Studies in Abhidharma literature and the origins of Buddhist philosophical systems
By: Erich Frauwallner ; translated from the German by Sophie Francis Kidd under the supervision of Ernst Steinkeliner.
Contributors: Kidd, Sophie Francis.; Steinkellner, Ernst.
Series: Suny series in Indian thought
Publisher: State University of New York
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Albany , N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Description: This is a translation of Frauwallner's Abhidharmastudien. It analyzes the literary traditions, doctrinal tendencies, and structural methods of the Buddhist Abhidharma canon in order to expose the beginnings of systematic philosophical thought in Buddhism. Frauwallner's insights illuminate the path of meditation toward liberation, the development of Buddhist psychology, and the evolution of the Buddhist view of causality and the problem of time.

He provides a clear explanation of the gradual development of Buddhist thought from its early doctrinal beginning to some of the most complex and remarkable philosophical edifices in history.
Notes: Includes indexes.