Contents: India: 1. The Theravada or the teaching of the elders. 2. The Sarvastivada or the philosophy that "Everything Exists". 3. The Madhyamaka or the philosophy of the middle way: (1) The Prasangikas: Nagarjuna and Candrakirti. 4. The Madhyamaka or the philosophy of the middle way: (2) The Prasangikas: Aryadeva and Santideva. 5. The Madhyamaka or the philosophy of the middle way: (3) The Svatantrikas. 6. Yogacara or Buddhist idealism: (1) Two Yogacara Sutras and the school of Asanga and Vasubandhu. 7. Yogacara or Buddhist idealism: (2) The school of logic: Dignaga and Dharmakirti. 8. Yogacara or Buddhist idealism: (3) Santarakshita and Kamalasila. 9. The theory of the Buddha-essence (Tathagata-garbha). II. Tibet: 10. Vajrayana: general features. 11. The Nyingma or the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. 12. The Sakyapa. 13. The Kagupa and the doctrine of the "Great Seal" (Mahamudra). 14. The Gelugpa. Bibliography. Notes. Index.

"This book is an in-depth study of Buddhist Philosophy in India and Tibet. The concentration is on ontology/epistemology and, to a somewhat lesser extent, soteriology. It is based on the writings of the Buddhist philosophers themselves, from the unknown authors of the Pali Abhidhamma books down to the present Dalai Lama of Tibet. It takes into consideration the work of many twentieth century scholars of Buddhism in order to bring our knowledge of Buddhist philosophy up-to-date. An exhaustive index (and glossary) has been prepared in order to help the reader with the technical terms of Buddhist philosophy." (jacket)