A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy

A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; not only does the Companion offer the non–specialist an in–depth introduction to the central concepts of Buddhism, it presents extensive discussions of Buddhist social and political thought, contemplative practice, issues in applied ethics, and Buddhist social activism. The contributors list for the Companion includes leading scholars in the field; each engages the latest scholarship to create a wide–ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in Buddhist philosophy. The volume will expand readers’ understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought, with many of the chapters written from a comparative perspective. A conscious effort has been undertaken throughout the volume to create a mainstream bridge between the Western and Buddhist philosophical traditions. The broad coverage of Buddhist thought offers a great deal of flexibility to instructors and students, presenting the most versatile single–volume sourcebook available for constructing a customized syllabus on Buddhist philosophy or comparative philosophical thought.

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Steven Emmanuel Part I  Conceptual Foundations 1 The Philosophical Context of Gotama’s Thought    Stephen J. Laumakis 2  Dukkha, Non–Self, and the Teaching on the Four “Noble Truths”     Peter Harvey 3 The Conditioned Co–arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives    Peter Harvey  Part II  Major Schools of Buddhist Thought 4 Theravâda    Andrew Skilton 5 Indian Mahâyâna Buddhism    James Blumenthal 6 Tibetan Mahâyâna and Vajrayâna      Douglas Duckworth   7 East Asian Buddhism    Ronald S. Green Part III  Themes in Buddhist Philosophy Metaphysics 8 Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought    Jan Westerhoff 9 Emptiness in Mahâyâna Buddhism: Interpretations and Comparisons    David Burton 10 Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Sûtra and  Madhyamaka in  the Kâlacakra Tantric Tradition      Vesna A. Wallace 11 The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality      Alan Fox 12 Forms of Emptiness in Zen      Bret W. Davis 13 Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism: The Middle Way of Madhyamaka     Graham Priest   Epistemology 14 A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology      John J. Holder 15 Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology      Christian Coseru 16 The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism            Brook Ziporyn 17 “Spiritual Exercise” and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet       Matthew T. Kapstein 18 Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment: The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate      Tom J. F. Tillemans Language and Logic 19 Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought             Brendan S. Gillon 20   Buddhist Philosophy of Logic        Koji Tanaka     21 Candrakîrti on the Limits of Language and Logic       Karen C. Lang     22 On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking: Philosophy of Language in Zen Buddhism           Steven Heine 23 The Voice of Another: Speech, Responsiveness, and Buddhist Philosophy             Richard F. Nance Philosophy of Mind 24 Mind in Theravâda Buddhism      Maria Heim  25 Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism      Richard P. Hayes 26 Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism     Jonathan Stoltz 27 The Non–Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind      Joerg Tuske Ethics and Moral Philosophy      28 Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism      Christopher W. Gowans 29 Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas      Sarah Shaw 30 Compassion and the Ethics of Violence      Stephen Jenkins 31 Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Theories      William Edelglass  Social and Political Philosophy 32 The Enlightened Sovereign: Buddhism and Kingship in India and Tibet      Georgios T. Halkias 33 Political Interpretations of the Lotus Sûtra      James Mark Shields 34 Socially Engaged Buddhism: Emerging Patterns of Theory and Practice            Christopher S. Queen 35 Comparative Reflections on Buddhist Political Thought: Aúoka, Shambhala and the General Will      David Cummiskey         Part IV  Buddhist Meditation 36 Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice        Charles Goodman 37 Seeing Mind, Being Body: Contemplative Practice and Buddhist  Epistemology          Anne Carolyn Klein 38 From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness:  Towards a Cross–Cultural Cognitive Science     Jake H. Davis and Evan Thompson Part V  Contemporary Issues and Applications 39 Buddhism and Environmental Ethics           Simon P. James 40 Buddhism and Biomedical Ethics           Damien Keown 41 War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy             Sallie B. King 42 Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights       Karma Lekshe Tsomo 43 Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues      Rita M. Gross 44 Diversity Matters: Buddhist Reflections on the Meaning of Difference         Peter D. Hershock Further Reading Index

Steven M. Emmanuel is Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Wesleyan College, USA. He is the author of Kierkegaard and the Logic of Revelation (1996) and editor of two previous volumes with Blackwell: The Guide to the Modern Philosophers: From Descartes to Nietzsche (2001) and Modern Philosophy: An Anthology (2002). In 2008, he produced and directed an award–winning documentary film entitled Making Peace with Viet Nam .