Asian Texts - Asian Contexts

Introduction David Jones and Ellen Klein Part I: Encountering Asian Philosophies and Religions The Importance of Asian Philosophy in the Curriculum John M. Koller The Confucian Worldview: Uncommon Assumptions, Common Misconceptions Roger T. Ames Part II: Texts India: On the Battlefield of Dharma: The Moral Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita Vrinda Dalmiya Vimalakirti's Triumphant Silence: Bridging Indian and East Asian Buddhism Jeffrey Dippmann The Things of This World Are Masks the Infinite Assumes: Inroducing Samkhya and Yoga Philosophy Tom Pynn China: Too Twisted to Fit a Carpenter's Square: Using and Teaching the Daodejing Ronnie Littlejohn Performing the Meanings of Dao: A Possible Pedagogical Strategy for Teaching Chinese Philosophy Robin R. Wang Mengzi: Human Nature Is Good Xinyan Jiang Japan: The Dilemma of Dogen Brian Schroeder The Absolute Contradictory What: On How to Read the Philosophy of Nishida Kitaro? Gereon Kopf "The bottom of my soul has such depth that neither joy nor the waves of sorrow can reach it": An Introduction to the Kyoto School Jason Wirth Part III: Contexts Frameworks: History as a Vehicle for the Universal John A. Tucker Asking the Right Questions Francis Brassard A Sketch of the Diamond Sutra's Logic of Not Shigenori Nagatomo Art: Nama-rupa: The Paradox of Embodiment in Indian Art Harriette D. Grissom Philosophical Reflection and Visual Art in Traditional China Stephen J. Goldberg Philosophy: Teaching Chinese Philosophy from the Outside In Mary I. Bockover A Strategy for Integrating Confucius's Analects into a Typical Introduction to Philosophy Course James Peterman Contributors Index