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41. Asian Values

    Encounter with Diversity

    By Josiane Cauquelin, Paul Lim, Birgit Mayer-Koenig

    This book opens with an examination of values themselves, grappling with western assertions of individual human rights and the eastern emphasis on duties, and analysing selected Asian philosophical and religious traditions. Several case studies follow, on countries the Philippines, Japan, China,...

    Published June 4th 2000 by Routledge
42. Imaging Wisdom

    Seeing and Knowing in the Art of Indian Buddhism

    By Jacob N Kinnard

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

    This book contributes to the history of religions and Buddhist studies fields by focussing on what is a far too frequently ignored aspect of religious experience: visual images....

    Published June 3rd 1999 by Routledge
43. Sahaja Yoga

    By Judith Coney

    The first full-length examination of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement led by Sri Mataji Nirmala Devi, which claims up to one hundred thousand members from around the world.This is the first full-length examination of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement led by Sri Mataji Nirmala Devi, which...

    Published May 23rd 1999 by Routledge
44. Buddhism and Human Rights

    By Wayne R. Husted, Damien Keown, Charles S. Prebish

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

    It is difficult to think of a more urgent question for Buddhism in the late twentieth century than human rights. The political, ethical and philosophical questions surrounding human rights are debated vigorously in political and intellectual circles throughout the world and now in this volume....

    Published November 20th 1997 by Routledge
45. Averroes and His Philosophy

    By Oliver Leaman

    Despite his important stature in the history of philosophy, Averroes is a thinker whose work has been left largely unexplored in this century. It is the aim of this book to rectify this omission, and to argue that his philosophical output is of considerable philosophical as well as historical...

    Published November 12th 1997 by Routledge
46. The Meditative Way

    Readings in the Theory and Practice of Buddhist Meditation

    By Roderick Bucknell, Chris Kang

    Buddhist meditation, while attracting less popular attention than some other meditative disciplines, has given rise to a particularly rich literature in recent years. Despite differences in style and terminology, these modern writings on Buddhist meditation serve much the same purposes as did the...

    Published December 15th 1996 by Routledge
47. The Philosophy of Gandhi

    A Study of his Basic Ideas

    By Glyn Richards

    This book seeks to give a coherent account of Gandhi's basic ideas, demonstrating the importance of Hindu thought and the centrality of his concept of Truth....

    Published January 16th 1995 by Routledge