The ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva : a selfless response to an illusory world
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The ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva : a selfless response to an illusory world
（Dialogues in South Asian traditions : religion, philosophy, literature and history）
Ashgate, c2013
- : hbk
Available at 6 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. [203]-214
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of self, this book draws from two of the most influential Indian masters, Sankara and Santideva. Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism is still possible within a metaphysics which assumes there to be no independent self. A new ethical model based on the notions of 'flickering consciousness' and 'constructive altruism' is proposed. By comparing the metaphysics and ethics of Sankara and Santideva, Todd shows that the methodologies and aims of these Buddhist and Hindu masters trace remarkably similar cross-cutting paths. Treating Buddhism and Hinduism with equal respect, this book compares and reinterprets the Indian material so as to engage with contemporary Western debates on self and to show that Indian philosophy is indeed a philosophy of dialogue.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 The Self
- Chapter 2 A New Ethical Model
- Chapter 3 Situating ?a?kara and ??ntideva
- Chapter 4 Their Common Approach to the World
- Chapter 5 Knowledge and Liberation
- Chapter 6 A Selfless Response to the World
- Chapter 7 Marginal Cases
- conclusion Conclusion
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