Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Recent Work on the Gaudapadiya-karika
Outline of the Monograph
1. The Date and Authorship of the Gaudapadiya-karika
The Identity and Date of Gaudapada
Authorship of the Gaudapadiya-karika
The Relationship Between the First and Second Prakaranas
The Relationship of GK II, III, and IV
The Gaudapadiya-karika and Bhavaviveka
The Author of the Fourth Prakarana
and Buddhist Scholasticism
Conclusion
2. The Vedantic Heritage of the Gaudapadiya-karika
The Three Foundations (Prasthanatraya) of the Vedanta-Darsana
The Upanisadic Heritage of the Gaudapadiya-karika
Cosmogonic Speculation in the Upanisads
Psychology in the
Upanisads
The Four States of Experience
The
Mandukya Upanisad
The Bhagavadgita and the Gaudapadiya-karika
The Brahmasutra
Doctrines of the Brahmasutra
3. The Abhidharma Context of Non-Origination (Ajativada)
The Non-Origination Date of Dharmas--Absolutism and the Svaghava Debate in Buddhism
The Sarvastivada Abhidharma
The Nature of Samskrta and Asamskrta Dharmas
The Sautrantika Position: Asamskrta-Nairatmya
The Unique Particularity of Dharmas--A Mahayana Critique
The Non-arising (Anutpada) and Immutability of Dharmas
4. Non-Origination in the Gaudapadiya-karika: Early Vedantic Ontology and Madhyamaka Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism and the Fourth Prakarana of the GK
The Two Truths in the Mahayana Tradition: The Nature of Samvrti
The Two Truths in the Gaudapadiya-karika
Foundations of Non-Origination: The Paradox of Change
Nagarjuna's Refutation of Absolutism (Svabhavavada) and the Gaudapadian Response
Emptiness (Sunyata) and Non-dualism (Advaita)
Non-Origination and Emptiness: The Madhyamaka and Advaita Perspectives
5. Asparsa-yoga in the Gaudapadiya-karika
Asparsayoga as a Meditative Technique
The Four States of Experience in the Agama-Prakarana (GK I)
Meditation on the Phoneme OM
Asparsayoga as a Description of the Ultimate State
The Attainment of Gnosis (Jnana) in the GK
Asparsayoga: The Gaudapadian Phenomenology of Perception
Non-contact (Asparsa) and Representation-Only (Vijnapti-matra)
The Yogacara Phenomenology of Perception
The Non-Veridicality (Vaitathya) of Waking and Dream Experience in the GK
Maya in the Gaudapadiya-karika
The Meaning of the Term 'Asparsayoga'
6. Gaudapadian Inclusiveness and the Mahayana Buddhist Tradition
The Gaudapadian Conception of Buddhism
The Theory of Non-Conflict (Avirodhavada) in the GK
Inclusivism in the Gaudapadiya-karika
The Bhavavivekan Response to the Vedantic Inclucivism of the GK
7. Absolutism in the BK and the Mahayana: the Tathagatagarbha Texts
The Tathagatagarbha Texts
The Systematization of Indian Tathagatagarbha: The Ratnagotravighagasastra
A Question of Hermeneutics: Is There a Mahayana Absolutism?
Tathagatabarbha and Two Types of Emptiness in Tibetan Mahayana
The Gaudapadiya-karika and Tathagatagarbha Buddhism
Conclusions
Appendix: A Running Translation of the Gaudapadiya-karika
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Index of Verses