Author: Richard King
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 353
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170305586
Description
The 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.
Contents
INTRODUCTION :
RECENT WORK ON THE GAUDAPADIYA-KARIKA OUTLINE OF THE MONOGRAPH
1. The Date and Authorship of the Gaudapadiya-karika :
i. The Identity and Date of Gaudapada
ii. Authorship of the Gaudapadiya-karika :
a. The Relationship Between the First and Second Prakaranas
b. The Relationship of GK II, III, and IV
iii. The Gaudapadiya-karika and Bhavaviveka
iv. The Author of the Fourth Prakarana and Buddhist Scholasticism
Conclusion
2. The Vedantic Heritage of the Gaudapadiya-karika :
i. The Three Foundations (Prasthanatraya) of the Vedanta-Darsana
ii. The Upanisadic Heritage of the Gaudapadiya-karika :
a. Cosmogonic Speculation in the Upanisads
b. Psychology in the Upanisads
c. The Four States of Experience
d. The Mandukya Upanisad
iii. The Bhagavadgita and the Gaudapadiya-karika
iv. The Brahmasutra :
a. Doctrines of the Brahmasutra
3. The Abhidharma Context of Non-Origination (Ajativada) :
i. The Non-Origination of Dharmas-Absolutism and the Svabhava Debate in Buddhism
ii. The Sarvastivada Abhidharma
iii. The Nature of Samskrta and Asamskrta Dharmas :
a. The Sautrantika Position: Asamskrta-Nairatmya
iv. The Unique Particularity of Dharmas-A Mahayana Critique :
a. The Non-arising (Anutpada) and Immutability of Dharmas
4. Non-Origination in the Gaudapadiya-karika. Early Vedantic Ontology and Madhyamaka Buddhism :
i. Mahayana Buddhism and the Fourth Prakarana of the GK :
a. The Two Truths in the Mahayana Tradition
b. The Nature of Samvrti
c. The Two Truths in the Gaudapadiy-akarika
ii. Foundations of Non-Origination : The Paradox of Change :
a. Nagarjuna's Refutation of Absolutism (Svabhavavada) and the Gaudapadian Response
b. Emptiness (Sunyata) and Non-dualism (Advaita)
iii. Non-Origination and Emptiness : The Madhyamaka and Advaita Perspectives
5. Asparsa-yoga in the Gaudapadiya-karika :
i. Asparsayoga as a Meditative Technique :
a. The Four States of Experience in the Agama-Prakarana (GK I)
b. Meditation on the Phoneme OM
ii. Asparsayoga as a Description of the Ultimate State :
a. The Attainment of Gnosis (Jnana) in the GK
iii. Asparsayoga : The Gaudapadian Phenomenology of Perception :
a. Non-contact (Asparsa) and Representation-Only (Vijnapti-matra)
b. The Yogacara Phenomenology of Perception
c. The Non-Veridicality (Vaitathya) of Waking and Dream Experiences in the GK
d. Maya in the Gaudapadiya-karika
iv. The Meaning of the Term 'Asparsayoga'
6. Gaudapadian Inclusivism and the Mahayana Buddhist Tradition :
i. The Gaudapadian Conception of Buddhism
ii. The Theory of Non-Conflict (Avirodhavada) in the GK :
a. Inclusivism in the Gaudapadiya-karika
b. The Bhavavivekan Response to the Vedantic Inclusivism of the GK
7. Absolutism in the GK and the Mahayana : the Tathagatagarbha Texts
i. The Tathagatagarbha Texts
ii. The Systematization of Indian Tathagatagarbha : The Ratnagotravibhagasastra
iii. A Question of Hermeneutics : Is There a Mahayana Absolutism? :
a. Tathagatagarbha and Two Types of Emptiness in Tibetan Mahayan
iv. The Gaudapadiya-karika and Tathagatagarbha Buddhism
CONCLUSIONS