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Index

A

ai 愛 (desire-driven love) 38Albisbrunn sanatorium (Hausen am Albis) 13Amfortas 38amour original 18, 19, 21, 27, 35, 38Ananda 31, 33, 34, 35, 40–42, 47, 49Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham-Hyacinthe 18, 19, 21, 27,

35, 38, 59Antinoff , Steven 9appeasement 29, 30App, Urs 50, 58, 59, 63, 67, 69, 73

Richard Wagner und der Buddhismus 9Schopenhauer’s Compass 59Th e Birth of Orientalism 58, 59, 73

artist 12, 13, 15, 16, 23, 31, 39, 40artistic intuition 23, 28artist vs. philosopher 23Asyl (Wagner’s house in Zürich) 13, 78, 79Atma (ātman) 18avidyā (ignorance) 19, 26, 53

B

Baudelaire, Charles 18, 58Baumgartner, Wilhelm 11, 76Bayreuth 45, 50, 65Beelzebub 30Bhagavad Gita 18bliss 24, 26, 28, 29Bodhisattvas 54boredom 20

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Brahma (Bramâ) 39, 40, 61, 80Brahmanism 17, 19, 71, 72Brahmans 17, 41, 60Brahm (Brahman) 18Bramâ-World 40Brand, Hans 36, 50Brockhaus, Hermann (indologist) 77Brockhaus (publishing company) 16, 60,Brünnhilde 14, 15, 24, 26, 53Buddha 5, 8, 31, 33–35, 40–46, 48, 54, 57, 58, 61, 62, 69,

70–73, 78–82“Victoriously-Perfect One” 43Czakya, Çakya 34, 35, 42

Buddha’s community (sangha) 34Buddha statue of Schopenhauer Frontispiece, 78Buddhism 17–24, 26–28, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 44, 45, 51, 53,

54, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 67–69, 71, 73, 75, 77–79, 81, 82

Four Noble Truths of 20Mahāyāna Buddhism 17, 54Hīnayāna Buddhism 53Mongolian Buddhism 69religion of Fo 17Vajrayāna 53

Buddhist 11, 13, 19, 21, 22, 24, 28, 32–34, 37, 46, 47, 51–53, 60, 68, 69, 78, 79

Burnouf, Eugène 8, 22, 32, 33, 40, 43, 45, 46, 48, 52–54, 57, 63, 66, 67, 70, 78, 80, 81

Introduction à l’histoire du Buddhisme indien 33, 78

C

Çakya (Buddha) 34, 35, 42

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Chandala 33, 34chastity 33China 17, 22, 67, 69Christ 45, 58Christianity 17, 44, 45, 60, 71, 81compassion (karunā) 22, 26, 41, 43, 45, 54, 61concentration (samādhi) 63concupiscence 37, 38, 68consciousness

better consciousness 18double consciousness 18empirical consciousness 18individual consciousness 60

contradiction 24, 27, 28, 33, 35craving (tanhā) 19, 21, 22, 27, 53creative imagination 31cupidity 37curse of existence 38

D

Dahlhaus, Carl 65Dähnert, Johann Carl 58Dalai-Lama (“Dalai-Lahma”) 17Dārā Shikoh 19darkness 14Das Asiatische Magazin (ed. J. Klaproth) 17, 58death 11, 28, 54, 66décadence 72de Guignes, Joseph

Histoire générale des Huns, des Turcs, des Mogols 17, 58deliverance 29, 35, 36, 41, 54delusion 53, 54, 65

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Deshauterayes, Michel-Ange-André Leroux 68desire 12, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 43,

78, 82eradication of 22

Deussen, Paul 59, 60Sechzig Upanishad’s des Veda 60

dissatisfaction 22Dorner, C. 25Dörpinghaus, Andreas 59drama 28, 33, 34, 38, 41, 43, 45, 51, 54Durch Mitleid wissend (wisdom through compassion) 22,

26, 43, 54

E

ego 19egoism 19, 21, 28, 39, 53, 59Elsa (protagonist in Lohengrin) 12, 47emotional experience 41emptiness 17, 20, 54enlightened knowledge via compassion 22, 26, 43, 54Esposito, Monica 9existence 12, 14, 20, 21, 29, 31, 32, 38, 41, 53, 59, 60, 81

contradiction of 31, 32extinction 22

F

Feuerbach, Ludwig 11–13, 15, 23, 76, 77Fidelio (Beethoven) 75Fleisch 48Fluch 39Fo 佛 (Buddha) 58fulfi llment 12, 28

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G

Geneva 66, 79Germany 17, 48, 80God 18, 45, 48, 59, 60, 70, 71Goethe, Johann Wolfgang 65

H

heaven 18Herwegh, Georg 12–14, 16, 76–78Hīnayāna 53Hinduism 22, 39Holtzmann, Adolf 66Hübscher, Arthur 62, 67, 68, 70

