An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy (Vijñānavada and Madhyamika)

An introduction to Buddhist philosophy is collection of research papers in the area of Buddhist philosophy. These papers were written by author during last 12 years of his studies of Buddhism. The book consists of ten chapters which contain, with the exception of first one, research papers which the author presented at some National or International seminars in India and abroad. The first chapter viz., an introduction to Vijñānavāda is basi cally the introductory part of author's another work on Vijñāntimātrātasiddhi (Vim-śatika) which is being simul taneously published.

Born 1937, Dr. T.R. Sharma retired as a Reader in Sanskrit from SGTB Khalsa College. University of Delhi, after teaching for 41 years. He was actively associated with PG teaching as well as research activities of the Department of Sanskrit and Buddhist Studies. More than a dozen of scholars have obtained Ph.D. under his supervision. He has visited a number of countries to present research papers in international conferences. He was a visiting professor in National Taiwan University. Taipei in 1993-94, teaching Indian culture and civilization, Upanisads and Buddhist philosophy. He has ten books concerning Buddhism and Indology in general to his credit, two of which have been awarded by the Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan and Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan. He has also been honored by the Sanskrit Academy, Delhi for his contribution to Sanskrit studies.

An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy (Vijñānavada and Madhyamika) is a collection of my research papers in the area of Buddhist philosophy. These papers were written dur ing the last twelve years of my study of Buddhism. The book consists of ten chapters, which contain, with the exception of the first one, research papers, which I presented at some national or international seminar/conference in India and abroad. The first chapter, viz., An Introduction to Vijñānavada is basically the introductory part of my another book 'Vijñaptimätratasiddhi' which is being simultenously published. I do not claim that I have made any major contri bution to the Buddhist philosophy by writing these papers but I may humbly state that wherever these papers were read or presented, they were widely appreciated by scholars both eastern and western.

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