Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian TraditionsState University of New York Press, 24 de ago. de 1993 - 160 páginas This book probes the origins of the practice of nonviolence in early India and traces its path within the Jaina, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions, including its impact on East Asian Cultures. It then turns to a variety of contemporary issues relating to this topic such as: vegetarianism, animal and environmental protection, and the cultivation of religious tolerance. |
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... first part of the book , comprising the first three chapters , focuses on the origins and history of ahimsa , its spread from India into East Asia , and specific forms of nonviolent practice that can be applied to two modern issues ...
... first part of the book , comprising the first three chapters , focuses on the origins and history of ahimsa , its spread from India into East Asia , and specific forms of nonviolent practice that can be applied to two modern issues ...
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... first by seeing self as other , next by expanding the categories through which one assesses reality , and finally by not clinging to life when its demise cannot be avoided . The concluding chapter discusses some parallel approaches to ...
... first by seeing self as other , next by expanding the categories through which one assesses reality , and finally by not clinging to life when its demise cannot be avoided . The concluding chapter discusses some parallel approaches to ...
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... first written documents of the Jaina tradition , by con- trast , we see a fully developed and quite distinct doctrine of karma that entails strict observance of ethical precepts rooted in ahimsā . The earliest extant text of the Jainas ...
... first written documents of the Jaina tradition , by con- trast , we see a fully developed and quite distinct doctrine of karma that entails strict observance of ethical precepts rooted in ahimsā . The earliest extant text of the Jainas ...
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Conteúdo
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Nonviolence Buddhism and Animal Protection | 21 |
Otherness and Nonviolence in the Mahābhārata | 75 |
Nonviolent Approaches to Multiplicity | 85 |
The Jaina Path of Nonresistant Death | 99 |
Living Nonviolence | 111 |
Notes | 121 |
Index | 141 |
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