Text, History, and Philosophy. Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions discusses Abhidhamma / Abhidharma as a specific exegetical method. In the first part of the volume, the development of the Buddhist argumentative technique is discussed. The second part investigates the importance of the Buddhist rational tradition for the development of Buddhist philosophy. The third part focuses on some peculiar doctrinal issues that resulted from rational Abhidharmic reflections. In this way, an outline of the development of the Abhidharma genre and of Abhidharmic notions and concepts in India, Central Asia, China, and Tibet from the life time of the historical Buddha to the tenth century CE is given.

Contributors are: Johannes Bronkhorst, Lance S. Cousins, Bart Dessein, Tamara Ditrich, Bhikkhu Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti, Dylan Esler, Eric Greene, Goran Kardas, Jowita Kramer, Chen-kuo Lin, Andrea Schlosser, Ingo Strauch, Weijen Teng and Yao-ming Tsai.
Text, History, and Philosophy: Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions; Bart Dessein and Wijen Teng (editors); Brill; Hardcover; 432 pp; $158.00

Bart Dessein, Ph.D. (1994) -- editor -- is Full Professor at the Department of Chinese Language and Culture of Ghent University, and member of the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies. He has mainly published on Sarvastivada and Mahasamghika history and philosophy.

Weijen Teng, Ph.D. (2011) -- editor -- Harvard University, is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts. His research interests are Chinese Buddhist intellectual history, Sanskrit grammar study in Medieval China and Abhidharma.

CONTENTS: Text, History, and Philosophy
	Preface	ix
	List of Figure and Tables	xi
	Notes on Contributors	xii
	Introduction	1
PART 1 Matrka and Abhidharma Terminologies
1	Abhidharma and Indian Thinking Johannes Bronkhorst	29
2	Abhidharmic Elements in Gandharan Mahayana Buddhism: Groups of Four and the abhedyaprasadas in the Bajaur Mahayana Sutra Andrea Schlosser and Ingo Strauch	47
3	Interpretations of the Terms ajjhattam and bahiddha: From the Pali Nikayas to the Abhidharma Tamara Ditrich	108
4	Some Remarks on the Proofs of the "Store Mind" (Alayavijnana) and the Development of the Concept of Mantras Jowita Kramer	146
PART 2 Intellectual History
5	Sanskrit Abhidharma Literature of the Mahaviharavasins Lance S. Cousins	169
6	The Contribution of Samghabhadra to Our Understanding of Abhidharma Doctrines KL Dhammajoti	223
7	Pratiyasamutpada in the Translations of An Shigao and the Writings of His Chinese Followers Eric M. Greene	248
8	Abhidharma in China: Reflections on 'Matching Meanings' and Xuanxue	279
9	Kuiji's Abhidharmic Recontextualization of Chinese Buddhism Weijen Teng	296
10	Traces of Abhidharma in the bSam-gtan mik-gron (Tibet, Tenth Century) Dylan Esler	314
PART 3 Philosophical Studies
11	Madhyamaka in Abhidharma Sastras: The Case of Harivarman's *Tattvasiddhi Goran Kardas	353
12	Svalaksana (Particular) and Samanyalaksana (Universal in Abhidharma and Chinese Yogacara Buddhism Chen-kuo Lin	375
13	Perspectives on the Person and the Self in Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosabhasya Yao-ming Tsai	396
	Index	413