Brahman and Dao

Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion

Ithamar Theodor, Zhihua Yao (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

308 Seiten

2013
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-7172-1 (ISBN)

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The present geopolitical rise of India and China evokes much interest in the comparative study of these two ancient Asian cultures. There are various studies comparing Western and Indian philosophies and religions, and there are similar works comparing Chinese and Western philosophy and religion. However, so far there is no systemic comparative study of Chinese and Indian philosophies and religions. Therefore there is a need to fill this gap. As such, Brahman and Dao: Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion is a pioneering volume in that it highlights possible bridges between these two great cultures and complex systems of thought, with seventeen chapters on various Indo-Chinese comparative topics. The book focuses on four themes: metaphysics and soteriology; ethics; body, health and spirituality; and language and culture.

Ithamar Theodor is a scholar of Hinduism. A graduate of the Theology Faculty, University of Oxford, and a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, he is lecturer at the University of Haifa and visiting scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Zhihua Yao is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests cover Buddhist philosophy, Indian philosophy, and philosophy of religion.

Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part One: Metaphysics and Soteriology
Chapter 1: One, Water, and Cosmogony: Reflections on the Rgveda X.129 and the Taiyi sheng shui
Chapter Two: Exploring Parallels between the Philosophy of Upanisads and Daoism
Chapter Three: The Way of silent Realization: Ineffability and Rationality in the Philosophical Mysticisms of Sa?kara and Zhan Ruoshui
Chapter Four: Impermanence and Immortality: The concept of pañca-skandha in Buddhism and in Twofold Mystery Daoism
Section Two: Ethics
Chapter Five: Li and Dharma: Gandhi, Confucius and Virtue Aesthetics
Chapter Six: Ethics and Metaphysics in the Bhagavadgita and Classical Chinese Thought
Chapter Seven: Communal Moral Personhood and Moral Responsibility in the Analects and the Bhagavadgita
Chapter Eight: Ethics of Compassion: Buddhist Karu?a and Confucian Ren
Chapter Nine: Why “Besire” Is Not Bizarre: Moral Knowledge in Confucianism and Hinduism
Section Three: Body, Health and Spirituality
Chapter Te

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.11.2013
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
Co-Autor	Ram Nath Jha, Sophia Katz, Friederike Assandri
Zusatzinfo	13 b/w photos; 7 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 236 mm
Gewicht	594 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	0-7391-7172-0 / 0739171720
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-7172-1 / 9780739171721
Zustand	Neuware