Bina Gupta is professor of philosophy and director of the South Asia Studies Area and Language Center at the University of Missouri.J. N. Mohanty is professor of philosophy at Temple University and is internationally known for his work in the area of Indian philosophy and Western phenomenology. He is the author of Transcendental Phenomenology (1989) and Classical Indian Philosophy.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 General Introduction: A Framework for Comparative PhilosophyPart 3 I MetaphysicsChapter 4 1.1 Introduction: What is Real or Reality?Chapter 5 1.2 The Way of TruthChapter 6 1.3 MetaphysicsChapter 7 1.4 Hymn to CreationChapter 8 1.5 Hymn to TimeChapter 9 1.6IsaChapter 10 1.7 KenaChapter 11 1.8 SuperimpositionChapter 12 1.9 "Brahman"Chapter 13 1.10 Tao Te ChingChapter 14 1.11 "Lao-tzu's Conception of Tao"Chapter 15 1.12 The Philosophy of Material ForceChapter 16 1.13 Conditioning Causes and NirvanaChapter 17 1.14 "The True Nature of Reality"Part 18 II EpistemologyChapter 19 2.1 Introduction: What Are the Nature and Sources of Knowledge?Chapter 20 2.2 The Nature of Knowledge (Thaetetus)Chapter 21 2.3 Theory of Recollection (Meno)Chapter 22 2.4Means of True CognitionChapter 23 2.5 Sentence-Generated CognitionChapter 24 2.6 CognitinoChapter 25 2.7 "Deliverance from Error"Chapter 26 2.8 MeditationsChapter 27 2.9"Western and Comparative Perspectives on Truth"Part 30 III EthicsChapter 31 3.1 Introduction: On What Principles do I Judge Things Right and Wrong?Chapter 32 3.2 The First SermonChapter 33 3.3 EuthyphroChapter 34 3.4Nichomachean EthicsChapter 35 3.5 The AnalectsChapter 36 3.6 Universal LoveChapter 37 3.7 The Bhagavad Gita: Action, Knowledge, DevotionChapter 38 3.8 Political Theory of IslamChapter 39 3.9 The Categorical ImperativeChapter 40 3.10 UtilitarianismChapter 41 3.11 Ambiguity and FreedomChapter 42 3.12 "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"Chapter 43 3.13AhimsaChapter 44 3.14 "Chinese and Western Interpretations of Jen"Chapter 46 Study QuestionsPart 47 IV ReligionChapter 47 Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter 48 4.1 Introduction: Does God Exist? What is the Nature of God?Chapter 49 4.2 The Ontological ArgumentChapter 50 4.3 The Cosmological ArgumentChapter 51 4.4 On Spontaneity and A Discussion of DeathChapter 52 4.5 The Concetion of God in IslamChapter 53 4.6 "Reality Omnipresent"Chapter 54 4.7 "Zen Enlightenment"Chapter 56 Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter 56 Study QuestionsChapter 57 Suggestions for Further ReadingPart 57 V Philosophical AnthropologyChapter 58 5.1 Introduction: What is the Nature of Human Beings?Chapter 59 5.2Human NatureChapter 60 5.3 The Nature of Man in IslamChapter 61 5.4"What is Enlightenment?"Chapter 62 5.5 "Is the Human Race Continually Improving?"Chapter 63 5.6"The 'Who' of Dasein"Chapter 64 5.7 "Man'sNature"Chapter 65 5.8"Self in Japanese Culture"Chapter 66 Study QuestionsChapter 67 Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter 67 Study QuestionsChapter 68 About the Editors

Bina Gupta is professor of philosophy and director of the South Asia Studies Area and Language Center at the University of Missouri.J. N. Mohanty is professor of philosophy at Temple University and is internationally known for his work in the area of Indian philosophy and Western phenomenology. He is the author of Transcendental Phenomenology (1989) and Classical Indian Philosophy.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 General Introduction: A Framework for Comparative PhilosophyPart 3 I MetaphysicsChapter 4 1.1 Introduction: What is Real or Reality?Chapter 5 1.2 The Way of TruthChapter 6 1.3 MetaphysicsChapter 7 1.4 Hymn to CreationChapter 8 1.5 Hymn to TimeChapter 9 1.6IsaChapter 10 1.7 KenaChapter 11 1.8 SuperimpositionChapter 12 1.9 "Brahman"Chapter 13 1.10 Tao Te ChingChapter 14 1.11 "Lao-tzu's Conception of Tao"Chapter 15 1.12 The Philosophy of Material ForceChapter 16 1.13 Conditioning Causes and NirvanaChapter 17 1.14 "The True Nature of Reality"Part 18 II EpistemologyChapter 19 2.1 Introduction: What Are the Nature and Sources of Knowledge?Chapter 20 2.2 The Nature of Knowledge (Thaetetus)Chapter 21 2.3 Theory of Recollection (Meno)Chapter 22 2.4Means of True CognitionChapter 23 2.5 Sentence-Generated CognitionChapter 24 2.6 CognitinoChapter 25 2.7 "Deliverance from Error"Chapter 26 2.8 MeditationsChapter 27 2.9"Western and Comparative Perspectives on Truth"Part 30 III EthicsChapter 31 3.1 Introduction: On What Principles do I Judge Things Right and Wrong?Chapter 32 3.2 The First