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Brahman and Dao 1133__334455--TThheeooddoorr..iinnddbb ii 1100//1100//1133 1122::3311 PPMM S C P R TUDIES IN OMPARATIVE HILOSOPHY AND ELIGION Series Editor: Douglas Allen, University of Maine This series is based on the view that significant and creative future stud- ies in philosophy and religious studies will be informed by comparative research. These studies emphasize aspects of contemporary and classical Asian philosophy and religion, and their relationship to Western thought. This series features works of specialized scholarship by new and upcom- ing scholars in Asia and the West, as well as works by more established scholars and books with a wider readership. The editor welcomes a wide variety of manuscript submissions, especially works exhibiting highly focused research and theoretical innovation. Mysticism and Morality: A New Look at Old Questions, by Richard H. Jones Gandhi’s Experiments with Truth: Essential Writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi, edited by Richard L. 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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brahman and Dao : comparative studies of Indian and Chinese philosophy and religion / Edited by Ithamar Theodor and Zhihua Yao. pages cm. — (Studies in comparative philosophy and religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7391-7172-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7391-8814-9 (electronic) 1. Philosophy, Indic. 2. Philosophy, Chinese. 3. Philosophy, Comparative. 4. India—Religion. 5. China—Religion. I. Theodor, Ithamar, 1959– II. Yao, Zhihua, 1968– B121.B73 2014 181'.11—dc23 2013032223 ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America 1133__334455--TThheeooddoorr..iinnddbb iivv 1100//1100//1133 1122::3311 PPMM For Darshan and Kalpa Bhagat, Dear Friends and Supporters 1133__334455--TThheeooddoorr..iinnddbb vv 1100//1100//1133 1122::3311 PPMM 1133__334455--TThheeooddoorr..iinnddbb vvii 1100//1100//1133 1122::3311 PPMM Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Part I: Metaphysics and Soteriology 1 One, Water, and Cosmogony: Reflections on the Ṛ gveda X.129 and the Taiyi sheng shui 3 Zhihua Yao 2 Exploring Parallels between the Philosophy of Upaniṣ ads and Daoism 19 Ram Nath Jha 3 The Way of Silent Realization: Ineffability and Rationality in the Philosophical Mysticisms of Śan˙kara and Zhan Ruoshui 35 Sophia Katz 4 Impermanence and Immortality: The Concept of pañca-skandha in Buddhism and in Twofold Mystery Daoism 53 Friederike Assandri Part II: Ethics 5 Li and Dharma: Gandhi, Confucius, and Virtue Aesthetics 67 Nicholas F. Gier vii 1133__334455--TThheeooddoorr..iinnddbb vviiii 1100//1100//1133 1122::3311 PPMM viii Contents 6 Ethics and Metaphysics in the Bhagavadgītā and Classical Chinese Thought 79 Ithamar Theodor 7 Communal Moral Personhood and Moral Responsibility in the Analects and the Bhagavadgītā 95 Alexus McLeod 8 Ethics of Compassion: Buddhist Karuṇ ā and Confucian Ren 107 Tim Connolly 9 Why “Besire” Is Not Bizarre: Moral Knowledge in Confucianism and Hinduism 119 Yong Huang Part III: Body, Health, and Spirituality 10 Yoga and Daoyin: History, Worldview, and Techniques 143 Livia Kohn 11 T he Emergence of Classical Medicine in Ancient China and India 169 Wei Zhang 12 H ealth, Illness, and the Body in Buddhist and Daoist Self-Cultivation 181 Joshua Capitanio Part IV: Language and Culture 13 Indic Influence on Chinese Language 195 Guang Xing 14 M agical Alphabet in the Indian and Chinese Minds: From the Garland of Letters to Master Pu’an’s Siddham Mantra 209 Bill M. Mak 15 M ixed up on “Matching Terms” (geyi): Confusions in Cross-Cultural Translation 231 John M. Thompson 16 T he Ludic Quality of Life: A Comparison of the Caitanaya-caritāmṛt a and the Zhuangzi 247 Carl Olson 17 T he Poet and the Historian: Criticism of the Modern Age by Rabindranath Tagore and Qian Mu 263 Gad C. Isay Index 277 About the Contributors 289 1133__334455--TThheeooddoorr..iinnddbb vviiiiii 1100//1100//1133 1122::3311 PPMM Acknowledgments It is with great pleasure that we wish to acknowledge and thank all those who have helped and supported the publication of this volume in various ways. Keith Knapp had encouraged us right from the earlier stages and helped to gather together the editorial team, and similarly Kwong-loi Shun was offering continuing support and advice throughout the process of preparing this volume. The Professorship in Indian Reli- gions and Culture, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong supported the publication in various ways, and so did the Department of Asian Studies, University of Haifa. We wish to thank the colleagues at The Chinese University of Hong Kong for their ongoing encouragement, friendship, and support. We are grateful to Steven Mathews for the style editing, to Alex Cherniack for the Sanskrit language editing, and to Xiaohong Wang for the Chinese language editing. Josephine Ng and Kwok Fai Au-Yeung encouraged this work through their friendship, and special thanks go to our families who bore the weight of this publication. At last, we wish to thank Darshan and Kalpa Bhagat for their friendship and support which had enabled the publication of this volume; it is to them that this book is dedicated. Ithamar Theodor and Zhihua Yao The Chinese University of Hong Kong May 24, 2013 ix 1133__334455--TThheeooddoorr..iinnddbb iixx 1100//1100//1133 1122::3311 PPMM
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