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Food Of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, And The Limits Of Buddhism In Tibet (Studies Of The Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University)

Name: Food Of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, And The Limits Of Buddhism In Tibet (Studies Of The Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University)
Brand: Columbia University Press
SKU: 9780231179966
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Author: Geoffrey Barstow
ISBN: 9780231179966

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Author:: Geoffrey Barstow
Publisher:: Columbia University Press
Publication Date:: Oct 24, 2017
Number of pages:: 312 pages
Language:: English
Binding:: Hardcover
ISBN-10:: 0231179960
ISBN-13:: 9780231179966

Overview

Geoffrey Barstow explores the tension between Buddhist ethics and Tibetan cultural norms to offer a novel perspective on the spiritual and social dimensions of meat eating within Tibetan religiosity. Barstow offers a detailed analysis of the debates over meat and vegetarianism from the tenth century through the Chinese invasion in the 1950s.