Table of contents : Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Early Buddhism Chapter One. Historical Background Chapter Two. Epistemology Chapter Three. Causality Chapter Four. The Three Characteristics of Existence Chapter Five. Karma and Rebirth Chapter Six. Morality and Ethics Chapter Seven. Nirvana Later Buddhism Chapter Eight. Beginnings of Scholasticism and Mahāyāna Chapter Nine. Scholasticism-Theravāda, Sarvâstivāda, and Sautrāntika Chapter Ten. Development of Mahāyāna Chapter Eleven. Mādhyamika Transcendentalism Chapter Twelve. Yogâcāâra Idealism Appendix I. Metaphysics and the Buddha Appendix 2. Reflections on the Relation between Early Buddhism and Zen Index About the Author