Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of self, this book draws from two of the most influential Indian masters, a kara and ntideva. Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism is still possible within a metaphysics which assumes there to be no independent self. A new ethical model based on the notions of flickering consciousness and constructive altruism is proposed. By comparing the metaphysics and ethics of a kara and ntideva, Todd shows that the methodologies and aims of these Buddhist and Hindu masters trace remarkably similar cross-cutting paths. Treating Buddhism and...