Preface to Revised Edition -- Acknowledgments for the Revised Edition -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE -- Hindu Ethics -- Background -- Life's Four Stages -- Life's Four Goals -- Paths to Enlightenment -- Karma and Rebirth -- Shades of Dharma -- Review Questions -- Notes -- CHAPTER TWO -- Buddhist Ethics -- Background -- The Middle Path -- The Four Noble Truths -- In the Wake of Karma -- The Four Supreme Virtues -- What Is a Buddhist Social Ethic? -- Review Questions -- Notes -- CHAPTER THREE -- Zen Buddhist Ethics -- Background -- A Way of the Monk: Practice IS Attainment -- A Way of the Warrior -- A Way of Tea: The Virtue of Presence -- Review Questions -- Notes -- CHAPTER FOUR -- Taoist Ethics -- Background -- Cultivating the Tao -- The Art of Yielding:Wu-wei -- Spontaneity as Awareness -- Fasting of the Mind -- Review Questions -- Notes -- CHAPTER FIVE -- Confucian Ethics -- Background -- Lessons from the Analects -- Human Nature: Is It Essentially Good or Corrupt? -- Seeking the Right Balance in Neo-Confucianism -- A Return to Ako: Japanese Neo-Confucianism -- Capitalism and Human Rights -- Review Questions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author.