Contents

Notes on Contributors viiAcknowledgements ix

Introduction 1Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

1 Senses of Self and Not-self in the Upanisads and Nikayas 11Brian Black

2 Why Didn't Siddhartha Gautama Become a Sarnkhya Philosopher,After All? 29Marzenna Jakubczak

3 Self, Consciousness, and Liberation in Classical Samkhya 47Mikel Burley

4 Buddhist No-self: An Analysis and Critique 63Jonardon Ganeri

5 Emotions: A Challenge to No-self Views 77Irina Kuznetsova

6 Uddyotakara's Defence of a Self 97John Taber

7 The Abode of Recognition: Memory and the Continuity ofSelfhood in Classical Nyaya Thought 115Douglas L. Berger

8 Self and Memory: Personal Identity and Unified Consciousnessin Comparative Perspective 129Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

9 Action, Desire and Subjectivity in Prabhakara MTmamsa 147Elisa Freschi

10 On the Advaitic Identification of Self and Consciousness 165Wolfgang Fasching

vi Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue

11 Luminosity, Subjectivity, and Temporality: An Examination ofBuddhist and Advaita Views of Consciousness 181Matthew MacKenzie

12 Arguing from Synthesis to the Self: Utpaladeva and AbhinavaguptaRespond to Buddhist No-selfism 199Arindam Chakraharti

13 Indian Philosophy and the Question of the Self 217Ankur Barua

Bibliography 231Index 247