Pali Buddhism (London Studies on South Asia) [Hardcover]

Frank Hoffman (Author), Deegalle Mahinda (Author)

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Publication Date: June 3, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0700703594 | ISBN-13: 978-0700703593

This is an interdisciplinary and holistic survey of Pali Buddhism, covering philological, indigenous and philosophical approaches in a single volume.
The work is divided into three main sections: Philological Foundations; Insiders' Understandings; and Philosophical Implications.

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• Hardcover: 260 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (June 3, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0700703594
• ISBN-13: 978-0700703593
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
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PALI BUDDHISM: This work is co-edited by an American professor of philosophy and religion and by a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who received academic training in the history of religions in the United States. The three sections of the book are: PHILOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, INSIDER'S UNDERSTANDINGS, and PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS. The focus in on early Indian Theravada Buddhism in the Pali tradition.

The FOREWORD is by Ninian Smart. The INTRODUCTION by Hoffman and Deegalle offers a historical overview of the significance of Pali Buddhist Studies and its historical background. It also provies a discussion of comparative philosophy as it relates to Pali Buddhism, and explains the rationale for this particular volume.

CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: George D. Bond, Andrew Olendzki, Subramania Gopalan, Christopher Key Chapple, Deegalle Mahinda, Padmasiri DeSilva, A.D.P. Kalansuriya, Gunapala Dharmasiri, Arthur L. Herman, Ramakrishna Puligandla, Shanta Ratnayaka, Ninian Smart, and Frank J. Hoffman.

The work contains an Index and section divider plates from Sri Lanka courtesy of the American Institute of Indian Studies, Varanasi.

This book is suitable as a supplementary text in survey courses on Philosophies and Religions of India and for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses as well.