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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “kenneth valpey”
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  • Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics

    by Kenneth R. Valpey ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This open access book provides both a broad perspective and a focused examination of cow care as a subject of widespread ethical concern in India, and increasingly in other parts of the world. In the face of what has persisted as a highly charged political issue over cow protection in India, intellectual space must be made to bring the wealth of Indian traditional ethical discourse to bear on the ... Read more

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  • Attending Krishna's Image

    Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth

    by Kenneth Russell Valpey ...
    Series series Routledge Hindu Studies Series
    There is a steady and growing scholarly, as well as popular interest in Hindu religion – especially devotional (bhakti) traditions as forms of spiritual practice and expressions of divine embodiment. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship.Attending Krishna's Image extends the discussion on Indian images and their worship, bringing historical and comparative ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Yoga and Animal Ethics

    by Kenneth R. Valpey ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This open access book offers a comprehensive understanding of yoga theory and practice as it bears on several dimensions of animal-related ethical reflection and action. "Yoga" has become a household word in recent decades and, increasingly, has drawn physical yoga practitioners to explore its philosophy; significantly, classical yoga philosophy and praxis are deeply grounded in realizing the self ... Read more

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  • The Bhāgavata Purāna

    Sacred Text and Living Tradition

    Edited by Ravi Gupta, Kenneth Valpey ...
    A vibrant example of living literature, the Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text written in Sanskrit verse. Finding its present form by the tenth century C.E., the work inspired several major north Indian devotional (bhakti) traditions as well as schools of dance and drama, and continues to permeate popular Hindu art and ritual in both India and the diaspora.Introducing the Bhagavata ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Bhāgavata Purāna

    Selected Readings

    by Ravi Gupta, Kenneth Valpey ...
    Formalized by the tenth century, the expansive Bhagavata Purana resists easy categorization. While the narrative holds together as a coherent literary work, its language and expression compete with the best of Sanskrit poetry. The text's theological message focuses on devotion to Krishna or Vishnu, and its philosophical outlook is grounded in the classical traditions of Vedanta and Samkhya. No ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Forms of Krishna

    Collected Essays on Vaishnava Murtis

    by Steven Rosen ...
    Series series Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical
    Scholars of religion and seekers in general will find Forms of Krishna: Collected Essays on Vaishnava Murtis to be an informative introduction to Indic philosophy and Vaishnava history, particularly in terms of Krishna’s form and the underlying theological and scriptural background for the worship of his iconic image. For those who are already so informed, many details of Krishna and his worship ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

  • Animal Ethics and Animal Law

    by A. W. H. Bates, Mariah Rayfield Beck, Alice Collinson, Danielle Duffield, David Favre, Angela Fernandez, Robyn Hederman, Lena Hehemann, Stephanie O’Flynn, Maureen O’Sullivan, Solana Joy Phillips, Frances M.C. Robinson, Rebecca Stanton, Kenneth Valpey, Matthew J. Webber, Ruaidhrí D. Wilson, Steven M. Wise, Oliver Langworthy, Randall Lockwood ...
    Animal law is a growing discipline, as is animal ethics. In this wide-ranging book, scholars from around the world address the intersections between the two. Specifically, this collection focuses on pressing moral issues and how law can protect animals from cruelty and abuse. A project of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, the book is edited by the Oxford Centre’s directors, Andrew Linzey and ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

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  • The Making of Buddhist Modernism

    by David L. McMahan ...
    A great deal of Buddhist literature and scholarly writing about Buddhism of the past 150 years reflects and indeed constructs a historically unique modern Buddhism even while purporting to represent ancient tradition timeless teaching or the "essentials" of Buddhism. This literature Asian as well as Western weaves together the strands of different traditions to create a novel hybrid that brings ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions

    A Historical Perspective

    by Bhikkhu Analayo ...
    Renowned scholar-monk writes accessibly on some of the most contentious topics in Buddhism—guaranteed to ruffle some feathers.Armed with his rigorous examination of the canonical records, respected scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo explores—and sharply criticizes—four examples of what he terms “superiority conceit” in Buddhism:the androcentric tendency to prevent women from occupying leadership roles, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Indra's Net

    by Rajiv Malhotra ...
    Originating in the Atharva Veda, the concept of Indra's Net is a powerful metaphor for interconnectedness. It was transmitted via Buddhism's Avatamsaka Sutra into Western thought, where it now resides at the heart of post-modern discourse. According to this metaphor, nothing ultimately exists separately by itself and all boundaries can be deconstructed. This book invokes Indra's Net to articulate ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Jainism

    An Introduction

    by Jeffery D. Long ...
    Series series I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion
    Jainism evokes images of monks wearing face-masks to protect insects and mico-organisms from being inhaled. Or of Jains sweeping the ground in front of them to ensure that living creatures are not inadvertently crushed: a practice of non-violence so radical as to defy easy comprehension. Yet for all its apparent exoticism, Jainism is still little understood in the West. What is this mysterious ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Buddhism beyond Gender

    Liberation from Attachment to Identity

    by Rita M. Gross ...
    A bold and provocative work from the late preeminent feminist scholar, which challenges men and women alike to free themselves from attachment to gender.At the heart of Buddhism is the notion of egolessness—“forgetting the self”—as the path to awakening. In fact, attachment to views of any kind only leads to more suffering for ourselves and others. And what has a greater hold on people’s ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD