{"product_id":"indian-buddhist-philosophy","title":"Indian Buddhist Philosophy","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndian Buddhist Philosophy \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a reconstruction of the history of Indian Buddhist thought that starts from the idea - of Madhyamaka origin - that in the teaching of the historical Buddha it is possible to identify three distinct and irreconcilable theoretical modes or registers, intended for different types of followers: the affirmative mode of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebeing,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe negative one of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003enon-being,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the “middle path” of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eneither being nor non-being.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe history of Buddhism after the disappearance of the Buddha is presented here as the development of these registers in three main philosophical directions: respectively, the personalist one, of the Pudgalavada schools; the reductionist one of the Theravada, Sarvastivada and Sautrantika schools; and the one of the Mahayana schools - primarily the Madhyamaka - which, following some suggestions already present in the Mahasamghika circles of the Abhidharma phase, deepen in particular the third theoretical strand proposed by the Buddha: the middle one, which excludes both being and non-being, in a frequently but not exclusively anti-metaphysical direction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giuseppe Ferraro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47911859880074,"sku":"9789356763517","price":795.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8583\/1818\/files\/Indian_Buddhist_Philosophy.png?v=1775129844","url":"https:\/\/www.motilalbanarsidass.com\/products\/indian-buddhist-philosophy","provider":"Motilal Banarsidass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}