Paving the Great Way: Vasubandhu's Unifying Buddhist Philosophy
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231168276 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jonathan Gold is associate professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University and the author of The Dharma's Gatekeepers: Sakya Pandita on Buddhist Scholarship in Tibet (2007).
Five Stars This excellent volume by Jonathan Gold is a fantastic resource for students of Buddhism, particularly those interested in the thought of Vasubandhu. Gold begins by carefully addressing the contentions within scholarship about there being multiple Vasubandhus. This is a common contention between modern scholarship and traditional Buddhist interpretations--and pertains not only to Vasubandhu but to Nagarjuna, Chandrakirti and others. Gold does a very good job here articulating why he feels it is legitimate to speak of a single Vasubandhu as the author of a number of texts attributed to him
(Jay L. Gold addresses every facet of Vasubandhu's considerable and varied corpus and integrates them in his articulation of Vasubandhu's original synthesis of Buddhist ideas. This book will forever change the way we read Vasubandhu. (Choice)Beautifully written and cogently argued. Written in clear and lively prose, Paving the Great Way will be the definitive work on this great Buddhist philosopher for many years to come. This book is a major contribution not only to Vasubandhu scholarship but also to Yogacara studies, the history of Indian philosophy, the history of world philosophy, and the engagement betwee
The Indian Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu (fourth–fifth century C.E.) is known for his critical contribution to Buddhist Abhidharma thought, his turn to the Mahayana tradition, and his concise, influential Yogacara–Vijñanavada texts. An appendix includes extensive English-language translations of the major texts discussed.. Recognizing this continuity of purpose across Vasubandhu's diverse corpus recasts the interests of the philosopher and his truly innovative vision, which influenced Buddhist thought for a millennium and continues to resonate with today's p