I

I and other 19idealism, Buddhist 19ignorance 18, 19, 53illness 21illusion 19, 21, 22, 26India 18, 19, 22, 33, 48, 80Indian, Indians 19, 21, 39, 44, 49, 53, 62, 66, 67Indian imagery 44individual consciousness, total abolition of 60insight 19, 26, 31, 38, 39, 43, 53, 54

J

Japan 17, 54Jātaka legend of Buddha 81Jewish teachings 60

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Kapp 13, 25Karma 81karunā 22, 26, 54Klaproth, Julius 17, 58knowledge 18Koeppen, Carl Friedrich 57, 79

Die Religion des Buddha und ihre Entstehung 57Kundry 8, 30, 35, 36, 38, 43, 50, 52, 53

L

Lake of Constance 11Lamotte, Étienne 62Lanczkowski, G. 62Langeweile 20Jammer des Lebens 20Leipzig 64Leitmotiv technique 38, 46libretto 11, 14, 44, 75, 77, 81life-and-death see samsāralife, torment of 31, 40life, wretchedness of 20light 18Linji 臨濟 ( jap. Rinzai), Chinese Zen Master 54Liszt, Franz 11, 15, 32, 34, 39, 60, 66, 78Lohengrin (protagonist) 12, 47, 80longing 12, 36, 38, 60longing without ever reaching 36lotus fl owers 44love 12, 14–16, 18, 19, 21, 24, 26–30, 32–34, 37, 38, 43,

48, 55, 65, 66ai 愛 (desire-driven love) 38

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as saving force 27as the fundamental problem 27coming to terms with 24, 55essence of 12necessity of 12, 15of life 37of mankind 29primordial love 18sexual love 29, 30

love-death (Liebestod) 28lovelessness 15Love – Tragedy (Liebe – Tragik) 28, 36, 43Lucerne 79, 80Ludwig II, King of Bavaria 48, 80lust 14lust, ultimate 30Luther, Martin 48, 80

M

Mahāyāna 17, 22, 51, 53, 54, 69, 74man and woman 29mango trees 44man, ideality of 43Marx, Karl 12māyā 18, 19, 21, 26, 62Meilen (near Zürich) 14, 48melancholy 73mendicancy 79metaphysics of will (Schopenhauer) 18metempsychosis 26monasticism 71morality (śīla) 63

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Mughal dynasty 19music 11, 14–16, 23, 34, 38–41, 44, 46, 51, 75, 78, 80mysticism, Islamic 19

N

Nagao, Gadjin 54, 74Nietzsche, Friedrich 45, 80night 14, 18, 38, 39nirvāna (Nirvâna, Nirwana) 6, 22, 26, 39, 63, 65Noble Truths of Buddhism 20

O

Oldenberg, HermannBuddha, seine Lehre, seine Gemeinde 58, 81

optimism 15, 22–24, 47–49, 59, 60optimism, soteriological 60ordinary awareness 39Osterwalder, Joseph 9Osterwalder, Steffi 9Osthoff , Wolfgang 70Oupnek’hat (Latin Upanishads) 18, 21

P

pain 14, 24, 26, 38Pali language 53, 73Paris 11, 57, 58, 66, 70, 75, 76Payne, E. F. J. 62, 63Persian (language) 19pessimism 23, 24, 39, 59, 60, 73phenomena 15, 22philosopher 23, 29philosophy 64

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Planer, Minna (Wagner’s wife) 13, 75, 80Plato 68pleasure 14, 21poetry 39, 40prajñā (enlightened wisdom) 22, 26, 54, 63Prakriti 33–35, 38, 41, 43, 53, 78precept 41property 13, 24Pythagoras 68

R

rapture 30, 34reason 20, 39, 44, 46, 51religion 61, 81religion, oldest of humanity 60renunciation 16, 23, 30, 33, 34, 43, 45, 47–49, 60, 79resurrection 28Rietberg Museum 9, 13, 65, 71, 79Röckel, August 22, 26, 28, 63, 65, 66, 78Rorschach 11Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 71, 72

S

saint, saints 31, 39, 41, 60, 61, 77salvation 16, 19, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 43, 44, 47,

78, 79, 81salvation from love 24salvation through love 24, 28samsāra (Sansâra) 22, 38–40, 65, 80Sanskrit 19Śārdūlakarnāvadāna 67Satan 18

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Savitri (Sawitri) 31, 34, 47, 35, 66Sayn-Wittgenstein, Marie von 34Schmidt, Isaac Jacob 69Schopenhauer, Arthur 16–19, 21, 22, 24, 26–30, 33, 35,

37–39, 47, 51, 53, 57–60, 62–64, 66–71, 73, 75, 77–80

metaphysics of will 18, 27philosophical system 19

Schopenhauer’s Buddha statuette Frontispiece, 70Schopenhauer’s works

Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (Th e World as Will and Representation) 16, 19, 21, 62, 68, 77

