The Ethics of Sankara and Santideva

'I welcome this book by Warren Todd in which, following the pattern of critical examination in which both masters participated, he provides a comparative study of various aspects of Sankara's and Santideva's ideas, particularly their mutual focus on ethics'. His Holiness the Dalai Lama ’This is a sound, systematic and original work. The outstanding aspect of it is that it studies a major Hindu and a major Buddhist figure comparatively, while also engaging conceptually with contemporary Western debates. As such, it triangulates the question of the relationship between the metaphysics of self and the ethics of conduct. The evenhandedness of treatment, and the commitment to bringing out conceptually important considerations without ideological bias, is the outstanding feature of this book.’ Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University, UK 'This work stands out as a useful resource for anyone interested in comparative religious ethics - and, particularly, the ethics of self-gift, altruism and social egalitarianism. A preface by the Dalai Lama adds gravitas to the study, and helps to situate it more firmly as the truly constructive proposal that it is. It will reward close reading by students of Advaita, Buddhism and moral philosophy.' Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies