Food of sinful demons : meat, vegetarianism, and the limits of Buddhism in Tibet

Barstow, Geoffrey, author.

2018, Book , xv, 289 pages :

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Publication information:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
ISBN:	0231179960
ISBN:	9780231179966
ISBN:	9780231179973
Language:	English
Record ID:	3759936
Format:	Regular Print Book
Physical description:	xv, 289 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Date acquired:	January 15, 2019
More creator details:	Geoffrey Barstow.
Series statement:	Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Series title:	Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Contents note:	Introduction -- A brief history of vegetarianism in Tibet -- Meat in the monastery -- The importance of compassion -- Tantric perspectives -- A necessary evil -- A positive good -- Seeking a middle way -- Epilogue : contemporary Tibet.

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