Asian Traditions Just as Synthetic as the Euro- American 262 Profound Differences among Säipkhya, Jainism, and Buddhism 264 Important Differences among the Vedãntist Sch 268 Contemporary Physics Does Not Support Vedäntist Philosophy 269 Malhotra's Unusual View of "Embodied" Knowledge 272 Premodernism, Modernism, and Postmodernism 274 Religiously Motivated Violence in Asia 277 Religious Pluralism and Mutual Respect 279 Notes 282 References Cited 283