num_pages: 339
description: This is an exhaustive and well researched book that discusses the various aspects of Buddhism as practiced in India and Ceylon. The Book is in 4 parts. Part 1 details Buddhism in the pali cannon which is further discussed under the following Personality and doctrines of the Buddha; Sources of its knowledge; The fundamental character of being; the philosophy of spirit and nature; the doctrine of causation and the act; the path of salvation, the saint and the Buddha; and the place of Buddhism in early Indian thought. Part 2 traces the development in the Hinayana school, and part 3 is about the Mahayana philosophy. The last, part 4, is about Buddhist logic. This book is a reprint of the 1923 edition.
language: English
title: Buddhist Philosophy In India and Ceylon
titlecomplete: Buddhist Philosophy In India and Ceylon
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Oxford Book Company Inc