BIBFRAME Work

Title

Ahiṃsā in the Indic traditions : explorations and reflections

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Rosen, Steven, 1955- (editor )
• Long, Jeffery D. (editor )

Subject

• Ahiṃsā (LCSH)

Language

• eng

Classification

• LCC: BJ123.A45 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)
• DDC: 294 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"Ahiṃsā in the Indic Traditions: Explorations and Reflections, edited by Jeffery D. Long and Steven J. Rosen, examines the diversity of nonviolent (ahimsa-oriented) doctrines originating in the Indic world, both in terms of interpersonal relationships and how they apply to the rest of creation, including animals"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Jeffery D. Long and Steven J. Rosen -- Arjuna's decision : the warrior ethic in the Bhagavad Gītā / Steven J. Rosen -- War and nonviolence in the Bhagavad Gītā : correcting common misconceptions / Jeffery D. Long -- Of bows and pipelines : can the Bhagavad Gītā direct us to climate justice? / Christopher L. Fici -- Reconciling Kṣatriya Dharma with Ahiṃsā in the Mahābhārata : the journey of Yudhiṣṭhira / Rodney Sebastian -- Ahiṃsā in the yoga sūtra and its traditional commentaries / Janne Kontala -- Nonviolence : tracing its Śramaṇa roots and seeing its practical utility / Vincent Sekhar -- Ahiṃsā and Anekāntavāda : nonviolence and discourse in Jain thought and practice / Jeffery D. Long -- White supremacy and two theories of Ahiṃsā : Jainism vs. yoga / Shyam Ranganathan -- Ahiṃsā in the thought of Swami Vivekananda / Jeffery D. Long -- Bhaktivedanta, Gandhi, and the social implications of nonviolence / Cogen Bohanec -- Subverting hierarchies : the song of the pious butcher / Steven J. Rosen.

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Ahiṃsā in the Indic traditions : explorations and reflections

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• Date: 2026-09-11T20:11:20.926398+00:00
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