Name/Title
The Psychological attitude of early Buddhist philosophy / Lama Anagarika GovindaEntry/Object ID
BQ4570 .P76 G68 1974Secondary Title
The Psychological attitude of early Buddhist philosophy and its systematic representation according to Abhidhamma traditionDescription
Lama Govinda shows not only what the ideas of early Buddhism were, but how they came into existence and why they took the form in which we now know them. It is a brilliant summary of Pali Buddhism, and in addition it constitutes a logical approach to the problems of Mahayana and Tantric philosophy which grew out of the consistent application of one and the same principle: the inter-relatedness and non-substantiality of all phenomena. The text is further clarified by the provision of a series of well-conceived diagrams, and a group of seven appendices with appropriate charts.
The book forms a companion volume to Lama Govinda's "Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism". The two titles together, provide for the first time in the English language, a complete picture of the organic and systematic development of Buddhist thought from Vedic and Upanishadic times up to the Tantric period of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. --Back Cover
Contents:
FIRST PART: THE ORIGIN OF RELIGION AND THE EARLY STAGES OF INDIAN THOUGHT
The Age of Magic
Anthropomorphic Universe and Polytheism
The Problem of God
The Problem of Man
Summary
SECOND PART: PSYCHOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABHIDHAMMA
The Two Types of Psychology
The Importance of the Adhidhamma
Metaphysics and Empiricism
Truth and Method
The Three Degrees of Knowledge
THIRD PART: THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS AS STARTING POINT AND LOGICAL FRAME OF BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY
The Axiomatic Truth of Suffering
The Cause of Suffering
The Destruction of Suffering
The Way of Liberation
FOURTH PART: THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Objects of Consciousness
The Structure of Consciousness
Classification of Consciousness
The Four Types of 'Higher Man' and the Problem of Suffering
FIFTH PART: THE FACTORS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (CETASIKA)
The Primary of Constant Neutral Factors
The Secondary Neutral Factors
The Morally Decisive Factors and their Mutual Relations
SIXTH PART: THE FUNCTIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE PROCESS OF PERCEPTION
The dynamic Nature of Consciousness and the Theory of Vibration
The Functions of Consciousness and the Problem of Matter
The Process of Perception
APPENDIX
INDEXCollection
Jotidhammo CollectionDimensions
Dimension Description
191 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmBook Details
Author
Lama Anagarika GovindaEdition
First American editionPublisher
Samuel WeiserDate Published
1974Publication Subjects
Buddha and Buddhism
Buddhism -- Psychology
Buddhism -- History
Abhidhammapitaka
AbhidharmaCall No.
BQ4570 .P76 G68 1974ISBN
0877280657