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Preface to Revised Edition | p. ix |
Acknowledgments for the Revised Edition | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
Hindu Ethics | p. 1 |
Background | p. 3 |
Life's Four Stages | p. 9 |
Life's Four Goals | p. 11 |
Paths to Enlightenment | p. 18 |
Karma and Rebirth | p. 22 |
Shades of Dharma | p. 24 |
Review Questions | p. 36 |
Notes | p. 37 |
Buddhist Ethics | p. 41 |
Background | p. 42 |
The Middle Path | p. 48 |
The Four Noble Truths | p. 51 |
In the Wake of Karma | p. 62 |
The Four Supreme Virtues | p. 65 |
What Is a Buddhist Social Ethic? | p. 71 |
Review Questions | p. 82 |
Notes | p. 82 |
Zen Buddhist Ethics | p. 87 |
Background | p. 90 |
A Way of the Monk: Practice IS Attainment | p. 98 |
A Way of the Warrior | p. 106 |
A Way of Tea: The Virtue of Presence | p. 114 |
Review Questions | p. 123 |
Notes | p. 124 |
Taoist Ethics | p. 129 |
Background | p. 131 |
Cultivating the Tao | p. 137 |
The Art of Yielding: Wu-wei | p. 145 |
Spontaneity as Awareness | p. 153 |
Fasting of the Mind | p. 156 |
Review Questions | p. 162 |
Notes | p. 162 |
Confucian Ethics | p. 167 |
Background | p. 168 |
Lessons from the Anafects | p. 175 |
Human Nature: Is It Essentially Good or Corrupt? | p. 183 |
Seeking the Right Balance in Neo-Confucianism | p. 191 |
A Return to Ako: Japanese Neo-Confucianism | p. 197 |
Capitalism and Human Rights | p. 199 |
Review Questions | p. 204 |
Notes | p. 204 |
Biblography | p. 209 |
Index | p. 215 |
About the Author | p. 231 |
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