Philosophies of India

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A monumental work, Philosophies of India is divided into three main sections: The Highest Good, a discussion of Eastern and Western thought and their meeting, and of the foundation of Indian Philosophy; The Philosophies of Time, being the philosophies of success, of pleasure, and of duty; finally The Philosophies of Eternity, this forms the major portion of the work, Jainism, Sankhya and Yoga, Brahmanism, Buddhism and Tantra.

About the Author:

Noted indologist Heinrich Zimmer, born in Germany in 1890, came to the United States in 1940, at the height of his career, and was lecturing at Columbia university when he died in 1943. His other works include: Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization; The King and the Corpse; and The Art of Indian Asia. All these books were prepared for publication by Joseph Campbell, author of the Hero with a Thousand Faces ( Princeton/ Bollingen), from extensive notes left by Heinrich Zimmer at the time of his premature death.

Excerpts from Reviews:

Indian philosophy was at the heart of Zimmer's interest in oriental studies, and this volume therefore represents his major contribution to our understanding of Asia. It is both the most complete and most intelligent account of this extraordinarily rich and complex philosophical tradition yet written.
Alan Watts, New York Times Book Review.

Dr. Zimmer has introduced such order and coherence into the rich profusion of Indian thought that one wonders whether his services to Indian philosophy are not as great as his contibution to Western understanding of India.
R.J.K.Murray, The philosophical Quarterly.

Unhesitatingly, we call this a great book, one which represents a definite advance in the treatment of the philosophical thought of India.
Kurt F. Leidecker, The Personalist.

This magnificent exposition of Indian Thought by Zimmer is compiled from the lecture notes of the scholar, put together with the necessary linkages by Joseph Campbell.
M.P.Pandit, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry.

The book is in three parts, each part packed with matter and vividly presented, objectively perceived and sympathetically interpreted.
Prof. S. Ramaswamy, The Mountain Path.

This is a kind of book which must be read deeply, brooded over, assessed internally and practised externally.
J.S.Bright, The Spokesman Weekly.

Contents:

Editor's Foreword
List of Plates
Table of Pronunciation

PART I. THE HIGHEST GOOD

I. THE MAKING OF EAST AND WEST
        1. The Roar of Awakening
        2. The Steely Barb
        3. The Claims of Science
        4. The Four Aims of Life
        5. Release and Progress

II. THE FOUNDATIONS OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY 
        1. Philosophy as a Way of Life
        2. The Qualified Pupil
        3. Philosophy as Power
       	4. "The Dying Round the Holy Power" 
        5. Brahman

PART II. THE PHILOSOPHIES OF TIME 

I. THE PHILOSOPHY OF SUCCESS
        1. The World at War
        2. The Tyrant State
        3. Valor Against Time
        4. The Function of Treachery
        5. Political Geometry
        6. The Seven Ways to Approach a Neighbor 
        7. The Universal King

II. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLEASURE

III. THE PHILOSOPHY OF DUTY
        1. Caste and the Four Life-Stages
        2. Satya
        3. Satyagraha
        4. The Palace of Wisdom 

PART III. THE PHILOSOPHIES OF ETERNITY

I. JAINISM
        1.  Parsva
        2.  Jaina Images
        3.  The Maker of the Crossing
        4.  The Qualities of Matter
        5.  The Mask of the Personality
        6.  The Cosmic Man
        7.  The Jaina Doctrine of Bondage
        8.  The Jaina Doctrine of Release
        9.  The Doctrine of Maskarin Gosala
        10. Man against Nature 

II. SANKHYA AND YOGA
        1. Kapila and Patanjali
        2. Introvert-Concentration
        3. The Hindrances
        4. Integrity and Integration
        5. Sankhya Psychology

III. BRAHMANISM
        1. Veda
        2. Upanisad
        3. Bhagavad Gita
        4. Vedanta

IV. BUDDHISM
        1. Buddhahood
        2. The Great Buddhist Kings
        3. Hinayana and Mahayana
        4. The Way of the Bodhisattva
        5. The Great Delight

V. TANTRA
        1. Who Seeks Nirvana?
        2. The Lamb, the Hero, and the Man-God
        3. All the Gods within Us
	
Appendix A: The Six Systems
Appendix B: Historical Summary
Bibliography
General Index and Sanskrit Index