Essays on Time in Buddhism
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Publisher
Sri Satguru Publications
ISBN / ASIN
8170302625
ISBN-13
9788170302629
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Pages: 750
From the Jacket
This Volume is a collection of essays on time in Buddhism. Contributors are eminent scholars from all
over the world, including Th. Stcherbatsky, Louis de la K Vallee Poussin, M. Walleser, F.O.
Schrader, Stanislaw Schayer, G.N. Jha, A.B. Keith, Andr Bareau, Hajime. Nakamura, Kenneth K.
Inada, Lewis R. K Lancaster, Alex; Wayman and David. Kalupahana. These essays have already
appeared in different journals or books between the years 1902 and 1989. Most of them were
inaccesible and there was a need to reprint them in one volume. This book aims at precisely that with
a views to encouraging further research in the field.
In the Introduction, H.S. Prasad offers critical appraisals of the essays. He shows that the so-called
reality of time is nothing but a derived notion from change, and that past, present and future are only
tensed ways of referring to different psychological states of remembering, perceiving and anticipating.
Prasad's theory of time is a viable alternative in the direction of solving many puzzles and K
perplexities concerning time.
About the Author
H.S. Prasad (b. 1953), M.A. from Banaras Hindu University and Ph.D. from the Australian
National University, is a recipient of a number of academic awards. At present, he is a Research
Scientist teaching in the Philosophy Department at the University of Delhi since 1983
Prasad has published in Journal of Indian Philosophy, East and West, Indian
Philosophical Quarterly, Paramarsa, Journal of Buddhist Studies and the Annals of Professors
World Peace Academy. His other books include: (1) Amala Prajna : Aspects of Buddhist Studies
(Co-edited with N.H. Samtani), (2) The Uttara
From the Jacket
This Volume is a collection of essays on time in Buddhism. Contributors are eminent scholars from all
over the world, including Th. Stcherbatsky, Louis de la K Vallee Poussin, M. Walleser, F.O.
Schrader, Stanislaw Schayer, G.N. Jha, A.B. Keith, Andr Bareau, Hajime. Nakamura, Kenneth K.
Inada, Lewis R. K Lancaster, Alex; Wayman and David. Kalupahana. These essays have already
appeared in different journals or books between the years 1902 and 1989. Most of them were
inaccesible and there was a need to reprint them in one volume. This book aims at precisely that with
a views to encouraging further research in the field.
In the Introduction, H.S. Prasad offers critical appraisals of the essays. He shows that the so-called
reality of time is nothing but a derived notion from change, and that past, present and future are only
tensed ways of referring to different psychological states of remembering, perceiving and anticipating.
Prasad's theory of time is a viable alternative in the direction of solving many puzzles and K
perplexities concerning time.
About the Author
H.S. Prasad (b. 1953), M.A. from Banaras Hindu University and Ph.D. from the Australian
National University, is a recipient of a number of academic awards. At present, he is a Research
Scientist teaching in the Philosophy Department at the University of Delhi since 1983
Prasad has published in Journal of Indian Philosophy, East and West, Indian
Philosophical Quarterly, Paramarsa, Journal of Buddhist Studies and the Annals of Professors
World Peace Academy. His other books include: (1) Amala Prajna : Aspects of Buddhist Studies
(Co-edited with N.H. Samtani), (2) The Uttara
