Buddhist analysis of matter / by Y. Karunadasa



Digitised Book 216.73.216.191 (0)

1989

Buddhist analysis of matter / by Y. Karunadasa

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This study provides an inquiry into the analysis of matter as expressed in the sources of Theravada Buddhism, especially in the later systematization known as theAbhidhamma. It focuses on the broad philosophical implications arising from the Buddhist theory of matter.

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Matter--Religious aspects--Buddhism

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Title
Buddhist analysis of matter / by Y. Karunadasa
Creators
  • Karunadasa, Y., 1934-
Subject
  • Matter--Religious aspects--Buddhism
Publisher
  • Buddhist Research Society, 1989
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1989
Contributors
  • Buddhist Research Society
Digital Description
application/pdf, xviii, 186 p.
Provenance
Table of Contents
  • Partial contents: Abstract -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- ch. I. Introductory. Rupa as a technical term. Material aggregate (rupakkhandha).... -- ch. II. The primary elements. Non-recognition of akasa as a mahabhuta. The Nikayan conception of the primary elements. The Adhidhammic conception of the primary elements -- ch. III. The secondary elements : a general survey. The position of the secondary in relation to the primary. The list of secondary elements. Its representation in the list of ayatanas..... -- ch. IV. The secondary elements : Group A (Nipphanna). Significance of nipphanna : real sense-organs. Objective fields... -- ch. V. The secondary elements : Group B
Edition
  • 2nd ed.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.