Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian TraditionsChristopher Key Chapple, Navin and Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology Christopher Key Chapple SUNY Press, 1993 M01 1 - 146 pages 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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Contents
Origins and Traditional Articulations of Ahimsa | 3 |
Nonviolence Buddhism and Animal Protection | 21 |
Nonviolent Asian Responses to the Environmental Crisis Select Contemporary Examples | 49 |
The Nonviolent Self | 73 |
Otherness and Nonviolence in the Mahabharata | 75 |
Nonviolent Approaches to Multiplicity | 85 |
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| Title | Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions SUNY series in religious studies |
| Authors | Christopher Key Chapple, Navin and Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology Christopher Key Chapple |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | SUNY Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0791414973, 9780791414972 |
| Length | 146 pages |
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