Buddhist Thought In India

Originally published in 1962, this book discusses and interprets the main themes of Buddhist thought in India and is divided into three parts: Archaic Buddhism - Tacit assumptions, the problem of original Buddhism , the three marks and the perverted views, the five cardinal virtues, the cultivation of the social emotions, Dharma and dharmas, Skandhas, sense-fields and elements; The Sthaviras - the eighteen schools, doctrinal disputes, the unconditioned and the process of salvation, some Abhidharma problems; The Mahayana - doctrines common to all Mahayanists, the Madhyamikas, the Yogacarins, Buddhist logic, and the Tantras.