Author: Charles A Moore
Eminent Contributors/
Translator(s)/ Edito: Charles A Moore / Aldyth V Morris
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 458
ISBN/UPC (if available): 81-208-3279-5
Description
The question, according to George P. Conger, noted authority on Indian philosophy, is not so much whether India can contribute as whether the west is ready to receive.
Here, in selected essays from the proceedings of the east-west philosophers' conferences, is an examination by world authorities of one of the oldest, richest, most complicated, and most profound philosophical traditions of all time.
The intimate relationship in Indian perspective between philosophy and life is revealed. Common misunderstandings concerning Indian philosophy are exposed, and the marked kinship between India and the west is emphasized.
Contents
Charles A. Moore Introduction: The Comprehensive Indian Mind 1
S. K. Saksena Relation of Philosophical Theories to the Practical Affairs of Men 19
P. T. Raju Metaphysical Theories in Indian Philosophy 41
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera Some Aspects of Reality as Taught by Theravada Buddhism 66
Junjire Takakusu Buddhism as a Philosophy of "Thusness" 86
Dhirendra Mohan Datta Epistemological Methods in Indian Philosophy 118
Swami Nikhilananda Concentration and Meditation as Methods in Indian Philosophy 136
T. M. P. Mahadevan Social, Ethical, and Spiritual Values in Indian Philosophy 152
S. Radhakrishnan The Indian Approach to the Religious Problem 173
P. T. Raju Religion and Spiritual Values in Indian Thought 183
Swami Nikhilananda The Realistic Aspect of Indian Spirituality 216
C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar The Philosophical Basis of Indian Legal and Social Systems 248
Dhirendra Mohan Datta Some Philosophical Aspects of Indian Political, Legal, and Economic Thought 267
Kalidas Bhattacharyya The Status of the Individual in Indian Metaphysics 299
T. R. V. Murti The World and the Individual in Indian Religious Thought 320
Surama Dasgupta The Individual in Indian Ethics 341
S. K. Saksena The Individual in Social Thought and Practice in India 359
Tara Chand The Individual in the Legal and Political Thought and Institutions of India 374
P. T. Raju Extracted from "Indian Epistemology and the World and the Individual" 394
Who's Who 397
Index 405