Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun (Curzon Critical Studies in Buddhism, 13)

A richly complex study of the Yogacara tradition of Buddhism, divided into five parts: the first on Buddhism and phenomenology, the second on the four basic models of Indian Buddhist thought, the third on karma, meditation and epistemology, the fourth on the Trimsika and its translations, and finally the fifth on the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun and Yogacara in China. "This is a richly complex study of the Yogacara tradition of Buddhism in India and China, divided in five parts." "The first is on Buddhism and phenomenology, with close attention to elements in Husserl and Merleau-Ponty that are helpful for understanding Yogacara." "The second details the four basic models of Indian Buddhist thought - the five skandhas, conditioned co-arising, the triple world, and the interplay of behavior/meditation/understanding - discussing how these models were explained in the Pali Nikayas and understood by later Buddhists. A chapter on the attainment of cessation nirodha-samapatti illustrates some of the intricate ways in which these models were deployed." "The third discusses karma, meditation, and epistemology, from Pali Abhidhamma and Nagarjuna to Yogacara." "Part four presents texts, translations, and comparative analysis of Vasubandhu's Trimsika with the Chinese versions by Paramartha and Hsuan-tsang." "Part five deals with the Che'eng Wei-shi tun and Yogacara in China."--BOOK JACKET