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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.
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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
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Ithamar Theodoris senior lecturer of Hindu studies at Zefat Academic College and director of the Hindu-Jewish Studies Program at The University of Haifa. His most recent book is The Fifth Veda in Hinduism; Philosophy, Poetry and Devotion in the Bhagavata Purana (2016).Alexus McLeod is professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University.Carl Olson is emeritus professor of religious studies at Allegheny College.
