Textbooks for the Course
- To be purchased at Labyrinth Books, 536 West 112th Street:
- Jay L. Garfield. The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way:
Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamikakarika. Oxford University Press,
1995. ppb.
- Sue Hamilton. Indian Philosophy: A Very Short
Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2001. ppb.
- [Natalia Isayeva. From Early Vedanta to Kashmir Shaivism:
Gaudapada, Bhartrhari, and Abhinavagupta. SUNY Press, 1995.:
This book appears to be out of print this year; selections will be
made available as needed.]
- Sengaku Mayeda. A Thousand Teachings: The Upadesasahasri of
Sankara. SUNY Press, 1992.
- Patrick Olivelle. Upanisads. (World's Classics.)
Oxford University Press, 1996. ppb.
- Karl H. Potter. Presuppositions of India's
Philosophies. Motilal Banarsidass, 1991.
- Geshe Sopa and Jeffrey Hopkins. Cutting Through
Appearances: Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism. 2nd
edition. Snow Lion Publications, 1990. ppb.
- Th. Stcherbatsky. The Central Conception of Buddhism and
the Meaning of the Word 'Dharma.' South Asia Books, 1994.
ppb.
- Robert A.F. Thurman. The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A
Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's 'Essence of True
Eloquence.' (Princeton Library of Asian Translations.)
Princeton University Press, 1991.
- Robert A.F. Thurman. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A
Mahayana Scripture. Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 1987.
ppb.
- Swami Venkatesvara. The Concise Yoga Vasistha. SUNY
Press, 1985. ppb.
- Recommended for purchase (also at Labyrinth Books):
- Eliot Deutsch. Advaita Vedanta: A Philosophical
Reconstruction. University of Hawaii Press, 1985. ppb.
- George B. Dreyfus. Recognizing Reality: Dharmakirti's
Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations. (SUNY Series in
Buddhist Studies.) SUNY Press, 1997. ppb.
- David Loy. Nonduality: A Study in Comparative
Philosophy. Humanities Press, 1997. ppb.
- Guy Newland. The Two Truths in the Madhyamika Philosophy of
the Ge-Luk-Ba Order of Tibetan Buddhism. (Studies in
Indo-tibetan Buddhism.) Snow Lion Publications, 1992. ppb.
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles A. Moore. A Sourcebook
in Indian Philosophy. Princeton University Press, 1971. ppb.
- Tom J. F. Tillemans. Scripture, Logic, Language: Essays on
Dharmakirti and his Tibetan Successors. Wisdom Publications,
1999. ppb.
- On reserve in Butler Library:
- Conze, Edward.
The perfection of wisdom.
Berkeley: Four Seasons, 1973.
BQ1912.E5 C66 1973
- Deutsch, Eliot and J.A.B. van Buitenen.
A source book of advaita Vedanta.
University of Hawaii, 1971.
B132.V3 D542
- Flood, Gavin.
An introduction to Hinduism.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
BL1202 .F56 1996
- Garfield, Jay L.
The fundamental wisdom of the Middle Way.
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995.
BQ2792.E5 G37 1995
- Hamilton, Sue.
Indian philosophy: a very short introduction.
Oxford, 2001.
B131.H285 2001g
- Hiriyanna, Mysore.
Essentials of Indian philosophy.
London: Allen and Unwin, 1949.
B131.H48
- Isaeva, N. V.
From early Vedanta to Kashmir Shaivism.
SUNY Press, 1995.
B132.V3 I73 1995
- Isaeva, N.V.
Shankara in Indian philosophy.
Albany: SUNY Press, 1993.
B133.S5 I84 1993.
- King, Richard.
Early Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism: the Mahayana context of the
Gaudapadiya Karika.
Albany: SUNY Press, 1995.
B132.A3 K53 1995
- Koller, John and Patricia Joyce Koller.
A sourcebook in Asian philosophy.
New York: Macmillan, 1991.
B121 .K58 1991
- Loy, David.
Nonduality: a study in comparative philosophy.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988
B105.M6 L69 1988.
- Mayeda, Sengaku.
A thousand teachings: the Upadesasahasri of Sankara.
Tokyo: Tokyo University Press, 1979.
B133.S4 U6213 1979
- Mayeda, Sengaku.
The Upadesasahasri.
Tokyo: Tokyo University Press, 1979.
B133.S4 U6213 1979
- Newland, Guy.
The two truths in the Madhyamika philosophy.
Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1992.
BQ7640 .N48 1992
- Nishitani, Keiji.
Religion and nothingness.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.
