Though intimately related Buddhist teaching and Buddhist philosophy are notone and the same. Philosophy is a Western term originating in ancient Greecethat may ... » 

Though intimately related Buddhist teaching and Buddhist philosophy are notone and the same. Philosophy is a Western term originating in ancient Greecethat may be appropriately applied to some but not all Buddhist teachings. InBuddhist Teaching in India scholar Johannes Bronkhorst gives an overview ofthe rise of philosophy in India and explores Buddhisms role in that rise.Also examined is the origin of the dharma theory the evolution of MahayanaBuddhism and influences on teaching from outside Buddhism. Included inBrokhorsts analysis is an explanation of the teachingphilosophy ofmadhayamaka or middleway the systematic Buddhist explanation of themode of existence of all entities both external and internal. This complexdoctrine has been the most often debated taught and contemplated system ofteaching in the Buddhist world. The concepts of Buddhist teaching and Buddhistphilosophy intersect and support one another in this rational and contemplativepresentation of the nature of reality and perception. «