Parerga und Paralipomena 16Sinology essay 67Über den Willen in der Natur (On Will in Nature) 33,

66sexual love 29, 30Shankara 19shock 41sin 19, 39, 61Sinology 33, 67soul, individual 21St. Gallen 9struggle for existence 20suff ering 20–22, 29, 38, 46, 53, 61, 64, 82Sufi , Sufi sm 19Suneson, Carl

Richard Wagner und die indische Geisteswelt 53, 66, 67, 69, 73

śūnyatā 17Switzerland 9, 11, 13, 65, 71

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T

tanhā (craving) 19, 21Th ailand 70thirst (trsnā) 19, 21, 26, 27, 35

for existence 21for impermanence 21for pleasure 21

Tibet 17, 22, 70tragedy 22, 23, 43tragic confl ict 28transmigration 17, 26, 37, 38, 46, 47, 68, 80

apex of all myths 37Tribschen (near Lucerne) 80trikāya 69Tristan chord 38trsnā (see thirst)truth 20, 39two principles, struggle of 18

U

unconscious 30unconsciousness 15UniversityMedia

East-West Discovery series 9, 59Upanishads 18, 19, 21, 59

V

Vajrayāna 53Venice 29, 30, 43, 79Vimalakīrti 54Vimalakīrti-sūtra 54voidness of the world of phenomena 22

100

W

Wagner, Cosima 44, 45, 71, 72, 80, 81Wagner, Minna 13, 75, 80Wagner Museum, Bayreuth 65Wagner’s musical works

Rienzi 11, 75Tannhäuser 11, 15, 18, 23, 28, 58, 76Der fl iegende Holländer (Th e Flying Dutchman) 11, 15,

23, 28, 76Der Ring des Nibelungen (Ring of the Nibelung) 11, 13,

14, 16, 22–24, 26, 27, 32, 48, 70, 76, 77, 78Die Feen (Th e Fairies) 75Die Novize von Palermo (Th e Novice of Palermo) 75Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) 11, 32Lohengrin 11, 12, 15, 23, 28, 47, 76, 80Parsifal 22, 28, 30, 35–38, 40, 43, 44, 47, 49, 54, 70, 71,

79, 80Rheingold 77Siegfried 11, 78, 79, 80Tristan und Isolde 9, 18, 21, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34–36, 38,

39, 77–79Walküre (Valkyrie) 14, 16, 78Wesendonck-Lieder (Wesendonck-Songs) 79

Wagner’s written worksDas Braune Buch (Th e Brown Book) 6, 66, 69Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft (Th e Work of Art of the

Future) 12, 76Das Liebesverbot (Th e Interdiction to Love) 75Der Künstler und die Öff entlichkeit (Th e Artist and the

General Public) 75Der Virtuos und der Künstler (Th e Virtuoso and the

Artist) 75

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Die deutsche Oper (Th e German Opera) 75Die Kunst und die Revolution (Art and Revolution) 76Die Revolution (Th e Revolution) 76Die Sieger (Th e Victors) passimEine Mitteilung an meine Freunde (A Message to my

Friends) 12, 76Jesus von Nazareth ( Jesus of Nazareth) 76Luthers Heirat (Luther’s Marriage) 80Mein Leben (My Life) 22Oper und Drama (Opera and Drama) 12, 76Siegfried’s Tod (Siegfried’s death) 11Über das Weibliche im Menschlichen (About the Femi-

nine in Humanity) 43Über deutsche Musik (About German Music) 75Über die Ouvertüre (About the Ouverture) 75

Wahlheim (chosen home) 65, 79Wahnheim (home of illusion) 27Wahrheit 6, 40, 61, 82Weimar 17, 34wine, women and song (Wein, Weib und Gesang) 48Wesendonck villa (now Museum Rietberg) 13, 65, 78, 79Wesendonck, Mathilde 13, 16, 25, 28, 29, 31, 41, 47, 65,

66, 70, 72, 77Wesendonck, Otto 13, 65, 77Wicky, André 9will

affi rmation of 26, 30, 35annihilation of 30, 77appeasement through love 29cosmic will 38manifestation of 20negation of 23, 26, 39, 61primary will and secondary knowledge 19

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Wille, Eliza 14Wille, François 14willing and striving, ceaseless 20will-to-life (Wille zum Leben) 35, 39, 61wine, women, and song (Wein, Weib und Gesang) 48wisdom (prajñā) 22, 26, 43, 54, 63, 82wisdom through compassion 22, 26, 43, 54woman

naturalness of 43acceptance of woman in the Buddha’s community 40

world as appearance 19interpretation of 23

Wotan 16

X

xiangshang (向上, jap. kōjō; going beyond) 54

Z

Zeltweg (Zürich) 15Zürich 9, 11–14, 16, 21, 48, 62, 63, 65–67, 68, 69, 71,

76–79