The role of Animals in Buddhism

With special reference to the Jatakas

by Nguyen Thi Kieu Diem | 2012 | 66,083 words

Summary: This study studies the role of animals in Indian Buddhism with special reference to the Jatakas鈥攁ncient Pali texts narrating the previous births of the Buddha dating back 2500 years.

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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 - Introduction

+ Chapter 2 - Animals versus Humans: a Buddhist perspective

. 1. Introduction鈥擶hat is an animal?

. 2. What is a human being?

. 3. Immorality in using animal for food and labor

. 4. The numberless animal killed for food.

. 5. The strictly issue of Meat-eating in Buddhism

. 6a. Attitude of Theravada Tradition towards Meat-eating

. 6b. Attitude of Mahayana Tradition towards Meat-eating

. 7a. What is the Vegetarian?

. 7b. The kinds of Vegetarian