A Buddhist Text from the 4th Century. ASAṄGA – The Discrimination between Middle and Extremes (An Annotated Romanian Translation). II – Sections II and III

  • Ovidiu Nedu “History Museum“ of Galati
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35219/history.2010.11
Keywords: obstructions, obstructions of the afflictions, obstructions of the knowable, afflictions, reality, self, object

Abstract

The Discrimination between Middle and Extremes is one of the major Mahāyāna Buddhist texts, usually ascribed to the Vijñānavāda tradition. The second chapter deals with soteriological matters, being an analytical exposition of the path. The chapter shows the blending of Mahāyāna’s ontology with the Abhidharmic phenomenological analysis, which is one of the definitory features of Vijñānavāda. It has a high level of technicality, being tributary to the very alambicated phenomenological classifications of the Abhidharmic masters. Equally technical is the third chapter, dealing with different perspectives of considering the reality. It approaches a metaphysical issue, the reality (a properly Mahāyānist issue), by making use of some specifically Hīnayānist systems of categories.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Ovidiu Nedu, “History Museum“ of Galati

Ph.D., Researcher, History Museum, Galaţi (Romania).

Published
2010-12-05
How to Cite
Nedu, O. (2010). A Buddhist Text from the 4th Century. ASAṄGA – The Discrimination between Middle and Extremes (An Annotated Romanian Translation). II – Sections II and III. The Annals of "Dunarea De Jos" University of Galati. Fascicle XIX: History, 9, 163-179. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.35219/history.2010.11
Issue
Vol 9 (2010)
Section
ISTORIA CULTURII