Eltschinger/Ratié: Self, No-Self, and Salvation

Eltschinger, Vincent [u.a.]:
Self, No-Self, and Salvation : Dharmakirti's Critique of the Notions of Self and Person / Vincent Eltschinger and Isabelle Ratié. - Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2013. - xiii, 382 S. - (Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse ; 837) (Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; 75)
ISBN 978-3-7001-7303-8
EUR 49,00
DDC: 181.043; 126.0882943

Beschreibung
From very early times, the Buddhist intellectuals have made the notion of a self existing over and above the bodily and mental constituents one of their main targets. Their critique first culminates in Vasubandhu's treatise against the Buddhist personalists (early 5th century CE). The eighth-century philosophers Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla provide another milestone in the history of the mainstream Buddhists' critique of the self and the person: their Tattvasaṅgraha(pañjikā) contains the most learned and elaborate treatment of the subject (at least before Karṇakagomin's and Śaṅkaranandana's Nairātmyasiddhi monographs). But how have Dignāga and Dharmakīrti (6th century [?]) contributed to this heated debate? The present study attempts to answer at least in part this question by offering a monographic account of Dharmakīrti's position regarding the self. The book's introduction deals with Dharmakīrti's view of the self as the paramount expression of nescience. Chapter 1 is devoted to his critique of the two main expressions of Buddhist substantialism, viz. the Buddha-nature teachings and Personalism (pudgalavāda). Chapter 2 presents his way of undermining the non-Buddhists' arguments in favour of the self. Finally, Chapter 3 provides a detailed account of Dharmakīrti's most original contribution on the subject, viz. his demonstration that the (belief in the) existence of a self makes salvation impossible. [Verlagsinformation]

Autoren
VINCENT ELTSCHINGER is research fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a guest professor at various universities. Profile page.
ISABELLE RATIÉ is currently working as a researcher at the Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften, Leipzig University. Profile page.

Quellen: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften; WorldCat; Lehmanns Media; Buchhandel.de
Bildquelle: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
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