Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index.

Schopenhauer in context : the "oriental renaissance" -- Schopenhauer’s Indian sources : Hinduism -- Schopenhauer’s Indian sources : Buddhism -- "Representation" : Schopenhauer and the reality-status of the world -- The reality-status of the empirical world : the Mādhyamika teaching -- Advaita Vedānta : the world as illusory appearance -- Conclusions : Schopenhauer’s Representation and its Indian affinities -- Schopenhauer’s conception of the world as will -- Schopenhauer : the will in its general forms (ideas) -- Metaphysical factors behind the empirical world : Advaita Vedānta -- The arising of the empirical world in Buddhism : the Yogācāra teaching -- Conclusions : Schopenhauer’s will and comparable Indian ideas -- The ontological status of will -- Beyond the will : "better consciousness" and the "pure subject of knowing" -- The hidden compass : Schopenhauer and the limits of philosophy --Schopenhauer and Indian thought.