To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian

BuddhaNet Cover Page......Page 1
Roshi Kapleau......Page 3
Cover Text......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 9
page 1......Page 5
page 2......Page 6
page 3......Page 7
Introduction......Page 11
The Sufferings Of Animals Raised For Slaughter......Page 23
Factory Farming Of Chickens......Page 24
The Cruelties Of Overcrowding And Castration......Page 25
Terrors Of Transportation To Slaughter......Page 26
Execution In The Slaughterhouse......Page 27
Ritual Slaughter......Page 30
The Complicity Of Meat Eaters In Animal Slaughter......Page 32
Meat Eating And Violence Toward Humans......Page 35
Meat Eating And The First Precept......Page 37
Buddhist And Christian Views Of Animals......Page 39
Did The Buddha Die From Eating Meat?......Page 42
Meat Offering As Alms......Page 45
Meat In The Diet Of Japanese Monks......Page 48
Flesh Eating In A Southeast Asian Monastery......Page 50
Theravada Version......Page 52
Mahayana Version......Page 58
The Doctrine Of Ahimsa In India......Page 62
Denigration Of Meat Animals......Page 65
The Pali Canon On Meat Eating......Page 67
Meat Eating As A Family Issue......Page 71
Buddhist Priests And The First Precept......Page 74
Whale Killing And Japanese Buddhism......Page 76
Human Beings Distinguished From Animals......Page 83
Eating Animals While “Loving” Them......Page 86
Is Killing A Vegetable The Same As Killing An Animal?......Page 87
Hitler - Vegetarianism’s Skeleton In The Closet......Page 89
Raising Waves When There Is No Wind......Page 93
The Hazards Of Eating Animal Flesh......Page 102
Hunger, Waste, And Pollution......Page 112
What Notable Persons Have Said About Flesh Eating......Page 119
Famous Vegetarians......Page 137
5 / Further Reading......Page 138
Notes And Glossary......Page 141
Supplements......Page 150
Whales......Page 8
Original Cover Page......Page 2
Monkeys......Page 10
Head of Tiger Monk......Page 21
Cow......Page 22
Herdsman......Page 36
Ancient + Deer......Page 91
Water Bird......Page 92
Whales......Page 149
Rooster (black & white)......Page 154