Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions [NOOK Book]

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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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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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Probes the origin of nonviolence in early India, and traces its path within the Jaina, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions, including its impact on East Asian cultures. Then explores how it informs such contemporary issues as vegetarianism, animal rights, environmental protection, and religious tolerance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  • ISBN-13: 9780791498774
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publication date: 9/30/2009
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 1,119,146
  • File size: 614 KB

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
A Note on Diacritical Marks
Introduction
Pt. I Nonviolence, Animals, and Earth
1 Origins and Traditional Articulations of Ahimsa 3
2 Nonviolence, Buddhism, and Animal Protection 21
3 Nonviolent Asian Responses to the Environmental Crisis: Select Contemporary Examples 49
Pt. II The Nonviolent Self
4 Otherness and Nonviolence in the Mahabharata 75
5 Nonviolent Approaches to Multiplicity 85
6 The Jaina Path of Nonresistant Death 99
7 Living Nonviolence 111
Notes 121
Index 141
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    What has our world gotten to seriously I am so sad for animals that were beautiful and smart but exstinct because of the human race. We are so screwed up these days I swear. If the animal is on the endagered species list its there for a reason. If a farmer saw an Endangered wolf on its land terrorizing livestock and he shot it would he get in trouble. Yes because it was endangered. If you kill an endangered species don't hide it report it. The Amur leapord which is a leapored in Russias Taiga forest is endangered thete are 30 to 40 living we can't let our animals die. Not today not ever. I want to grow and have kids who can see what a tiger looks like or what a whale is. Our world is beautiful lets keep it that way.

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