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Food of sinful demons : meat, vegetarianism, and the limits of Buddhism in Tibet / Geoffrey Barstow.
LIBRA BQ4570.F6 B37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barstow, Geoffrey, author.
- Series:
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Food.
- Vegetarianism--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Vegetarianism.
- Buddhism--Tibet Region--History.
- Buddhism.
- History.
- Tibet Region.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 289 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A brief history of vegetarianism in Tibet
- Meat in the monastery
- The importance of compassion
- Tantric perspectives
- A necessary evil
- A positive good
- Seeking a middle way
- Epilogue : contemporary Tibet.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231179966
- 0231179960
- OCLC:
- 987715152
- Publisher Number:
- 99975324582
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