Self, no-self, and salvation
Subtitle: Dharmakīrti's critique of the notions of self and person
By: Vincent Eltschinger and Isabelle Ratie
Series: Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens -- Nr. 75; Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- 837. Bd.; Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens -- Nr. 75.; Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- 837. Bd.
Publisher: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Wien
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9783700173038
Subjects: Self (Philosophy); Buddhist philosophy; Salvation; Ātman; Buddhism; Nyaya; Pudgalavādins; Anātman; Personalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dharmakīrti's attitude toward the self.; title: Dharmakīrti's account of the belief in a self as nescience;; title: The "Speculative" form of the personalistic belief and the function of philosophy;; title: Dharmakīrti against the pudgala.; title: Two buddhist versions of the self and the person; -- Introduction; title: The "Immanence of the absolute, " or the tathāgatagarbha as the true self of living beings;; title: On Pudgalavāda buddhism ;; title: Context and arguments of Dharmakīrti's critique;; title: The immediate context and doctrinal background of PVSV 147,2-148,5;; title: PVSV 147,2-148,5 : annotated translation;; title: On PV 2.202-204 ;; title: Conclusion --; title: Dharmakīrti against Ātmavādin arguments.; title: Against the so-called vyatirekin;; title: The context of PVSV 12,26-13,11 : a critique of non-perception as a means to establish co-absence (vyatireka);; title: The (kevala)vyatirekihetu and the inference of the self;; title: Dharmakīrti's argument in PVSV 12,26-13,11 : english translation;; title: Explanations (mainly based on PV 4 and PVin 3);; title: Dharmakīrti's argument in PVin 3 and NB 3 ;; title: Against the inferability of the self;; title: The self's imperceptibility and the Ātmavādin's inference of the self from its effects;; title: Dharmakīrti's argument in PVSV 16,8-19 : english translation ;; title: The refutation of the Sāṅkhya's teleological argument for the existence of the self;; title: The Sāṅkhya's teleological argument;; title: The refutation of the argument as proving the contrary of the intended thesis;; title: The refutation of the argument as being useless;; title: Dharmakīrti's critique of the Sāṅkhya's argument in PVSV 16,20-27 : once again on non-perception ;; title: On memory : PV 2.267-269 --; title: Dharmakīrti against the self as the basis of Brahmanical soteriologies.; title: The doctrines of the self as soteriologies;; title: Sāṅkhya's;; title: Nyāya;; title: Vaiśesịka ;; title: Dharmakīrti's main target : the Nyāya's soteriology ;; title: Translation and commentary of PV 2.220-256 ;; title: Dharmakīrti's main point : detachment presupposes detachment from the self (PV 2.220-225);; title: Cultivating the thought of pain (duhḳhabhāvanā) does not eliminate the notion of belonging to the self (ātmīya) (PV 2.226-228);; title: The criticism of the self's relations with what one ought to be detached from (PV 2.229);; title: The Naiyāyikas' liberated state cannot be desired by those who seek liberation (PV 2.230-235);; title: The criticism of the Naiyāyikas' understanding of duhḳhabhāvanā as a means of liberation (PV 2.236-246);; title: Dharmakīrti's refutation of the Sāṅkhya position (PV 2.247-248);; title: The Naiyāyikas' cultivation of the thought of pain as a misunderstanding of the buddhist path (PV 2.249-254);; title: The inconsistency of the Nyāya's soteriology with its Ātmavāda and the soteriological necessity of selflessness (PV 2.255-256) ---- Abbreviations and bibliography.