Religious Vegetarianism : From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama

, by Walters, Kerry S.; Portmess, Lisa

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ISBN: 9780791449714 | 0791449718
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Copyright: 6/1/2001

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Preface

Introduction: Ambiguous Permission, Journeying Souls, Resplendent Life

(12)

THE ORPHIC-PYTHAGOREAN TRADITION

(24)

Hesiod: The Five Ages

(6)

Porphyry: The Blessed Life

(3)

Ovid: Pythagoras of Samos: Spirit Never Perishes

(4)

Empedocles: I Have Been a Leaping Journeying Fish

(7)

Philostratus: Apollonius of Tyana: Sweet Offerings

(4)

THE INDIAN TRADITION

(24)

The Laws of Manu: The Sin of Killing

(2)

To Harm No Living Being

(4)

Akaranga Sutra

Human Flesh and Beast Flesh Are the Same

(3)

Kabir

Oneness Includes All Animals

(3)

Swami Vivekananda

Diet and Non-Violence

(3)

Mohandas Gandhi

Thou Shalt Not Kill

(5)

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

THE BUDDHIST TRADITION

(32)

Prohibition Against Killing

(2)

Surangama Sutra

Cherish Each Being Like an Only Child

(9)

Lankavatara Sutra

On Animals I Have Conferred Many Boons

(3)

Asoka

All Life Is Linked

(3)

Sir Edwin Arnold

Releasing Life

(3)

Chu-Hung

Meat Eating and the First Precept

(3)

Philip Kapleau

The Dalai Lama: Compassion for All Sentient Beings

(6)

THE JUDAIC TRADITION

(30)

Kashrut: A Provegetarian Bias in Torah

(8)

Roberta Kallechofsky

The Life of His Beast

105

(7)

Everett E. Gendler

The Religious Justification for Vegetarianism

112

(6)

Joseph Rosenfeld

A Firm and Joyous Voice of Life

118

(5)

Abraham Isaac Kook

THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION

123

(46)

Vegetarianism as a Biblical Ideal

126

(14)

Andrew Linzey

In the Fullness of God's Creation

140

(3)

Tom Regan

Vegetarianism and Religion

143

(5)

Francis X. Clooney

Feeding on Grace: Institutional Violence, Christianity, and Vegetarianism

148

(21)

Carol J. Adams

THE ISLAMIC TRADITION

169

(24)

The Men Who Ate the Elephant

173

(2)

Rumi

His Holiness M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: Qurban and The Hunter Learns Compassion from the Fawn

175

(6)

They Are Communities Like You

181

(12)

Al-Hafiz

B.A. Masri

For Further Reading

193

(4)

Sources

197

(4)

Index

201

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