East Asian and Indian philosophy

In theological discourse, argues Hugh Nicholson, the political goes "e;all the way down.

Place and Dialectic presents two essays by Nishida Kitaro, translated into English for the first time by John W.

This is a second, revised edition of Kupperman's introduction to Asian philosophy via its canonical texts.

Koans are dialogues that stand at the center of Zen Buddhist literature and are often used to provoke the "e;great doubt"e; in testing a trainee's progress.

The doctrine of the two truths--a conventional truth and an ultimate truth--is central to Buddhist metaphysics and epistemology.

The doctrine of the two truths--a conventional truth and an ultimate truth--is central to Buddhist metaphysics and epistemology.

Daya Krishna (1924-2007) was easily the most creative and original Indian philosopher of the second half of the 20th century.

John Nemec examines the beginnings of the non-dual tantric philosophy of the famed Pratyabhijna or "e;Recognition [of God]"e; School of tenth-century Kashmir, the tradition most closely associated with Kashmiri Shaivism.

This book publishes, for the first time in decades, and in many cases, for the first time in a readily accessible edition, English language philosophical literature written in India during the period of British rule.

Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani is an essential work of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophical literature.

The Buddhist philosophical tradition is vast, internally diverse, and comprises texts written in a variety of canonical languages.

Fourteen years ago, a corpus of bamboo-strip texts was found in a late-fourth-century-BCE tomb at Jingmen, Hubei province in central China.

This book provides an in-depth textual and literary analysis of the Blue Cliff Record (Chinese Biyanlu, Japanese Hekiganroku), a seminal Chan/Zen Buddhist collection of commentaries on one hundred gongan/koan cases, considered in light of historical, cultural, and intellectual trends from the Song dynasty (960-1279).

The Oxford Handbook of World Philosophy provides the advanced student or scholar a set of introductions to each of the world's major non-European philosophical traditions.

The Training Anthology--or Siksa-samuccaya--is a collection of quotations from Buddhist sutras with illuminating and insightful commentary by the eighth-century North Indian master Santideva.

The Training Anthology--or Siksa-samuccaya--is a collection of quotations from Buddhist sutras with illuminating and insightful commentary by the eighth-century North Indian master Santideva.

To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism.

To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism.

As an incredibly diverse religious system, Buddhism is constantly changing.

We are accustomed to the idea that emotions need to be controlled, but the Chinese text "e;Xing zi mingchu"e; (300 B.

Winner of the Association of Asian Studies's Southeast Conference Book Prize (2014)Does imagery help or hinder the enlightenment experience?

Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha's defining action (karma) as intention.

In this companion volume to Singing the Body of God (Oxford 2002), Steven P.

Even the most casual observer of Chinese society is aware of the tremendous significance of Confucianism as a linchpin of both ancient and modern Chinese identity.

Hsieh Liang-tso (c.

This book provides the first English translation of Candrakirti's commentary (ca.

"e;There is no doubt that the wealth of new data and ideas offered in this exquisite book provides the deepest insights yet into the contemporary religious world of Jain laity.

This is the first full-length study of the devotional poetry and poetics of the fourteenth-century poet-philosopher Vedantadesika, one of the most outstanding and influential figures in the Hindu tradition of Sri-Vaishnavism (the cult of Lord Vishnu).

In an attempt to bridge the vast divide between classical Asian thought and contemporary Western philosophy, Joel J.

Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Hindu monk who introduced Vedanta to the West, is undoubtedly one of modern India's most influential philosophers.

Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Hindu monk who introduced Vedanta to the West, is undoubtedly one of modern India's most influential philosophers.

It is widely known that Buddhists deny the existence of the self.

It is widely known that Buddhists deny the existence of the self.

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) is by any measure the single most influential philosopher in Tibetan history.

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) is by any measure the single most influential philosopher in Tibetan history.

This book offers a contemporary philosophy of life drawing upon Buddhist resources from the Vimalakirti Sutra.

This book offers a contemporary philosophy of life drawing upon Buddhist resources from the Vimalakirti Sutra.

For more than two thousand years, the writings of the Confucian philosopher Mengzi have been a source of guidance and inspiration for those set on doing something to improve the state of the world.

For more than two thousand years, the writings of the Confucian philosopher Mengzi have been a source of guidance and inspiration for those set on doing something to improve the state of the world.

In A Time of Novelty, Samuel Wright re-envisions the relationship between philosophy and history in premodern India.

In A Time of Novelty, Samuel Wright re-envisions the relationship between philosophy and history in premodern India.

This is a sequel to a volume published in 2011 by OUP under the title The Ubiquitous Siva: Somananda's Sivadrsti and his Tantric Interlocutors.

For its extensive research and novel interpretations, Dasan's Noneo gogeum ju (Old and New Commentaries of the Analects) is considered in Korean Studies a crystallization of Dasan's study of the Confucian classics.

For its extensive research and novel interpretations, Dasan's Noneo gogeum ju (Old and New Commentaries of the Analects) is considered in Korean Studies a crystallization of Dasan's study of the Confucian classics.

This is the second volume of the new Rutgers Lectures in Philosophy series, which publishes lectures of prominent intellectuals and philosophers delivered annually on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus.

This is the second volume of the new Rutgers Lectures in Philosophy series, which publishes lectures of prominent intellectuals and philosophers delivered annually on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus.

A study of problems, all revolving around the subject of intellect in the philosophies of Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, this book starts by reviewing discussions in Greek and early Arabic philosophy which served as the background for the three Arabic thinkers.

Recognized as one of the greatest philosophers in classical China, Chu Hsi (1130-1200) is known in the West primarily through translations of one of his many works, the Chin-ssu Lu.

Surprisingly, this volume is the first and only anthology to address the worldwide influence of Confucius and the Analects in English.

This ambitious book presents a new interpretation of Chinese thought guided both by a philosopher's sense of mystery and by a sound philosophical theory of meaning.