Five Influential Factors for Chinese Buddhists’ Vegetarianism
The article explores five leading factors influencing Chinese Buddhists to observe vegetarian diets. The first one is the influence from the precepts and teachings of the important Mahayana sutras on vegetarianism. The second factor is the influence of Chinese imperial authority, leading political f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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| In: |
Worldviews
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-162 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Buddhist
/ Vegetarianism
/ Reason
/ History 600 BC-2018
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia NCB Personal ethics TA History |
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Buddhism
Chinese Buddhist
Confucianism
Imperial authority
Taoism
vegetarian
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