Buddha Nature and Animality

Download or read book Buddha Nature and Animality written by David E. Jones and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The author seeks beyond the limits imposed by discourses of ethics and assumes 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, the author attempts to give the animals soul back to spirituality.