[KS] NEW BOOK> Wonhyo's Philosophy of Mind; Ed. by Charles Muller and Cuong Nguyen (University of Hawai`i Press)

Charles Muller cmuller-lst at jj.em-net.ne.jp
Tue Nov 15 23:25:13 EST 2011


From: University of Hawai`i Press
Subject: NEW BOOK> Wonhyo's Philosophy of Mind


Wŏnhyo's Philosophy of Mind
A. Charles Muller and Cuong T. Nguyen, ed.
416pp. November 2011
Cloth - Regular Price: $45.00 {Presently on sale at $36.00}
ISBN: 978-0-8248-3573-6


Leading East Asian Buddhist thinkers of the seventh century compared,
analyzed, and finalized seminal epistemological and soteriological
issues that had been under discussion in India and East Asia for
centuries. Among the many doctrinal issues that came to the fore was
the relationship between the Tathāgatagarbha (or "Buddha-nature")
understanding of the human psyche and the view of basic karmic
indeterminacy articulated by the new stream of Indian Yogâcāra
introduced through the translations and writings of Xuanzang and his
disciples. The great Silla scholiast Wonhyo (617–686), although
geographically located on the periphery in the Korean peninsula, was
very much at the center of the intense discussion and debate that
occurred on these topics. Through the force of his writings, he became
one of the most influential figures in resolving doctrinal
discrepancies for East Asian Buddhism.

Although many of Wonhyo’s writings are lost, through his extant work
we are able to get a solid glimpse of his profound and learned
insights on the nature and function of the human mind. We can also
clearly see his hermeneutical approaches and methods of argumentation,
which are derived from apophatic Mādhyamika analysis, the newly
introduced Buddhist logic, as well as various indigenous East Asian
approaches. This volume includes four of Wonhyo’s works that are
especially revelatory of his treatment of the complex flow of ideas in
his generation: /System of the Two Hindrances (Yijang ŭi)/, /Treatise
on the Ten Ways of Resolving Controversies (Simmun hwajaeng non)/,
/Commentary on the Discrimination between the Middle and the Extremes
(Chungbyŏln punbyŏlllon so/)/, and the /Critical Discussion on Inference
(P’an piryang non)/.


Table of Contents

Acknowledgments    vii

General Introduction   1

I. The System of the Two Hindrances (/Yijang ŭi/)   45
[A. Charles Muller]

II. Treatise on the Ten Ways of Resolving Controversies (/Simmun
hwajaeng non/)                                                       161
[Cuong T. Nguyen]

III. Commentary on the /Discrimination between the Middle and the
Extremes/ (/Chungbyŏn punbyŏllon so/)                   177
[Cuong T. Nguyen]

IV. Critical Discusson on Inference (/P'an piryang non/)  263
[Dan Lusthaus]

Notes              299
Glossary        379
Bibliography    387
Index              395

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The International Association of Wonhyo Studies’ Collected Works of
Wonhyo, Volume 2

UHPress page for this book:
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8624-9780824835736.aspx

Supporting Materials for /Wŏnhyo's Philosophy of Mind/ (including
detailed outlines, Sino-Korean source texts, etc):
http://www.acmuller.net/phil_of_mind

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A. Charles Muller

Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
Faculty of Letters
University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongō, Bunkyō-ku
Tokyo 113-8654, Japan

Web Site: Resources for East Asian Language and Thought
http://www.acmuller.net

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