附註:"An East-West Center book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical background -- Epistemology -- Causality -- The three characteristics of existence -- Karma and rebirth -- Morality and ethics -- Nirvana -- Beginnings of scholasticism and Mahayana -- Scholasticism : Theravada, Sarvastivada, and Sautrantika -- Development of Mahayana -- Madhyamika transcendentalism -- Yogacara idealism.
摘要:"This introduction to Buddhism examines its basic philosophical teachins and historical development, setting forth complex and significant ideas in a straightforward and simple style that is easily accessible to the student. The author's orientation is philosophical, rather than religious or sociological. This approach is both the uniqueness and the strength of the work"--Back cover.
