Pali Buddhism - 9781138994737

Taylor & Francis

This is an interdisciplinary and holistic survey of Pali Buddhism, covering philological, indigenous and philosophical approaches in a single volume. > This is an interdisciplinary and holistic survey of Pali Buddhism, covering philological, indigenous and philosophical approaches in a single volume.The work is divided into three main sections: Philological Foundations; Insiders' Understandings; and Philosophical Implications. > Introduction, Frank J. Hoffman, Mahinda Deegalle; Philological Foundations; Chapter 1 Therav?da Buddhism\u2019s Two Formulations of the Dosa S?la and the Ethics of the Gradual Path, George D. Bond; Chapter 2 A Proposed Model of Early Buddhist Liberation, Andrew Olendzki; Chapter 3 Dhammapada and Tirukkura?: A Comparative Study, Subramania Gopalan; Chapter 4 Abhidharma as Paradigm for Practice, Christopher Key Chapple; Insiders\u2019 Understandings; Chapter 5 The Moral Significance of Buddhist Nirv??a, Deegalle Mahinda; Chapter 6 Suicide and Emotional Ame