Heartfelt congratulations to Rupert Gethin with regard to the appearance of this long-awaited book that was so long in the making! 

For everyone interested -- and those many of us who don't have access to Oxford Academic, etc. -- the book (the digital version) is also available here:

https://www.vitalsource.com/de/products/mapping-a-buddha-39-s-mind-rupert-gethin-v9780192598707?srsltid=AU7gw4XWlwpYCdI2St1EHBY3fvmzm3J_iw1ewSpL0GP8A_Kx7d5EXVZ-

It became available at the end of August. I have already read it (well, most of it), and even referred to it in one of my papers. 

The book is truly a masterpiece and sheds so much new light on this very special, difficult and enigmatic subject.

With kind regards,

Gleb Sharygin



"Evaṃ vimuttacitto kho, aggivessana, bhikkhu na kenaci saṃvadati, na

kenaci vivadati, yañca loke vuttaṃ tena voharati, aparāmasa"nti.



Schopenhauer was wandering through Berlin’s famous Tiergarten once at

night. Thinking he was a tramp, a security guard approached him and asked

roughly, "Who are you? Where did you come from? Why are you

here? Where are you going?" Astounded, Schopenhauer replied: "If you

could only answer these questions to me, I'd be eternally grateful!"


On Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 17:51 Rupert Gethin via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,

Just to announce that my book on Abhidharma has recently been published:

Rupert Gethin, Mapping a Buddha's Mind: Indian Buddhist Thought in the Theravāda, Sarvāstivāda, and Yogācāra Abhidharma (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026), xxviii + 533 pp. ISBN: 9780198856689. £150 (Sorry about the price.)


CONTENTS
Introduction: On the Study of Abhidharma
1:The Development of Abhidharma Literature
2:On Listing Dharmas
3:On Being Embodied
4:On Being Conscious
5:On Being Unskilful
6:On Being Skilful
7:On Mapping Causes and Effects
8:On Doing, Dying, and Being Reborn
Concluding Remarks

With best wishes,

Rupert Gethin
—
Rupert Gethin
Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Studies
University of Bristol


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