BL51 .N625 1982
- Olivelle, Patrick.
Upanisads.
Oxford University Press, 1996.
BL1124.52 .E5 1996
- Potter, Karl H.
Presuppositions of India's philosophies.
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1991.
B131 .P59 1991
- Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli and Charles A. Moore.
A source book in Indian philosophy.
Princeton University Press, 1957.
B130 .R3
- Sopa, Geshe and Jeffrey Hopkins.
Cutting through appearances: practice and theory of Tibetan
Buddhism/
Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1989.
BQ7634 .C88 1989
- Sprung, Mervyn.
The problem of two truths in Buddhism and Vedanta.
Dordrecht: Reidel, 1973.
BQ4255 .P76
- Stcherbatskoi, Fedor Ippolitovich.
The central conception of Buddhism.
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1970.
BL1451 .S4 1970g
- Thurman, Robert A.F.
Central philosophy of Tibet.
Princeton, 1991.
BQ7950 .T754 L4313 1991g
- Thurman, Robert A.F.
The holy teaching of Vimalakirti: a Mahayana scripture.
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1987.
BQ2212.E5 T47
- Venkatesananda, Swami.
Concise Yoga Vasistha.
SUNY Press, 1984.
BL1237.32 .Y6313 1984
- Walshe, Maurice.
Thus have I heard: the long discourses of the Buddha.
London: Wisdom Publications, 1987.
BQ1292.E53 W35 1987
- Also useful (may be on reserve):
- Anthony J. Alston, tr. The Realization of the Absolute: The
"Naiskarmya Siddhi" of Sri Suresvara. London: Shanti Sadan,
1959, 1971.
- Margaret Chatterjee, ed. Contemporary Indian
Philosophy, Series Two. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974.
- Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Metaphysics (Selected Papers,
Volume 2). (Bollingen Series.) Princeton University Press,
1987.
- Harold G. Coward, ed. Studies in Indian Thought.
Columbia, MO: South Asia Books, 1983.
- Padmanabh Jaini. The Jaina Path of Purification.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979.
- Gerald James Larson. Samkhya: A Dualist Tradition in Indian
Philosophy. Vol. 4 of Encyclopedia of Indian
Philosophies, ed. Karl H. Potter. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1987.
- T. M. P. Mahadevan. Gaudapada: A Study in Early
Advaita. Madras: University of Madras, 1952.
- T. M. P. Mahadevan. Ramana Maharshi: The Sage of
Arunacala. London: Allen & Unwin, 1977.
- Nisargadatta Maharaj. I Am That. Tr. Maurice Frydman.
Bombay: Chetana, 1973.
- Karl H. Potter. Indian Metaphysics and Epistemology: The
Tradition of Nyaya-Vaisesika up to Gangesa. Vol. 2 of {\em
Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, ed. Karl H. Potter.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977.
- David Seyfort Ruegg. The Literature of the Madhyamaka
School of Philosophy in India. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz,
1981.
- Mervyn Sprung. Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way: The
Essential Chapters from the Prasannapada of Candrakirti.
London, 1979.
Other readings will be made available through photocopies and placed on
reserve. For additional useful sources see the following list of other
reference works
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For Further Reference
Information on further sources and secondary writings on each topic will
be made available as we approach the topic. For more general purposes
the following reference works may be useful.
Surveys of Indian philosophy:
- Hamilton, Sue. Indian Philosophy: a Very Short
Introduction. Oxford, 2001.
B131.H285 2001g
The most recent survey for a general audience;, very brief, clear,
and dependable. (On reserve and in the bookstore.)
- Hiriyanna, M. The Essentials of Indian Philosophy.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967 [first published 1949].
B131.H48
A lucid survey, written for intelligent general readers.
(On reserve and in the bookstore.)
- Hiriyanna, M. Outlines of Indian Philosophy. London:
George Allen & Unwin, 1967 [first published 1932].
B131.H5
An older and longer survey, equally clear and useful; intended for
college students.
- Raju, P. T. Structural Depths of Indian Thought.
Albany: SUNY Press, 1985.
B131.R347 1985
A more detailed treatment with attention to comparative philosophy;
intended for graduate students.
- Sharma, Chandradhar. A Critical Survey of Indian
Philosophy. London: Rider & Company, 1960.
B131.S48 1960
Intended for college students in India.
- Smart, Ninian. Doctrine and Argument in Indian
Philosophy. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964.
B131.S62
Focuses on the connections between religion and philosophy and on
avoiding the use of Sanskrit terms.
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