Text, history, and philosophy : Abhidharma across Buddhist scholastic traditions / edited by Bart Dessein, Weijen Teng.

"Papers ... of the conference 'From Abhidhamma To Abhidharma. Early Buddhist Scholasticism in India, Central Asia, and China' held on 8 and 9 July 2013 at Ghent University, Belgium"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Bart Dessein and Weijen Teng -- 1 Abhidharma and Indian thinking / Johannes Bronkhorst -- 2 Abhidharmic Elements in Gandhāran Mahāyāna Buddhism: Groups of Four and the abhedyaprasādas in the Bajaur Mahāyāna Sūtra / Andrea Schlosser and Ingo Strauch -- 3 Interpretations of the Terms ajjhattaṃ and bahiddhā: From the Pāli Nikāyas to the Abhidhamma  / Tamara Ditrich -- 4 Some Remarks on the Proofs of the “Store Mind” (Ālayavijñāna) and the Development of the Concept of Manas / Jowita Kramer -- 5 Sanskrit Abhidharma Literature of the Mahāvihāravāsins / Lance S. Cousins -- 6 The Contribution of Saṃghabhadra to Our Understanding of Abhidharma Doctrines / KL Dhammajoti -- 7 Pratītyasamutpāda in the Translations of An Shigao and the Writings of His Chinese Followers / Eric M. Greene -- 8 Abhidharma in China: Reflections on ‘Matching Meanings’ and Xuanxue  / Bart Dessein -- 9 Kuiji’s Abhidharmic Recontextualization of Chinese Buddhism / Weijen Teng -- 10 Traces of Abhidharma in the bSam-gtan mig-sgron (Tibet, Tenth Century) / Dylan Esler -- 11 Madhyamaka in Abhidharma Śāstras: The Case of Harivarman’s *Tattvasiddhi  / Goran Kardaš -- 12 Svalakṣaṇa (Particular) and Sāmānyalakṣaṇa (Universal) in Abhidharma and Chinese Yogācāra Buddhism / Chen-kuo Lin -- 13 Perspectives on the Person and the Self in Vasubandhu’s Abhidharmakośabhāṣya  / Yao-ming Tsai -- Index / Bart Dessein and Weijen Teng.

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Text, History, and Philosophy. Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions discusses Abhidhamma / Abhidharma as a specific exegetical method. In the first part of the volume, the development of the Buddhist argumentative technique is discussed. The second part investigates the importance of the Buddhist rational tradition for the development of Buddhist philosophy. The third part focuses on some peculiar doctrinal issues that resulted from rational Abhidharmic reflections. In this way, an outline of the development of the Abhidharma genre and of Abhidharmic notions and concepts in India, Central Asia, China, and Tibet from the life time of the historical Buddha to the tenth century CE is given. Contributors are: Johannes Bronkhorst, Lance S. Cousins, Bart Dessein, Tamara Ditrich, Bhikkhu Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti, Dylan Esler, Eric Greene, Goran Kardaš, Jowita Kramer, Chen-kuo Lin, Andrea Schlosser, Ingo Strauch, Weijen Teng and Yao-ming Tsai.