Mysticism of the East and West: Studies in Mystical and Moral Philosophy 1923

Title ......Page 3 Author's Preface ......Page 5 Introduction ......Page 9 Table of Contents ......Page 11 1. A Concept of Religion ......Page 17 2. Religion and Religions ......Page 18 3. Three Theories of Religion ......Page 20 4. A Definition of Religion ......Page 23 II. THE AGE OF PERFECT VIRTUE ......Page 24 1. Primitives and Civilizers ......Page 25 2. Perfect Virtue Described ......Page 27 3. How the Golden Age was Lost ......Page 32 4. The Polemical Purpose of the Legends ......Page 39 1. Yang-Chu's Relation to Taoism ......Page 42 2. Metaphysics and Ethics ......Page 44 3. Life According to Impulse ......Page 45 4. Altruism Contrary to Nature ......Page 47 5. Reality versus Reputation ......Page 49 6. Yang's Psychology ......Page 51 7. Regulation by Internals ......Page 53 8. Economics and Government ......Page 54 9. Chinese Criticism of Yang-Chu's Philosophy ......Page 55 IV. THE ORIGIN OF EVIL ......Page 63 1. The Hebrew Tradition ......Page 66 2. The Indian Tradition ......Page 71 3. The Western Tradition ......Page 75 4. Concluding Discussion ......Page 78 V. THE TEACHERS IN THE UPANISHADS ......Page 82 1. Royal Philosophers ......Page 83 2. Brahmin Philosophers ......Page 85 VI. AN OUTLINE OF THE SANKHYA PHILOSOPHY ......Page 88 1. Inevitable Development of Rationalism ......Page 90 2. The Three Moods of Nature ......Page 92 3. The Aim of the System ......Page 95 1. From the Upanishads ......Page 97 2. From Buddhist and Jaina Sources ......Page 99 3. Sankara's References ......Page 104 4. Madhava's Epitome ......Page 105 5. Co-ordination of Indian Egotist Doctrine ......Page 108 6. The Refutation of Egoism ......Page 110 7. The Indian Machiavelli ......Page 115 VIII. THE BUDDHA'S PERSONALITY ......Page 121 1. The Buddha's Birth ......Page 122 2. His Lineage ......Page 123 3. The Origin of the Sakyas ......Page 125 4. The Buddha's Names ......Page 126 5. His Person and Character ......Page 128 6. The Buddha's Enlightenment ......Page 130 7. The Buddha's Humour ......Page 132 8. The Buddha's Dialectic and Rhetoric ......Page 133 9. The Buddha as a Teacher ......Page 135 IX. BUDDHISM AND WAR ......Page 138 X. KRISHNA'S ADVICE TO ARJUNA ......Page 155 1. Position of Gita in Sanscrit Literature ......Page 156 2. Arjuna's Distress ......Page 157 3. Four Theses ......Page 161 4. Illogical Conclusions ......Page 165 5. Non-Injury ......Page 168 XI. NIRVANA ......Page 170 1. The Fire Symbolism ......Page 172 2. Fuel and the Fire ......Page 175 3. The Formula of Release ......Page 178 4. Nirvana and the Farther Nirvana ......Page 179 Mahayana Developments ......Page 182 6. The Logical Strength of the Doctrine ......Page 184 1. Nietzsche's Forerunners ......Page 187 2. Egoism and Altruism ......Page 188 3. Nietzsche's Attack on Religion ......Page 189 4. Nietzsche's View of the Origin of Buddhism ......Page 192 5. Nietzsche's Classification of Religions ......Page 195 6. 'Pessimism' a Malady of the Will ......Page 198 7. Buddhism and the Social Order ......Page 200 8. A Favourable View ......Page 203 1. The Origin of the Word 'Karma '......Page 205 2. The Significance of Deeds ......Page 206 4. The Five Fires and the Two Ways ......Page 207 5. The Doctrine in Buddhism ......Page 210 6. Karma in Jainism ......Page 215 7. Karma in the Vedanta Philosophy ......Page 217 8. Summary of Conclusions ......Page 219 9. The Karma of Experience ......Page 221 10. Karma in Nature and Humanity ......Page 222 12. Karma and the Creative Will ......Page 223 13. Three Hypotheses for Karma ......Page 224 14. The Highest Word ......Page 226 1. The First Principle of Nature ......Page 227 3. A Law of Motion ......Page 228 4. The 'Number' Family of Words ......Page 230 5. The 'Rhythm' Family of Words ......Page 231 6. Rhythm is Operation, Movement ......Page 232 7. The Rhythm of Sound ......Page 233 8.The Rhythm of the Body ......Page 234 9. The Rhythm of the Soul ......Page 235 10. The Rhythm of Society ......Page 236 11. The Rhythm of the Cosmos ......Page 237 1. Introduction ......Page 239 2. Theognis ......Page 240 3. The Sophists ......Page 243 4. Metaphysical Nihilism ......Page 245 5. Athens versus Melos ......Page 246 6. Kallikles ......Page 247 7. The Conflict of Nature and Law ......Page 249 8. The Answer to Egoism ......Page 251 9. Ethical Nihilism of Thrasumachos ......Page 252 10. The Final Values ......Page 256 11. Sokrates the Rationalist ......Page 257 12. Sokrates the Mystic ......Page 258 13. 'The Voice' is Conscience ......Page 261 1. Religion Combined with Philosophy ......Page 263 2. Graeco-Judaism ......Page 264 4. The Influence of Philo ......Page 267 5. Ammonius Sakkas ......Page 269 6. The Neo-Pythagoreans ......Page 270 7. Plotinus ......Page 271 8. Subsequent Ecstatic Experiences ......Page 275 9. The Moral Value of Ecstasy ......Page 277 10. The Three Great Schools ......Page 279 11. Amelius Gentilianus ......Page 281 12. Porphyrius the Philosopher ......Page 284 13. Porphyrius as Editor and Critic ......Page 285 14. His Ethical Significance ......Page 286 15. Free-Will and Fate ......Page 287 16. Reincarnation in Neo-Platonism ......Page 288 17. Jamblichus ......Page 290 18. Conditional Immortality ......Page 293 19. Abammon and his Book ......Page 294 XVII. BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS ......Page 298 1. Race and Rule ......Page 299 3. Religious Literature ......Page 300 4. What is Apocalyptic? ......Page 302 5. The Last Things ......Page 304 6. Sophia and Logos ......Page 306 7. Chief Apocalyptic Doctrines ......Page 308 8. The Kingdom of God and the Resurrection ......Page 309 9. The Messiah ......Page 311 10. The Apocalyptical Writers ......Page 312 1. From Sacrifice to Sacrament ......Page 314 2. Divergent Views ......Page 316 3. Symbolism and Magic ......Page 317 4. Emergence of the True View ......Page 320 5. Conclusion ......Page 323 XIX. 'THE UNPARDONABLE SIN '......Page 326 1. The Gospel Phrases ......Page 327 2. The Five Key-Words ......Page 328 3. Sin and Exorcism ......Page 329 4. The Cure of the Man Possessed ......Page 330 5. Suggested Reconstruction of the Passage ......Page 331 6. Defensive Power of the Spitit ......Page 333 1. Two Doctrines ......Page 335 2. Inescapable Nemesis ......Page 336 3. Forgiveness Overcomes Nemesis ......Page 337 4. Khammurabi's Code ......Page 338 5. The Mosaic Code and It's Rejection ......Page 339 6. The Rejection of Nemesis ......Page 341 7. Forgiveness and Pardon ......Page 343 8. The Psychology of Forgiveness ......Page 344 9. The World's Exhaustion ......Page 347 Index ......Page 349