In all religions the scriptural word is seen as a means of revealing or realizing the divine. However, this siritual power of the word is most often located in the oral rather than the written form…
This book represents a state-of-the-art review of the interaction of these two particular faith communities and, by extension, of the interaction between India and the West. Part I includes discuss…
The selections are arranged both chronologically and thematically within religious traditions and include readings from Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism (including Tibetan Buddhism), Sikhism, Early Chin…