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Historical Survey | |
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Indian Philosophies | |
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Philosophical Traits | |
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Hindu Philosophies | |
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Indian Buddhism | |
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Chinese Philosophies | |
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Philosophical Traits | |
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Ancient Period (before 221 B.C.E.) | |
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Middle Period (221 B.C.E.-960 C.E.) | |
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Neo-Confucianism (960-1912) | |
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Modern Period (1912-present) | |
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Japanese Philosophies | |
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Philosophical Traits | |
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Period of Antiquity: Nara and Heian Schools | |
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Medieval Buddhism | |
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Tokugawa Confucianism | |
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Modern Period | |
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Study Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Reality | |
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Indian Philosophies | |
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Hindu Perspectives on Reality | |
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Buddhist Perspectives on Reality | |
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Chinese Philosophies | |
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Basic Themes Concerning Reality | |
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Ancient Chinese Views of Reality | |
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Confucianism and Reality | |
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Tao as Wu: Neo-Taoism and Reality | |
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Chinese Buddhism and Reality | |
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Neo-Confucianism and Reality | |
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Japanese Philosophies | |
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Early Buddhism and Reality | |
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Medieval Buddhism and Reality | |
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Tokugawa Confucianism and Reality | |
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Kyoto School and Reality | |
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Study Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Nasadiya (Creation Hymn), from Rig Veda | |
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Introduction to Commentary on the Vedanta Sutras of Badarayana | |
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"An Examination of Relational Condition," from Madhyamika Karika | |
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Tao Te Ching | |
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"The Nature of Things" (Wu-shih), from Lun-Heng | |
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"On Sunyata," from Chao Lun | |
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"Principle (Li) and Material Force (Ch'i)," from Complete Works of Chu Hsi | |
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From Hsin li-hsueh (The New Rational Philosophy) | |
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"One Bright Jewel," from Shobogenzo | |
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"The Fundamental Mode of True Reality" | |
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"The Standpoint of Sunyata" | |
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Self | |
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Indian Philosophies | |
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Hindu Perspectives | |
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Buddhist Perspectives | |
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Chinese Philosophies | |
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Chuang Tzu: "Forget the Self" | |
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Confucius and Tung Chung-shu | |
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Neo-Confucianists | |
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Buddhists | |
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Japanese Philosophies | |
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Shushi, Chu Hsi Neo-Confucianism | |
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Japanese Buddhism | |
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Kyoto School | |
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Watsuji Tetsuro: Self and Climate | |
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Study Questions | |
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Notes | |
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From the Chandogya Upanishad | |
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From the Samkhya Karika | |
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Commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms | |
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"The Eternal and the Individual" | |
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"There Is No Ego," from the Milindapanha and the Visuddhi-Magga | |
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"Examination of Self-Nature," from Madhyamika Karika | |
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Trimsika-Karika (Thirty Verses) | |
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From Instructions for Practical Life | |
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From a Letter to Shu Kuo-yung | |
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"The Nonexistence of the Self," from The Treatise on the Establishment of the Doctrine of Consciousness-Only | |
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"The Issue at Hand" ("Genjokoan") from Shobogenzo | |
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The Phenomena of Climate | |
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Knowledge | |
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Indian Philosophies | |
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Hindu Perspectives | |
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Buddhist Perspectives | |
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Chinese Philosophies | |
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Chuang Tzu | |
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Confucianists | |
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School of Names (Logicians) | |
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Ch'an Buddhism: No-Mind | |
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Wang Yang-ming: Intuitive Knowledge | |
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Chang Tung-sun: Culture and Knowledge | |
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Japanese Philosophies | |
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Japanese Buddhism | |
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Nishida Kitaro | |
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Study Questions | |
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Notes | |
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From the Nyayasutra | |
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"A Discourse on Absence," from Tattvacintamani | |
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"A Discourse on the Significance of Negative Particles," from Nan-vada | |
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Ways of Knowing | |
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From Nyaya-bindu (A Short Treatise of Logic) | |
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"The Real Nature of Knowledge," from Lun-Heng | |
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"A Chinese Philosopher's Theory of Knowledge" | |
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Zen Mondo, from Dentoroku | |
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Zen Koan, from Mumonkan | |
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"Intellectual Intuition" | |
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Ethics | |
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Indian Philosophies | |
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Hindu Perspectives on Ethics | |
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Buddhist Perspectives on Ethics | |
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Chinese Philosophies | |
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Ancient Schools and Ethics | |
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Chinese Buddhism and Fa-tsang | |
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Neo-Confucianism and Ethics | |
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Japanese Philosophies | |
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Japanese Buddhism | |
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Japanese Neo-Confucianism | |
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Bushido | |
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Nishida Kitaro and the Unifying Power of Consciousness | |
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Watsuji Tetsuro and Aidagara | |
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Study Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Bhagavadgita | |
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"The Spirit of Non-Violence" | |
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"The Fire-Sermon," from the Maha-Vagga | |
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"The Eightfold Path," from the Digha-Nikaya | |
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From The Dhammapada | |
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"That the Nature Is Evil" | |
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"Universal Love" | |
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"Moral Cultivation," from The Complete Works of Chu Hsi | |
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Letter to Ku Tung-ch'iao | |
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"The Art of the Mind-and-Heart," from Yamato Zokkun | |
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From Fudo (Climate and Culture) | |
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Death | |
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Indian Philosophies | |
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Hindu Perspectives on Death | |
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Buddhist Perspectives on Death | |
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Chinese Philosophies | |
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Taoism | |
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Confucianism | |
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Mo Tzu on Death | |
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Chinese Buddhism | |
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Social Immortality | |
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Japanese Philosophies | |
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Basic Japanese Themes Concerning Death | |
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Japanese Buddhism and Death | |
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Some Japanese Customs Concerning Death | |
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Study Questions | |
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Notes | |
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From the Katha Upanishad | |
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"Questions Which Tend Not to Edification," from the Majjhima-Nikaya | |
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"No Continuous Personal Identity," from the Milindapanha and the Visuddhi-Magga | |
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"Simplicity of Funerals," from Lun Heng | |
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"On Time," from Chao Lun | |
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"Shoji" ("Birth and Death"), from Shobogenzo | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |