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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.Chapple, Christopher Key is the author of 'Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions' with ISBN 9780791414989 and ISBN 0791414981.
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