Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Geoffrey BarstowSeries:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia UnPublish date:2019-01-08Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231179973ISBN-10:231179979UPC:9780231179973Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:Tibetan, Rituals & Practice, SouthSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCSQT87QMK
Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet
Tibetan Buddhism teaches compassion toward all beings, a category that explicitly includes animals. Slaughtering animals is morally problematic at best and, at worst, completely incompatible with a religious lifestyle. Yet historically most Tibetans--both monastic and lay--have made meat a regular part of their diet. In this study of the place of vegetarianism within Tibetan religiosity, Geoffrey...
Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia Un
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231179973ISBN-10:231179979UPC:9780231179973Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:Tibetan, Rituals & Practice, SouthSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCSQT87QMK
Geoffrey Barstow is an assistant professor of religious studies at Oregon State University.
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