The Buddhist Analysis of Matter by Karunadasa, Y.

The Buddhist Analysis of Matter (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781614294511)

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The Buddhist Analysis of Matter by Karunadasa, Y.

The Buddhist Analysis of Matter

$29.95
The Buddhist Analysis of Matter by Karunadasa, Y.

The Buddhist Analysis of Matter

$29.95
Format: Hardcover
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A fluent English explanation of the Theravada Buddhist analysis of matter for serious students of Buddhist thought.

In The Buddhist Analysis of Matter, renowned scholar Y. Karunadasa interprets the Buddhist view of matter as presented in Theravada Buddhism, based on the Abhidhamma. His comprehensive work draws on both the earlier period containing the seven manuals of the Abhidhamma Pitaka and the later period containing Abhidhammic commentaries, sub-commentaries, and such compendiums as the Abhidhammatthasangaha of Acariya Anuruddha.

In order to bring the subject into a wider perspective, and for more precision, Karunadasa considers the (non-Theravada) Vaibhasika and Sautrantika schools of Buddhism--two of the leading non-Mahayana schools with whom the Theravadins had much in common, both of which subscribed to a realistic view of existence--as well as later sources such as the post-canonical commentaries and related literary sources of Theravada Buddhism.

This book gives us the first clear picture of the Buddhist analysis of matter as such. Earlier works on this subject have tended to focus on the broad philosophical implications arising from the Buddhist theory of matter and were based more on earlier sources, such as the Pali canonical texts. The Buddhist Analysis of Matter provides a much-needed micro view of the topic with a detailed examination of the Theravadins' list of rupa-dammas--the ultimate irreducible factors into which material existence is analyzed. It exposes the basic material elements into which the whole of material existence is resolved and explains their interconnection and interdependence on the basis of conditional relations. It concludes with an understanding of the nature and relevance of the Buddhist analysis of matter in the context of Buddhism as a religion.

Author: Y. Karunadasa
ISBN-10: 1614294518
ISBN-13: 9781614294511
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2020
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d
By Y. Karunadasa
By Y. Karunadasa
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Y. Karunadasa (PhD, University of London) is Professor Emeritus at the University of Kelaniya and a former director of its Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies. He has served as a visiting professor at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, as Distinguished Numata Chair at the University of Calgary, and as a visiting professor at the University of Toronto. Currently he is a visiting professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong.

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