By Warren Lee Todd
Exploring the philosophical issues of the character of self, this publication attracts from of the main influential Indian masters, ?a?kara and ??ntideva. Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism remains to be attainable inside a metaphysics which assumes there to be no self reliant self. a brand new moral version in keeping with the notions of ’flickering awareness’ and ’constructive altruism’ is proposed. through evaluating the metaphysics and ethics of ?a?kara and ??ntideva, Todd indicates that the methodologies and goals of those Buddhist and Hindu masters hint remarkably comparable cross-cutting paths. Treating Buddhism and Hinduism with equivalent recognize, this publication compares and reinterprets the Indian fabric with the intention to have interaction with modern Western debates on self and to teach that Indian philosophy is certainly a philosophy of dialogue.
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