This book is a modest attempt to look at and examine the beginnings of ecological concerns in the Buddhist religious traditions, based on a meticulous examination of diverse narratives pointing towards a correlation between Buddhism and environmental issues. By examining the seminal teachings of the Buddha through the concepts of Paticcasamuppada, Kamma (Karmat), the eightfold path, ahimsa, Pancasila and in literature, like the Jatakas, Therigatha and Theragatha in relation to animals, population dynamics, yajnas and animal sacrifices as well as flora and fauna associated with the Buddha, this book attempts to discover the inescapable connection between the individual's well-being and Nature.


Planet , Plants & Animals, Anand Singh, Primus Books, Hardcover, 2019, 283 Pages, $27.00

Anand Singh is Associate Professor and Dean of School of Buddhist Studies and Civilization, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India. He has authored Buddhism at Sarnath (2014), Pracheen Bhartiya Dharma (2010), and Tourism in Ancient India (2005). He has published over twenty-five research papers and articles in various international and national journals. He has visited many countries like China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka for invited lectures and conferences.

Introduction

1. Animals, Yajnas, and Population Dynamics.
2. Plants in Early Buddhism.
3. Formation of Buddhist Environmental Ethics.
4. Animals, Tree and Spirits in Jatakas.
5. Ecological Consciousness in Jainism and Comparisons with Buddhism.
6. Nature in Theragatha and Therigatha.
7. Ecology, Economy, and Buddhism.
8.Happy Planet: Buddhist Pedagogy in Globalized Context.

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