Brahman and Dao

Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion

Ithamar Theodor, Zhihua Yao (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

308 Seiten

2015
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-2591-6 (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 Ten: Yoga and Daoyin: History, Worldview, and Techniques
Chapter Eleven: The Emergence of Classical Medicine in Ancient China and India
Chapter Twelve: Health, Illness, and the Body in Buddhist and Daoist Self-Cultivation
Section Four: Language and Culture
Chapter Thirteen: Indic Influence on Chinese Language
Chapter Fourteen: Magical Alphabet in the Indian and Chinese Minds: From the Garland of Letters to Master Pu’an’s Siddham Mantra
Chapter Fifteen: Mixed up on “Matching Terms” (geyi): Confusions in Cross-cultural Translation
Chapter Sixteen: The Ludic Quality of Life: A Comparison of the Caitanaya-caritam?ta and the Zhuangzi
Chapter Seventeen: The Poet and the Historian: Criticism of the Modern Age by Rabindranath Tagore and Qian Mu

Reihe/Serie	Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
Co-Autor	Ram Nath Jha, Sophia Katz, Friederike Assandri
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 232 mm
Gewicht	458 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	1-4985-2591-1 / 1498525911
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-2591-6 / 9781498525916
Zustand	Neuware