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The Ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva: A Selfless Response to an Illusory World

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Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of self, this book draws from two of the most influential Indian masters, Śaṅkara and Śāntideva. Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism is still possible within a metaphysics which assumes there to be no independent self. A new ethical model based on the notions of "flickering consciousness" and "constructive altruism" is proposed. By comparing the metaphysics and ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva, Todd shows that the methodologies and aims of these Buddhist and Hindu masters trace remarkably similar cross-cutting paths. Treating Buddhism and Hinduism with equal respect, this book compares and reinterprets the Indian material so as to engage with contemporary Western debates on self and to show that Indian philosophy is indeed a philosophy of dialogue. (Source: Taylor and Francis)

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Todd, Warren Lee. The Ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva: A Selfless Response to an Illusory World. Dialogues in South Asian Traditions: Religion, Philosophy, Literature and History. Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2013.

Table of contents

• Foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lamavii
• Abbreviationsix
• Acknowledgementsxi

• 1 The Self1

• 2 A New Ethical Model17

• 3 Situating Śaṅkara and Śāntideva47

• 4 Their Common Approach to the World81

• 5 Knowledge and Liberation121

• 6 A Selfless Response to the World139

• 7 Marginal Cases177

• Conclusion199

• Bibliography203
• Index215

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1 Based on dissertation

Todd, Warren Lee. "A Selfless Response to an Illusory World: A Comparative Study of Śāntideva and Śaṅkara." PhD diss., Lancaster University, 2012. https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/61623/1/Warren_Todd.pdf.

Dissertations2012About this item

This PhD dissertation by Warren Lee Todd compares the ethical theories of two 8th century Indian philosophers, Śāntideva and Śaṅkara.

3 Reviews

Abramson, John. Review of The Ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva: A Selfless Response to an Illusory World, by Warren Lee Todd. Buddhist Studies Review 32, no. 1 (2015): 172–74. https://journals.equinoxpub.com/BSR/article/view/28968/pdf.

Articles2015About this item

This is John Abramson's review of Warren Lee Todd's book The Ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva, published in the Buddhist Studies Review, vol. 32, 2015.

Javanaud, Katie. Review of The Ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva: A Selfless Response to an Illusory World, by Warren Lee Todd. Journal of Hindu Studies 9, no. 1 (2016): 152–54.

Articles2016About this item

This is Katie Javanaud's review of Warren Lee Todd's book The Ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva, published in the Journal of Hindu Studies, vol. 9, 2016.

O'Leary, Joseph S. Review of The Ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva: A Selfless Response to an Illusory World, by Warren Lee Todd. Journal of Buddhist Ethics 23 (2016): 161–64. http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/files/2016/11/Todd_OLeary_16_3.pdf.

Articles2016About this item

This is Joseph S. O'Leary's review of Warren Lee Todd's book The Ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva, published in the Journal of Buddhist Ethics, vol. 23, 2016.