Nonviolence to animals, earth, and self in Asian traditions /

This book probes the origins of the practice of nonviolence in early India and traces its path within the Jaina, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions. It speaks to a variety of contemporary issues, such as vegetarianism, animal and environmental protection, and the cultivation of religious tolerance.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chapple, Christopher Key, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1993.
Series:SUNY series in religious studies.
Subjects:
Agriculture and Hand-Industries Mutual Support Association
Nonviolence.
Ahiṃsā.
Nonviolence > Religious aspects.
Passive resistance > Asia.
Philosophy > history
Non-violence.
Ahimsā.
Non-violence > Aspect religieux.
Résistance passive > Asie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Passive resistance.
Gewaltloser Widerstand
Gewaltlosigkeit
Religion
Ahimsa
Geweldloosheid.
Non-violence > Bouddhisme.
Asia.
Asien
Asie > Civilisation.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Nonviolence, Animals, and Earth
  • 1. Origins and Traditional Articulations of Ahimsa
  • 2. Nonviolence, Buddhism, and Animal Protection
  • 3. Nonviolent Asian Responses to the Environmental Crisis: Select Contemporary Examples
  • pt. II. The Nonviolent Self
  • 4. Otherness and Nonviolence in the Mahabharata
  • 5. Nonviolent Approaches to Multiplicity
  • 6. The Jaina Path of Nonresistant Death
  • 7. Living Nonviolence.

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