MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01603cam a22002898a 4500
001 2009030903
003 DLC
005 20100219100127.0
008 090728s2009 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009030903
020 $a9780739138458 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780739138465 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780739138472 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $aa------
050 00 $aBJ125.A78$bB73 2009
082 00 $a170.95$222
100 1 $aBrannigan, Michael C.,$d1948-
245 10 $aStriking a balance :$ba primer in traditional Asian values /$cMichael C. Brannigan.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bLexington Books,$c2009.
263 $a0910
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Hindu ethics -- Life's four goals -- Paths to Enlightenment -- Karma and rebirth -- Shades of Dharma -- Buddhist ethics -- The middle path -- The four noble truths -- In the wake of karma -- The four supreme virtues -- What is a Buddhist social ethics? -- Zen Buddhist ethics -- A way of the monk : practice is attainment -- A way of the warrior -- A way of tea : the virtue of presence -- Taoist ethics -- Cultivating the Tao -- The art of yielding : Wu-wei -- Spontaneity as awareness -- Fasting of the mind -- Confucian ethics -- Lessons from the analects -- Human nature : is it essentially good or corrupt? -- Seeking the right balance in neo-Confucianism -- A return to Ako : Japanese neo-Confucianism -- Capitalism and human rights.
650 0 $aEthics$zAsia.
650 0 $aReligious ethics.