ATTITUDE OF CHINESE RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY TOWARDS THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: .
Lao Tzu believed that both infants and sages were free Irorr, t?e danger of any ~njury fron: venomous insects and reptiles, Ieroc~ous brutes .and birds; that In travel, sages would not encounter tigers and blsons: Big game chased in hunting caused hysteria. As a present. or gl~t for sovereigns, Tao...
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Dharmaram College
1979
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 1979, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-55 |
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Summary: | Lao Tzu believed that both infants and sages were free Irorr, t?e danger of any ~njury fron: venomous insects and reptiles, Ieroc~ous brutes .and birds; that In travel, sages would not encounter tigers and blsons: Big game chased in hunting caused hysteria. As a present. or gl~t for sovereigns, Tao itself far excelled carriage. horses and giant pieces of jade. Nevertheless, Tao was so inhuman and ru~hless t.hat It treated all creatures as straw dogs to be discarded Immedl~tely after being used in sacrificial rites. Still humans ought necessanly to embrace or follow Tao just as fish must not ~eave Water. I |
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ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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