Zoroaster -- Islamic philosophy: Muhammad ; Al-Kindi ; Al-Farabi ; Ibn Sina ; Al-Ghazali ; Ibn Rushd ; Iqbal -- Indian philosophy: The Buddha ; Badarayana ; Nagarjuna ; Vasubandhu ; Buddhaghosa ; Sankara ; Ramanuja ; Madhva ; Vivekananda ; Gandhi ; Aurobindo ; Radhakrishnan -- Tibetan philosophy: Padma-Sambhava ; Milarepa -- Chinese philosophy: Confucius ; Mencius ; Lao Tze ; Hui-neng ; Chu Hsi ; Tai Chen ; Mao Tse-tung -- Japanese philosophy: Dogen ; Nichiren ; Bankei ; Hakuin ; Nishida ; Suzuki
Summary
The book is an introduction to oriental philosophy via individual consideration of the ideas of thirty-five major figures drawn from six traditions. Commentaries on each philosopher are accompanied by overviews of these traditions
