Early Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism (The Mahayana Context of the Gaudapadiya-karika)

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the doctrines of early Advaita and Buddhism that has important implications for the question of the relationship between Hindu and Buddhist thought. The author examines the central doctrines of the Gaudapadiya-karika in a series of chapters that discusses early Advaita in relation to the Abhidharma, Madhyamaka, and Yogacara schools of Buddhism. The question of the doctrinal diversity of Indian Buddhism is also discussed through an analysis of the concept of ‘Buddha-Nature’ and its relationship with Vedantic thought.

“The complex relationship between the Vedantic world of ideas and that of the Mahayana Buddhists has for a long time been either completely ignored by traditionalist Hindu scholars, or summarily paid lip service to by Western scholars as a form of ‘crypto-Buddhism.’ Therefore, a thoroughgoing and well-documented investigation of each and every major Vedantic work’s indebtedness to the Buddhist conceptual framework is of great importance for the understanding of Indian philosophical progress.”

• ITEM CODE: IHL536
• AUTHOR: RICHARD KING
• PUBLISHER: SRI SATGURU PUBLICATIONS
• EDITION: 1997
• ISBN: 8170305586
• PAGES: 342
• COVER: HARDCOVER
• A55_BOOKS
• OTHER DETAILS 8.8 INCH X 5.7 INCH

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