The rationalist tendency in modern Buddhist scholarship: a revaluation.

From: Philosophy East and West | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Is Buddhism a philosophy or a religion? My answer to this much-asked question is that Buddhism is both a religious doctrine and a philosophical system. This contention presupposes that both approaches, religious and philosophical, can provide complementary, rather than contradictory, perspectives for a better understanding of Buddhist thought.

Yet this dual perspective has been difficult to envision within the context of modern Buddhist scholarship in both East Asia and the West. One reason is that the very concept of "philosophy" in East Asian scholarship relies heavily on ...

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