Indian Buddhist Theories of Persons: Vasubandhu's Refutation of the Theory of a Self

Abstract

Part 1: Introduction to the Translation 1. Vasubandhu's 'Refutation' and the Central Philosophical Questions About Which Indian Buddhist Theories of Persons are Concerned 2. The Sanskrit Text and Its Translation 3. The Theories of Persons of the Pudgalavadines and Tirthikas 4. Indian Buddhist Philosophical Schools and the Two Realities 5. The Selflessness of Persons Thesis and Indian Buddhist Theories of Persons 6. The Conception of a Person and Its Causal Basis 7. The Five Aggregates 8. The Middle Way between Extreme Views 9. The Problematic Character of Vasubandhu's Exchange with the Pudgalavadines 10. Problems and Implications of the Pudgalavadines' Theory of Persons 11. The Objections to Vasubandhu's Theory of Persons 12. An Initial Reflection on the Theories of Persons Discussed in this Study of Vasubandu's Refutation 13. Endnotes to the Introduction Part 2: Translation of Vasubandhu's Refutation of the Theory of a Self 14. Section 1: Vasubandhu's Theory of Persons 15. Section 2: Vasubandhu's Objections to the Pudgalavadines' Theory of Persons 16. Section 3: Vasubandhu's Replies to the Objections of the Pudgalavadines 17. Section 4: Vasubandhu's Replies to the Objections of the Tirthikas 18. Concluding Verses 19. Endnotes to the Translation Part 3: Commentaries 20. Commentary on Section 1: Vasubandhu's Theory of Persons 21. Commentary on Section 2: Vasubandhu's Objections to the Pudgalavadines Theory of Persons 22. Commentary on Section 3: Vasubandhu's Replies to the Objections of the Pudgalavadines 23. Commentary on Section 4: Vasubandhu's Replies to the Objections of the Tirthikasand Tirthikas

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