- Acknowledgementsv
- Contributorsix
- Introduction: Toward an Ecology of Compassion—Homo Specialis, Animality, and
Buddha-Nature- David Jones1
- Buddha Animals
- Jason M. Wirth13
- Jataka, Pancatantra, and the Rhetoric of Animalia in South Asia
- Thomas A. Forsthoefel23
- Buddha-nature and Bodhicitta: Animals and Humans in Dramatic Ensembles Intent
upon Enlightenment- Peter D. Hershock41
- Animal Forms and Formlessness: The Protean Quality of Buddha Nature in Chinese
Martial Arts- Harriette Grissom59
- Does a Dog See Into its Buddha-Nature? Re-posing the Question of Animality/Humanity
in Zen Buddhism- Bret W. Davis83
- Asking the Question: Do Animals Have Buddha-Nature
- Thomas Pynn127
- Zen Eye Hunter, Zen Eye Hunted: Revealing the Animal Face of Buddha-Nature
- Brian Schroeder149
- One Cell, Symbiosis, and the Buddha's Broken Karmic Wheel: A Legacy of an Ancient Bacterium
- Keiko Takioto Miller165
- Animality and Desire in the Buddhist Monastic Code
- Jennifer L. Manlowe185
- Animal Buddhas
- David Jones195
- Index205
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Buddha Nature and Animality
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Buddha Nature and Animality is about peaceful living. In discussions about the relation between humans and their animal relatives, a central theme is that Buddhism represents the most viable philosophical/religious alternative to the malaise surrounding us when we confront ecological problems. This recognition points to the notion of compassion. Karuna is given expression as an alternative to stewardship since stewardship too falls into the dualistic trap of privileging the human. Authors seek beyond the limits imposed by discourses of ethics and assume a more radical approach to seek the roots of the perspectives that allow the conceptual space for the problematic dialogues in the first place. Rather than viewing animals as distinct beings sharing our environs, authors attempt to give the animal soul back to spirituality. They argue for the naturally enlightened spontaneity arising in animal nature and that animal nature is Buddha-nature. This "animal-buddha" nature is fundamental to understanding Buddhism as a 21st century philosophy for living and dying. (Source: Jain Publishing Company)
| Citation | Jones, David., ed. Buddha Nature and Animality. Fremont, CA: Jain Publishing Company, 2007. |
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