Interaction of Buddhist Philosophy & Other Philosophies

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Introduction 

I’d like to speak this afternoon about the interaction of Buddhist philosophy with other philosophies. When we speak about Buddhist philosophy, there is not just one type of Buddhist philosophy. If we look at the historical development of Buddhism in India, then we find that many different schools of Buddhist philosophy developed and, although they are talking about the same issues, they each have their own interpretation. This becomes even more confusing when we turn to Tibetan Buddhism because, within each of the four Tibetan traditions, each of them has their own interpretation of each of the Indian Buddhist systems. Even within the Indian schools and the Tibetan schools, there are many different authors, and each of these authors has their own interpretation. When faced with the question of the interaction of Buddhist philosophy with other non-Buddhist philosophies, this becomes very complex because one has to ask which type of Buddhist philosophy are we talking about? However, one thing that makes the task a little bit easier is that there is a great deal of emphasis on definitions. 

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