BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY

1 The State of Philosophy in India before Buddha.................78
2 Buddha:  his Life...............................................81
3 Early Buddhist Literature......................................82
4 The Doctrine of Causal Connection of early Buddhism............84
5 The Khandhas..............................................

.....93
6 Avijja and Asava...............................................99
7 Sila and Samadhi..............................................100
8 Kamma.....................................................

....106
9 Upani@sads and Buddhism.......................................109
10 The Schools of Theravada Buddhism.............................112
11 Mahayanism...............................................

.....125
12 The Tathata Philosophy of As’vagho@sa (80 A.D.)...............129
13 The Madhyamika or the Sunyavada school--Nihilism..............138
14 Uncompromising Idealism or the School of Vijnanavada Buddhism.145
15 Sautrantika theory of Perception..............................151
16 Sautrantika theory of Inference...............................155
17 The Doctrine of Momentariness.................................158
18 The Doctrine of Momentariness and the Doctrine of Causal
Efficiency (Arthakriyakaritva)..................................163
19 Some Ontological Problems on which the Different Indian Systems
diverged....................................................

....164
20 Brief Survey of the Evolution of Buddhist Thought.............166

CHAPTER VI

THE JAINA PHILOSOPHY

1 The Origin of Jainism.........................................169
2 Two Sects of Jainism..........................................170
3 The Canonical and other Literature of the Jains...............171
4 Some General Characteristics of the Jains.....................172
5 Life of Mahavira..............................................173
6 The Fundamental Ideas of Jaina Ontology.......................173
7 The Doctrine of Relative Pluralism (Anekantavada).............175
8 The Doctrine of Nayas.........................................176
9 The Doctrine of Syadvada......................................179
10 Knowledge, its value for us...................................181
11 Theory of Perception..........................................183
12 Non-Perceptual knowledge......................................185
13 Knowledge as Revelation.......................................186
14 The Jivas................................................

.....188
15 Karma Theory..................................................190
16 Karma, Asrava and Nirjara.....................................192
17 Pudgala..................................................

.....195
18 Dharma, Adharma, Akas’a.......................................197
19 Kala and Samaya...............................................198
20 Jaina Cosmography.............................................199
21 Jaina Yoga....................................................199
22 Jaina Atheism.................................................203
23 Mok@sa (emancipation).........................................207

xv