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The Ethics of Sankara and Santideva: A Selfless Response to an Illusory World

By Warren Lee Todd

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
1409466817, 9781409466819
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1393331 bytes)
Series
Dialogues in South Asian Traditions: Religion, Philosophy, Literature and History
Edition
Ill
Pages
232\233
Time added
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Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of self, this book draws from two of the most influential Indian masters, Śaṅkara and Śāntideva. 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 Śaṅkara and Śāntideva, 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.

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