The Pulse of Wisdom The Philosophies of India, China, and Japan,9780534551278

The Pulse of Wisdom The Philosophies of India, China, and Japan

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780534551278
ISBN10: 0534551270
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Pub. Date: 1999-12-10
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary

THE PULSE OF WISDOM provides an introduction to Asian philosophy as found in the countries of India, China, and Japan. Its thematic approach covers the most significant questions in the areas of Oriental metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, and ethics as it successfully integrates historical and regional approaches. In addition, readings from Indian, Chinese, and Japanese sources allow the reader to gain some familiarity with primary sources. This book helps readers develop a sound grasp of the major teachings and leading figures and schools in Oriental thought. Furthermore, it enables the reader to gain a competent understanding of the ways of thinking of peoples with whom we will continue to work together more closely in our global community.

Author Biography

Michael C. Brannigan (Ph.D., Higher Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven, Belgium) is a Professor of Philosophy at La Roche College

Table of Contents

Historical Survey
1(56)
Indian Philosophies
1(22)
Philosophical Traits
2(2)
Hindu Philosophies
4(10)
Indian Budddhism
14(9)
Chinese Philosophies
23(14)
Philosophical Traits
23(3)
Ancient Period (before 221 B.C.E.)
26(4)
Middle Period (221 B.C.E.--960 C.E.)
30(4)
Neo-Confucianism (960--1912)
34(2)
Modern Period (1912--present)
36(1)
Japanese Philosophies
37(14)
Philosophical Traits
37(3)
Period of Antiquity: Nara and Heian Schools
40(3)
Medieval Buddhism
43(2)
Tokugawa Confucianism
45(4)
Modern Period
49(2)
Study Questions
51(2)
Notes
53(4)
Reality
57(72)
Indian Philosophies
57(13)
Hindu Perspectives on Reality
57(8)
Buddhist Perspectives on Reality
65(5)
Chinese Philosophies
70(12)
Basic Themes Concerning Reality
70(2)
Ancient Chinese Views of Reality
72(2)
Confucianism and Reality
74(1)
Tao as Wu: Neo-Taoism and Reality
75(1)
Chinese Buddhism and Reality
76(4)
Neo-Confucianism and Reality
80(2)
Japanese Philosophies
82(7)
Early Buddhism and Reality
82(1)
Medieval Buddhism and Reality
83(2)
Tokugawa Confucianism and Reality
85(1)
Kyoto School and Reality
86(3)
Study Questions
89(3)
Notes
92(37)
Nasadiya (Creation Hymn), from Rig Veda
95(1)
Introduction to Commentary on the Vedanta Sutras of Badarayana
96(4)
``An Examination of Relational Condition,'' from Madhyamika Karika
100(2)
Tao Te Ching
102(3)
``The Nature of Things'' (Wu-shih), from Lun-Heng
105(3)
``On Sunyata,'' from Chao Lun
108(3)
``Principle (Li) and Material Force (Ch'i),'' from Complete Works of Chu Hsi
111(3)
From Hsin li-hsueh (The New Rational Philosophy)
114(4)
``One Bright Jewel,'' from Shobogenzo
118(4)
``The Fundamental Mode of True Reality''
122(4)
``The Standpoint of Sunyata''
126(3)
Self
129(60)
Indian Philosophies
129(11)
Hindu Perspectives
129(6)
Buddhist Perspectives
135(5)
Chinese Philosophies
140(5)
Chuang Tzu: ``Forget the Self''
140(1)
Confucius and Tung Chung-shu
141(1)
Neo-Confucianists
142(2)
Buddhists
144(1)
Japanese Philosophies
145(6)
Shushi, Chu Hsi Neo-Confucianism
145(1)
Japanese Buddhism
146(1)
Kyoto School
147(2)
Watsuji Tetsuro: Self and Climate
149(2)
Study Questions
