiloka, Colombo, 1957
- Indian Buddhism - A. K. Warder, Delhi, 1980
- Points of Controversy (Kathavatthu) - Trs. S. Z. Aung and Mrs. Rhys Davids. London, 1958
- 2500 Years of Buddhism - Ed. P. V. Bapat, Delhi, 1956
- System of Buddhist Thought - Yamakami Sogen, Calcutta, 1912