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Early Buddhist Reading: Books & Articles A , M : The Oral Composition and Transmission of Early Buddhist Texts. In: LLON ARK Indian : Luzac Oriental, 1997, S. 39–63 Insights: Buddhism, Brahmanism and Bhakti ANĀLAYO, BHIKKHU: Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic Techniques and the Oral Performance Context (2008) ANĀLAYO, BHIKKHU: The Vicissitudes of Memory and Early Buddhist Oral Transmission. In: (2009), Nr. vol 5, S. 5–19 Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies A , B : The Brahmajāla and the Early Buddhist Oral Tradition. In: NĀLAYO HIKKHU Annual Report of Bd. 17 (2014a), the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University S. 41– 59 A , B : The Hīnayāna Fallacy. In: NĀLAYO HIKKHU Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (2014b), Nr. 6, S. 9–31 A , B : A Note on the Term Theravāda. In: (2013) NĀLAYO HIKKKHU Buddhist Studies Review ANĀLAYO, BHIKKKHU: Perspectives on the Body in Early Buddhist Meditation. In: CHUANG, K. P. 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    EARLY BUDDHIST METAPHYSICS This book provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic and allegedly scholastic philosophy of the Pali Abhidhamma movement. Conceptual investigation into the development of Buddhist ideas is pursued, thus rendering the Buddha’s philosophical position more explicit and showing how and why his successors changed it. Entwining comparative philosophy and Buddhology, the author probes the Abhidhamma’s shift from an epistemologically oriented conceptual scheme to a metaphysical worldview that is based on the concept of dhamma. She does so in terms of the Aristotelian tradition and vis-à-vis modern philosophy, exploiting Western philo- sophical literature from Plato to contemporary texts in the fields of philosophy of mind and cultural criticism. This book not only demonstrates that a philosophical inquiry into the conceptual foundations of early Buddhism can enhance our understanding of what philosophy and religion are qua thought and religion; it also shows the value of fresh perspectives for traditional Buddhology. Combining philosophically rigorous investigation and Buddhological research criteria, Early Buddhist Metaphysics fills a significant gap in Buddhist scholar- ship’s treatment of the conceptual development of the Abhidhamma. Noa Ronkin received her PhD from the University of Oxford. She is currently a lecturer in the Introduction to the Humanities Programme and a Research Fellow at the Center for Buddhist Studies, Stanford University. Her research interests include a range of issues associated with Indian Theravada Buddhist philosophy and psychology, the Abhidhamma tradition and comparative Indian philosophy.