Religious Vegetarianism

Kerry S. Walters is Professor of Philosophy and Lisa Portmess is Chair of the Philosophy Department at Gettysburg College. They are coeditors of the companion volume Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer, also published by SUNY Press.

• Preface Introduction: Ambiguous Permission, Journeying Souls, Resplendent Life The Orphic-Pythagorean Tradition Hesiod: The Five AgesPorphyry: The Blessed LifeOvid: Pythagoras of Samos: Spirit Never PerishesEmpedocles: I Have Been a Leaping Journeying FishPhilostratus: Apollonius of Tyana: Sweet Offerings The Indian Tradition The Laws of Manu: The Sin of KillingAkaranga Sutra: To Harm No Living BeingKabir: Human Flesh and Beast Flesh Are the SameSwami Vivekananda: Oneness Includes All AnimalsMohandas Gandhi: Diet and Non-ViolenceA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: Thou Shalt Not Kill The Buddhist Tradition Surangama Sutra: Prohibition Against KillingLankavatara Sutra: Cherish Each Being Like an Only ChildAsoka: On Animals I Have Conferred Many BoonsSir Edwin Arnold: All Life Is LinkedChu-Hung: Releasing LifePhilip Kapleau: Meat Eating and the First PreceptThe Dalai Lama: Compassion for All Sentient Beings The Judaic Tradition Roberta Kalechofsky: Kashrut: A Provegetarian Bias in TorahEverett E. Gendler: The Life of His BeastJoseph Rosenfeld: The Religious Justification for VegetarianismAbraham Isaac Kook: A Firm and Joyous Voice of Life The Christian Tradition Andrew Linzey: Vegetarianism as a Biblical IdealTom Regan: In the Fullness of God's CreationFrancis X. Clooney: Vegetarianism and ReligionCarol J. Adams: Feeding on Grace: Institutional Violence, Christianity, and Vegetarianism The Islamic Tradition Rumi: The Men Who Ate the ElephantHis Holiness M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: Qurban and The Hunger Learns Compassion from the FawnAl-Hafiz B.A. Masri: They Are Communities Like You For Further Reading Sources Index

"An anthology of the caliber of Religious Vegetarianism makes a wonderful case for the ability of scholars today to be able to go into the oldest, most established traditions or codified entities and expose the unexpectedly radical ideas that are embedded there." — Worldviews"This wonderful book provides the cornerstone, the religious basis for a diet rich in compassion and a credit to faith." — Ingrid Newkirk, President, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals"Religious Vegetarianism is a stimulating collection of diverse and often out-of-the-way texts. The contrast between Eastern and Western religious texts on vegetarianism should prove to be especially thought-provoking for adherents of Western religions." — Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation