Causality : the central philosophy of Buddhism / David J. Kalupahana ; foreword by Eliot Deutsch.

An outgrowth of the author's thesis, University of London, 1966.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: pages [228]-239.

Foreword--Preface--Acknowledgements--Pre-Buddhist theories of causation: the Vedic tradition--Pre-Buddhist theories of causation: the non-Vedic tradition--Clarification of terminology--The conception of dharma--The causal principle and its validity--The causal explanation of existence--Later developments--Causal correlations: another facet of development--Conclusion--Abbreviations--Notes--Bibliography--Index of Chinese terms--General index.

D.J. Kalupahana, chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii, has carried out, in the tradition of his teacher K. N. Jayatilleke, a masterful articulation, analysis, and interpretation of the doctrines of causation in Buddhist philosophy. Special attention is given to early Buddhist teachings as found in the Pali Nikayas and Chinese Agamas; and by working with both Pali and Chinese sources Kalupahana has broadened considerably the foundations of scholarship in early Buddhist philosophy.