This text presents a comparative study of two of the most influential Indian masters, Santideva and Sankara. Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of the self, Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism is still possible within aMoreThis text presents a comparative study of two of the most influential Indian masters, Santideva and Sankara. Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of the self, Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism is still possible within a metaphysics which assumes there to be no independent self.