A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy (Blackwell Companions To Philosophy Series)

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<p><i>A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy</i> is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy.</p> <ul> <li>Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy available, covering social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications</li> <li>Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought</li> <li>Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility& to instructors in creating a syllabus</li> <li>Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives on topics to those available in Western traditions</li> </ul>