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Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Oriental & Indian philosophy
This text features step-by-step lessons in building the skills
needed to engage in Tibetan Buddhist philosophical debate and that
have proved successful in the college classroom.
Sikhism, one of the major spiritual-philosophical traditions of
India, is often missing from discussions of cross-cultural
philosophy. In this introduction, Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair, an
internationally acknowledged expert in Sikh studies, provides the
first rigorous engagement in the West with Sikh philosophy.
Sensitive both to the historical formation of Sikh thought, and to
the decolonial context in which he writes, Mandair examines some of
the key concepts of Sikh philosophy and how they inform its vision
of life. He asks what Sikh philosophical concepts tell us about the
nature of reality, the relationship between mind/self/ego, and
whether it is possible to discern broad contours of a Sikh logic,
epistemology and ontology. Additionally, the book looks at how
these concepts address broader themes such as the body, health and
well-being, creation and cosmology, death and rebirth, the nature
of action and intention, bioethics and, a theme that undergirds
every chapter, spirituality. Each chapter concludes with a set of
bullet points highlighting the key concepts discussed, a set of
questions for further discussion and teachings points to aid
discussion. Through this much-needed introduction we understand the
place of Sikh Philosophy within modern Sikh studies and why the
philosophical quest became marginalized in contemporary Sikh
studies. Most importantly, we recognize the importance of looking
beyond the well-trodden terrain of Hindu and Buddhist thinkers and
involving Sikh philosophical thought in the emergent field of world
philosophies.
Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha are often regarded as antagonistic
Indian Buddhist traditions. Paramartha (499-569) is traditionally
credited with amalgamating these philosophies by translating one of
the most influential Tathagatagarbha texts in East Asia, the
Awakening of Faith in Mahayana, and introducing Tathagatagarbha
notions into his translations of Yogacara texts. Engaging with the
digitalized Chinese Buddhist canon, Ching Keng draws on clues from
a long-lost Dunhuang fragment and considers its striking
similarities with Paramartha's corpus with respect to terminology,
style of phrasing, and doctrines. In this cutting-edge
interpretation of the concept of jiexing, Keng demystifies the
image of Paramartha and makes the case that the fragment holds the
key to recover his original teachings.
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