151(1)
Notes
152(37)
From the Chandogya Upanishad
154(3)
From the Samkhya Karika
157(4)
Commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms
161(4)
``The Eternal and the Individual''
165(3)
``There Is No Ego,'' from the Milindapanha and the Visuddhi-Magga
168(4)
``Examination of Self-Nature,'' from Madhyamika Karika
172(2)
Trimsika-Karika (Thirty Verses)
174(2)
From Instructions fro Practical Life
176(2)
From a Letter to Shu Kuo-yung
178(2)
``The Nonexistence of the Self,'' from The Treatise on the Establishment of the Doctrine of Consciousness-Only
180(3)
``The Issue at Hand'' (``Genjokoan'') from Shobogenzo
183(3)
The Phenomena of Climate
186(3)
Knowledge
189(60)
Indian Philosophies
189(15)
Hindu Perspectives
189(9)
Buddhist Perspectives
198(6)
Chinese Philosophies
204(6)
Chuang Tzu
204(1)
Confuciansts
205(2)
School of Names (Logicians)
207(1)
Ch'an Buddhism: No-Mind
208(1)
Wang Yang-ming: Intuitive Knowledge
209(1)
Chang Tung-sun: Culture and Knowledge
209(1)
Japanese Philosophies
210(6)
Japanese Buddhism
210(3)
Nishida Kitaro
213(3)
Study Questions
216(2)
Notes
218(31)
From the Nyayasutra, with Commentary by Vatsyayana
221(1)
``A Discourse on Absence,'' from Tattvacintamani
222(2)
``A Discourse on the Significance of Negative Particles,'' from Nan-vada
224(2)
Ways of Knowing
226(4)
From Nyaya-bindu (A Short Treatise of Logic), with Commentary by Dharmottara
230(4)
``The Real Nature of Knowledge,'' from Lun-Heng
234(3)
``A Chinese Philosopher's Theory of Knowledge''
237(5)
Zen Mondo, from Dentoroku
242(2)
Zen Koan, from Mumonkan
244(1)
``Intellectual Intuition''
245(4)
Ethics
249(72)
Indian Philosophies
249(13)
Hindu Perspectives on Ethics
249(8)
Buddhist Perspectives on Ethics
257(5)
Chinese Philosophies
262(8)
Ancient Schools and Ethics
262(5)
Chinese Buddhism and Fa-tsang
267(1)
Neo-Confucianism and Ethics
267(3)
Japanese Philosophies
270(7)
Japanese Buddhism
270(1)
Japanese Neo-Confucianism
271(2)
Bushido
273(2)
Nishida Kitaro and the Unifying Power of Consciousness
275(1)
Watsuji Tetsuro and Aidagara
276(1)
Study Questions
277(1)
Notes
278(43)
Bhagavadgita
281(6)
``The Spirit of Non-Violence''
287(1)
``The Fire-Sermon,'' from the Maha-Vagga
288(2)
``The Eightfold Path,'' from the Digha-Nikaya
290(2)
From The Dhammapada
292(6)
``That the Nature Is Evil''
298(7)
``Universal Love''
305(3)
``Moral Cultivation,'' from The Complete Works of Chu Hsi
308(4)
Letter to Ku Tung-ch'iao
312(4)
``The Art of the Mind-and-Heart,'' from Yamato Zokkun
316(2)
From Fudo (Climate and Culture)
318(3)
Death
321(50)
Indian Philosophies
322(11)
Hindu Perspectives on Death
322(6)
Buddhist Perspectives on Death
328(5)
Chinese Philosophies
333(8)
Taoism
333(2)
Confucianism
335(1)
Mo Tzu on Death
336(1)
Chinese Buddhism
336(2)
Social Immortality
338(3)
Japanese Philosophies
341(7)
Basic Japanese Themes Concerning Death
342(2)
Japanese Buddhism and Death
344(3)
Some Japanese Customs Concerning Death
347(1)
Study Questions
348(1)
Notes
349(22)
From the Katha Upanishad
352(4)
``Questions Which Tend Not to Edification,'' from the Majjhima-Nikaya
356(4)
``No Continuous Personal Identity,'' from the Milindapanha and the Visuddhi-Magga
360(2)
``Simplicity of Funerals,'' from Lun Heng
362(4)
``On Time,'' from Chao Lun
366(4)
``Shoji'' (``Birth and Death''), from Shobogenzo
370(1)
Glossary 371(12)
Bibliography 383(8)
Index 391

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