Ahimsa in the Indic Traditions

Explorations and Reflections

Jeffery D. Long, Steven J. Rosen (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-6286-4 (ISBN)

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Ahiṃsā in the Indic Traditions: Explorations and Reflections, edited by Jeffery D. Long and Steven J. Rosen, examines the diversity of nonviolent (ahimsa-oriented) doctrines originating in the Indic world, both in terms of interpersonal relationships and how they apply to the rest of creation, including animals. This volume engages the voices of scholars from various disciplines and addresses numerous religious doctrines, including those of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and their related sacred texts. The book focuses not only on past scholarship and intellectual modes of understanding nonviolence, but also on living traditions and the practice of modern and post-modern individuals, from Vivekananda to Gandhi to Prabhupada, and their millions of supporters and followers. The volume shows that the implications of ahimsa are staggering, with reference to interpersonal exchange, vegetarianism, animal rights, climate change, and so on.

Jeffery D. Long is the Carl W. Zeigler Professor of religion, philosophy, and Asian studies at Elizabethtown College. Steven J. Rosen is founding editor of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies and associate editor of Back to Godhead magazine.

Introduction, Jeffery D. Long and Steven J. Rosen

Chapter 1:Arjuna’s Decision: The Warrior Ethic in the Bhagavad Gītā, Steven J. Rosen

Chapter 2:War and Nonviolence in the Bhagavad Gītā: Correcting Common Misconceptions, Jeffery D. Long

Chapter 3: Of Bows and Pipelines: Can the Bhagavad Gītā Direct Us to Climate Justice?, Christopher L. Fici

Chapter 4: Reconciling Kṣatriya Dharma with Ahiṃsā in the Mahābhārata: The Journey of Yudhiṣṭhira, Rodney Sebastian

Chapter 5: Ahiṃsā in the Yoga Sūtra and its Traditional Commentaries, Janne Kontala

Chapter 6: Nonviolence: Tracing its Śramaṇa Roots and Seeing its Practical Utility, Vincent Sekhar

Chapter 7: Ahiṃsā and Anekāntavāda: Nonviolence and Discourse in Jain Thought and Practice, Jeffery D. Long

Chapter 8: White Supremacy and Two Theories of Ahiṃsā: Jainism vs. Yoga, Shyam Ranganathan

Chapter 9: Ahiṃsā in the Thought of Swami Vivekananda, Jeffery D. Long

Chapter 10: Bhaktivedanta, Gandhi, and the Social Implications of Nonviolence, Cogen Bohanec

Chapter 11: Subverting Hierarchies: The Song of the Pious Butcher, Steven J. Rosen

About the Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	06.09.2024
Reihe/Serie	Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical
Co-Autor	Cogen Bohanec, Christopher L. Fici
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
ISBN-10	1-6669-6286-4 / 1666962864
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-6286-4 / 9781666962864
Zustand	Neuware