Buddhist Ethics in Theory and Practice

Name: Buddhist Ethics in Theory and Practice
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ISBN: 9780415297639

ISBN-10: 041529763X

ISBN-13: 9780415297639

Edition: 2008

Authors: Peter Harvey

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This work is a collection of soundings on topics in the theory and practice - past and present - of Buddist ethics. It reveals the richness and diversity of this dimension of Buddhism which, along with meditation and the cultivation of wisdom, comprises the overall path of Buddhist practice.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/31/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Textual and Historical Investigations


Vinaya Principles for Assigning Degrees of Culpability


Buddhist Notions of Punishment


Freedom of the Will in Buddhist Perspective


Bodhisattva Precepts


Skilful Means and the Breaking of Precepts


Reflections on Buddhist Approaches to Nature


Monastic Economics


Buddhist Appropriations of Violence in East Asia


Buddhist Ideas of Embryonic Life


Organ Donation and the Dying Process


Early Arahats and Suicide


Mahayana Self-Immolations


Women in the Jatakas and Other Texts


Contemporary Practice


Modern Buddhist Economies


'Buddhist Economics'


Buddhist Witnesses for Peace in the Modern World


Suicide in Buddhist Countries


Abortion in Buddhist Countries - A Survey


Marriage and Divorce in Buddhism


Women in Contemporary Buddhist Cultures