TY - BOOK AU - Theodor,Ithamar AU - Yao,Zhihua TI - Brahman and Dao: comparative studies of Indian and Chinese philosophy and religion T2 - Studies in comparative philosophy and religion SN - 0739171720 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - B121 .B73 2014 PY - 2014///] CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - Philosophy, Chinese KW - Philosophy, Comparative KW - Philosophy, Indic KW - China KW - Religion KW - India N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; METAPHYSICS AND SOTERIOLOGY --; One, Water, and Cosmogony: Reflections on the Rgveda X.129 and the Taiyi sheng shui; Zhihua Yao --; Exploring Parallels between the Philosophy of Upanisads and Daoism; Ram Nath Jha --; The Way of Silent Realization: Ineffability and Rationality in the Philosophical Mysticisms of Sankara and Zhan Ruoshui; Sophia Katz --; Impermanence and Immortality: The Concept of panca-skandha in Buddhism and in Twofold Mystery Daoism; Friederike Assandri --; PART II: ETHICS --; Li and Dharma: Gandhi, Confucius, and Virtue Aesthetics; Nicholas F. Gier --; Ethics and Metaphysics in the Bhagavadgita and Classical Chinese Thought; Ithamar Theodor --; Communal Moral Personhood and Moral Responsibility in the Analects and the Bhagavadgita; Alexus McLeod --; Ethics of Compassion: Buddhist Karuna and Confucian Ren; Tim Connolly --; Why "Besire" Is Not Bizarre: Moral Knowledge in Confucianism and Hinduism; Yong Huang --; PART III: BODY, HEALTH, AND SPIRITUALITY --; Yoga and Daoyin: History, Worldview, and Techniques; Livia Kohn --; The Emergence of Classical Medicine in Ancient China and India; Wei Zhang --; Health, Illness, and the Body in Buddhist and Daoist Self-Cultivation; Joshua Capitanio --; PART IV: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE --; Indic Influence on Chinese Language; Guang Xing --; Magical Alphabet in the Indian and Chinese Minds: From the Garland of Letters to Master Pu'an's Siddham Mantra; Bill M. Mak --; Mixed up on "Matching Terms" (geyi): Confusions in Cross-Cultural Translation; John M. Thomspon --; The Ludic Quality of Life: A Comparison of the Caitanaya-caritamrta and the Zhuangzi; Carl Olson --; The Poet and the Historian: Criticism of the Modern Age by Rabindranath Tagore and Qian Mu; Gad C. Isay ER -