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Contents IX Foreword XI Preface XVll Acknowledgments XIX Abbreviations Early Buddhism 3 Historical Background 16 2 Epistemology 26 3 Causality 36 4 The Three Characteristics of Existence 44 5 Karma and Rebirth 56 6 Morality and Ethics 69 7 Nirvana Later Buddhism 93 8 Beginnings of Scholasticism and Mahayana 97 9 Scholasticism-Theravada, Sarvastivada, and Sautrantika 112 10 Development of Mahayana 129 I I Madhyamika Transcendentalism 142 12 Yogacara Idealism 153 Appendix I Metaphysics and the Buddha 163 Appendix 2 Reflections on the Relation between Early Buddhism and Zen 179 Index ...

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