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CONTENTS<br />

List of figures <strong>and</strong> tables x<br />

Preface xi<br />

List of abbreviations xiii<br />

Introduction 1<br />

PART 1<br />

<strong>The</strong> doctr<strong>in</strong>al development of nirvana <strong>in</strong> early Indian <strong>Buddhism</strong> 7<br />

1 Nirvana <strong>and</strong> its reference 9<br />

2 <strong>The</strong> two nirvana theory <strong>in</strong> the early canon 14<br />

3 Developments of the two nirvana theory 36<br />

4 Nirvana <strong>in</strong> the <strong>The</strong>ravada Buddhist tradition 50<br />

5 Nirvana <strong>in</strong> Northern Buddhist schools 77<br />

6 Conclusion 106<br />

PART 2<br />

Annotated translations of the related texts <strong>in</strong> Pali, Sanskrit<br />

<strong>and</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese 113<br />

Selected sources for the nirvana concept <strong>and</strong> the two<br />

nirvana theory 115<br />

Notes 126<br />

Bibliography 153<br />

Index 158<br />

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