Western Buddhist motivations for vegetarianism

Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-411

  Kaza, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Food ethics; Meat eating; Non harming; Socially engaged Buddhism; Vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849488245     PISSN: 13635247     EISSN: 15685357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853505774841650     Document Type: Review

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