Presents the thought of a controversial Tibetan Buddhist thinker on the Yogācāra and Madhyamaka systems.

A Buddhist feminist social ethics for contemporary times.

Reconsiders whether Hinduism can be considered a missionary religion.

A wide-ranging exploration of traditional Chinese views of mortality.

New attention and fresh perspectives on the classic, but neglected, text of Daoism, the Liezi.

Looks at Western understandings of South Asian religions and indigenous responses from pre-colonial to contemporary times.

Explores the roles of Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen from the Koryo period to the present.

Explores how Xu Bing and other contemporary Chinese artists use Western ideas within a Chinese cultural discourse.

A wide-ranging consideration of Confucianism for Western readers.

Explores the new literary and interpretive milieu that emerged in the years following the decline of China’s Han dynasty.

A consideration of Confucian ethics as a living ethical tradition with contemporary relevance.

A multi-faceted portrait of Lakshmi, Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity. Includes translations of verses used to invoke this goddess.

Enlightening encounters with the world's religions from a Hindu perspective.

Explores the significance of levity and humor in South Asian religious traditions.

A much-needed consideration of methodology in comparative philosophy.

A work of and about comparative philosophy that stresses the importance of language in intercultural endeavors.

Explores the milieu of Taiwan’s Buddhist nuns, who have the greatest numbers in the Buddhist world and a prominent place in their own country.

An overview of Korean Buddhism and its major figures in the modern period.

A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.

Looks at how a spiritual tradition can be appropriated by those involved in ethno-nationalist conflict.

An engagement between Confucianism and the philosophy of Richard Rorty.

Celebrates and instructs in the healing power of breath.

Translations of two works from Sri Lanka on Yasodharā, the wife of the Buddha—an allusive and intriguing figure in Buddhist lore and literature.

Explores the relationship between material prosperity and spirituality in contemporary Thai Buddhism.

Essays from the singular experience of Buddhist social critic and philosopher David R. Loy on classic and contemporary concerns.