Animals in Japanese Buddhism: The Third Path of Existence

Buddhism is often romanticized for promoting great kindness toward nonhuman animals, but while the tradition grants animals a degree of subjecthood and does not categorically deny them reason, morality, or the potential for salvation, there are also ambiguities and contradictions, even outright anth...

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Main Author: Ambros, Barbara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
In: Religion compass
Year: 2014, Volume: 8, Issue: 8, Pages: 251-263
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