Table of Contents Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Technical Note on Terms Introduction 1 The Devaluation of Language and the Privileging of Perception Language and Concepts in Early Buddhism Abhidharma and Dharma Theory Mahāyāna Views on Language and Concepts Dialectical Patterns in the Perfection of Wisdom Literature Dialectic, Paradox, and Discourse The Paradoxical Dialectic and Buddhist History Discursive Thinking and the Construction of the Lifeworld Perception in Indian Buddhism and Indian Philosophy 2 Buddhist Visuality in History and Metaphor Vision in Indo-European Language and History Metaphors and Their Functions Visual Metaphor in Buddhist Discourse Related Metaphors for Knowledge and Awakening The Meaning and Significance of Space in Buddhist Discourse Conclusion 3 Orality, Writing, and Authority: Visionary Literature and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Māhayāna Orality In Early Buddhism Writing in
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