Christopher Key Chapple 
Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions [PDF ebook] 

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.

Table of Content

Acknowledgments




A Note on Diacritical Marks




Introduction




Part 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




Part 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




Notes




Index

About the author

Christopher Key Chapple is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is the author of
Karma and Creativity, co-translator of the
Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, and editor of Winthrop Sargeant’s translation of the
Bhagavad Gita.