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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790864703321

Titolo

Brahman and Dao : comparative studies of Indian and Chinese philosophy and religion / / Edited by Ithamar Theodor and Zhihua Yao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4985-2591-1

0-7391-8814-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

Studies in comparative philosophy and religion

Altri autori (Persone)

TheodorIthamar <1959->

YaoZhihua <1968->

Disciplina

181/.11

Soggetti

Philosophy, Indic

Philosophy, Chinese

Philosophy, Comparative

India Religion

China Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. METAPHYSICS AND SOTERIOLOGY; Chapter 1. One, Water, and Cosmogony: Reflections on the Rg̣veda X.129 and the Taiyi sheng shui; Chapter 2. Exploring Parallels between the Philosophy of Upanisạds and Daoism; Chapter 3. The Way of Silent Realization: Ineffability and Rationality in the Philosophical Mysticisms of Śaṅkara and Zhan Ruoshui; Chapter 4. Impermanence and Immortality: The Concept of pañca-skandha in Buddhism and in Twofold Mystery Daoism; PART II. ETHICS; Chapter 5. Li and Dharma: Gandhi, Confucius, and Virtue Aesthetics

Chapter 6. Ethics and Metaphysics in the Bhagavadgītā and Classical Chinese ThoughtChapter 7. Communal Moral Personhood and Moral Responsibility in the Analectsand the Bhagavadgītā; Chapter 8. Ethics of Compassion: Buddhist Karunạ̄ and Confucian Ren; Chapter 9. Why "Besire" Is Not Bizarre: Moral Knowledge in Confucianism and Hinduism; PART III. BODY, HEALTH, AND SPIRITUALITY; Chapter 10. Yoga and Daoyin: History, Worldview, and Techniques; Chapter 11. The



Emergence of Classical Medicine in Ancient China and India

Chapter 12. Health, Illness, and the Body in Buddhist and Daoist Self-CultivationPART IV. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE; Chapter 13. Indic Influence on Chinese Language; Chapter 14. Magical Alphabet in the Indian and Chinese Minds: From the Garland of Letters to Master Pu'an's Siddham Mantra; Chapter 15. Mixed up on "Matching Terms" (geyi): Confusions in Cross-Cultural Translation; Chapter 16. The Ludic Quality of Life: A Comparison of the Caitanaya-caritāmrṭa and the Zhuangzi; Chapter 17. The Poet and the Historian: Criticism of the Modern Age by Rabindranath Tagore and Qian Mu; Index

About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Brahman and Dao: Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion is a pioneering volume highlighting possible bridges between Indian and Chinese cultures and complex systems of thought, and it includes 17 chapters on various Indo-Chinese comparative topics. It looks into four such themes: 1) metaphysics and soteriology, 2) ethics, 3) body, health and spirituality, and 4) language and culture.