SermonChapter 33 3.3 EuthyphroChapter 34 3.4Nichomachean EthicsChapter 35 3.5 The AnalectsChapter 36 3.6 Universal LoveChapter 37 3.7 The Bhagavad Gita: Action, Knowledge, DevotionChapter 38 3.8 Political Theory of IslamChapter 39 3.9 The Categorical ImperativeChapter 40 3.10 UtilitarianismChapter 41 3.11 Ambiguity and FreedomChapter 42 3.12 "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"Chapter 43 3.13AhimsaChapter 44 3.14 "Chinese and Western Interpretations of Jen"Chapter 46 Study QuestionsPart 47 IV ReligionChapter 47 Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter 48 4.1 Introduction: Does God Exist? What is the Nature of God?Chapter 49 4.2 The Ontological ArgumentChapter 50 4.3 The Cosmological ArgumentChapter 51 4.4 On Spontaneity and A Discussion of DeathChapter 52 4.5 The Concetion of God in IslamChapter 53 4.6 "Reality Omnipresent"Chapter 54 4.7 "Zen Enlightenment"Chapter 56 Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter 56 Study QuestionsChapter 57 Suggestions for Further ReadingPart 57 V Philosophical AnthropologyChapter 58 5.1 Introduction: What is the Nature of Human Beings?Chapter 59 5.2Human NatureChapter 60 5.3 The Nature of Man in IslamChapter 61 5.4"What is Enlightenment?"Chapter 62 5.5 "Is the Human Race Continually Improving?"Chapter 63 5.6"The 'Who' of Dasein"Chapter 64 5.7 "Man'sNature"Chapter 65 5.8"Self in Japanese Culture"Chapter 66 Study QuestionsChapter 67 Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter 67 Study QuestionsChapter 68 About the Editors

Bina Gupta is professor of philosophy and director of the South Asia Studies Area and Language Center at the University of Missouri.J. N. Mohanty is professor of philosophy at Temple University and is internationally known for his work in the area of Indian philosophy and Western phenomenology. He is the author of Transcendental Phenomenology (1989) and Classical Indian Philosophy.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 General Introduction: A Framework for Comparative PhilosophyPart 3 I MetaphysicsChapter 4 1.1 Introduction: What is Real or Reality?Chapter 5 1.2 The Way of TruthChapter 6 1.3 MetaphysicsChapter 7 1.4 Hymn to CreationChapter 8 1.5 Hymn to TimeChapter 9 1.6IsaChapter 10 1.7 KenaChapter 11 1.8 SuperimpositionChapter 12 1.9 "Brahman"Chapter 13 1.10 Tao Te ChingChapter 14 1.11 "Lao-tzu's Conception of Tao"Chapter 15 1.12 The Philosophy of Material ForceChapter 16 1.13 Conditioning Causes and NirvanaChapter 17 1.14 "The True Nature of Reality"Part 18 II EpistemologyChapter 19 2.1 Introduction: What Are the Nature and Sources of Knowledge?Chapter 20 2.2 The Nature of Knowledge (Thaetetus)Chapter 21 2.3 Theory of Recollection (Meno)Chapter 22 2.4Means of True CognitionChapter 23 2.5 Sentence-Generated CognitionChapter 24 2.6 CognitinoChapter 25 2.7 "Deliverance from Error"Chapter 26 2.8 MeditationsChapter 27 2.9"Western and Comparative Perspectives on Truth"Part 30 III EthicsChapter 31 3.1 Introduction: On What Principles do I Judge Things Right and Wrong?Chapter 32 3.2 The First SermonChapter 33 3.3 EuthyphroChapter 34 3.4Nichomachean EthicsChapter 35 3.5 The AnalectsChapter 36 3.6 Universal LoveChapter 37 3.7 The Bhagavad Gita: Action, Knowledge, DevotionChapter 38 3.8 Political Theory of IslamChapter 39 3.9 The Categorical ImperativeChapter 40 3.10 UtilitarianismChapter 41 3.11 Ambiguity and FreedomChapter 42 3.12 "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"Chapter 43 3.13AhimsaChapter 44 3.14 "Chinese and Western Interpretations of Jen"Chapter 46 Study QuestionsPart 47 IV ReligionChapter 47 Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter 48 4.1 Introduction: Does God Exist? What is the Nature of God?Chapter 49 4.2 The Ontological ArgumentChapter 50 4.3 The Cosmological ArgumentChapter 51 4.4 On Spontaneity and A Discussion of DeathChapter 52 4.5 The Concetion of God in IslamChapter 53 4.6 "Reality Omnipresent"Chapter 54 4.7 "Zen Enlightenment"Chapter 56 Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter 56 Study QuestionsChapter 57 Suggestions for Further ReadingPart 57 V Philosophical AnthropologyChapter 58 5.1 Introduction: What is the Nature of Human Beings?Chapter 59 5.2Human NatureChapter 60 5.3 The Nature of Man in IslamChapter 61 5.4"What is Enlightenment?"Chapter 62 5.5 "Is the Human Race Continually Improving?"Chapter 63 5.6"The 'Who' of Dasein"Chapter 64 5.7 "Man'sNature"Chapter 65 5.8"Self in Japanese Culture"Chapter 66 Study QuestionsChapter 67 Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter 67 Study QuestionsChapter 68 About the Editors