Eastern Ideas of Ultimate Reality

Abe, Masao. "Buddhism." In Our Religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. New York: HarperSanFrancisco (1993) 69-137.
A concise, balanced introduction to Buddhism.

Cheng, Chun-ying. "Reality and Divinity in Chinese Philosophy." In A Companion to World Philosophies, edited by E. Deutsch and R. Bontekoe. Cambridge: Blackwell (1997) 185-200.
The fundamental views of reality and divinity from ancient Chinese sources: The I Ching, Confucianism and Daoism.

Clooney, Francis X., S. J. "Vedanta Desika's Isvarapariccheda ('Definition of The Lord') and the Hindu Argument about Ultimate Reality." In Ultimate Realities, edited by R.C. Neville and W. Wildman. Albany, NY: State University of New York (2001) 95-123.
Describes Hindu and Jain thought on Ultimate Reality.

Eckel, Malcolm David, John J. Thatamanil. "Buddhist Approaches to Ultimate Reality." In Cooking the Last Fruit of Nihilism, edited by R. C. Neville and W. Wildman. Albany: State University of New York (2001) 125-150.
Deals with the Buddhist tradition of India and Tibet (the Chinese is sui generus), with its negative force which must not be classified as sterile, unfeeling or nihilistic.

Holorenshaw, Henry. "The Making of an Honorary Taoist." In Changing Perspectives in the History of Science: Essays in Honour of Joseph Needham, edited by Mikul Teich, Robert Young. Dordrecht, NL/London, UK: D. Reidel/Heineman (1973) 1-20.

Inada, Kenneth K. "Buddhist Reality and Divinity." In A Companion to World Philosophies, edited by E. Deutsch , R. Bontekoe. Cambridge: Blackwell (1997) 392-399.
Buddhist views of reality and divinity.

Kapstein, Matthew. "Buddhist Perspectives on Ontological Truth." In A Companion to World Philosophies, edited by E. Deutsch and R. Bontekoe. Cambridge: Blackwell (1997) 420-433.
Emphasizes the Buddhist theory of two truths, absolute and relative, as developed by the Madhyamaka school, with summaries of its development in some Chineese, Japanese, Tibetan and Mongolian philosophical sources.

Larson, Gerald James. "Indian Conceptions of Reality and Divinity." In A Companion to World Philosophies, edited by E. Deutsch, and R. Bentekoe. Cambridge: Blackwell (1997) 248-258.
Indian views of reality and divinity.

Marmura, Michael. "Al-ghazali's Attitude Towards the Secular Sciences and Logic." In Essays on Islamic Philosophy and Science, edited by G. Hourani. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (1975) 100-111.

Sharma, Arvind. "Hinduism." In Our Religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. New York: HarperSanFrancisco (1993) 1-67.
A concise, balanced introduction to Hinduism.

Wei-ming, Tu. "Confucianism." In Our Religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. New York: HarperSanFrancisco (1993) 139-227.
A concise, balanced introduction to Confucianism.

Xiaogan, Liu. "Taoism." In Our Religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. New York: HarperSanFrancisco (1993) 229-289.
A concise, balanced introduction to Taoism.