Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation

by Jay L. Garfield

Book Overview

This volume collects Jay Garfield's essays on Madhyamaka, Yog-ac-ara, Buddhist ethics and cross-cultural hermeneutics. The first part addresses Madhyamaka, supplementing Garfield's translation of Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (OUP, 1995), a foundational philosophical text by the Buddhist saint Nagarjuna. Garfield then considers the work of philosophical rivals, and sheds important light on the relation of Nagarjuna's views to other Buddhist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195146727
• ISBN13: 9780195146721
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"