Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics.
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2019.
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Series Editors' Preface
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Praise for Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- 1 Introduction
- Terminology and Spelling
- References
- 2 The Release of Cosmic Cows
- The Rigveda-Cows Ranging in Meaning
- The Upanishads-Cows and the Acquisition of Higher Knowledge
- The Mahabharata-Pursuing Dharma with Cows
- The Bhagavata Purana-Cows in the World of Bhakti
- Krishna and His Cows in Vraja
- Vraja Bhakti Poetry-The Buttery Sweet Language of Love
- Compilations-Trails Toward Modern Cow Care
- Concluding Reflections
- References
- 3 Cows in Contested Fields
- Hindus' Modern Concern for Cows
- Dayananda Saraswati: "Cow-Reservoir of Compassion"
- Mahatma Gandhi: "The Law of Our Religion"
- B. R. Ambedkar: Compassion Denied the "Untouchables"
- Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: Cow Care for the World
- Ancient Texts, Modern Controversies
- Nonviolence Preferred in Dharmashastra
- Thinking Aloud in the Sacrifice of War
- Violence, Nonviolence-And Cows in the Bhagavad Gita and Bhagavata Purana
- Concluding Reflections
- References
- 4 Surveying the Cow Care Field
- Cows (Un)Sheltered
- The Economics of Reverence and Care
- Bovine Products as Added Value
- Milk
- Ghee
- Dung and Urine
- Panchagavya
- Male Bovine Care and the Issue of Violence
- Intangible Benefits of Bovine Care and Proximity
- Bovines as Purifying Agents
- Learning Lessons from Cows
- "Keeping Cows, You Keep Your Sanity"
- Go-seva and Bhakti
- Ritual Bovine Veneration: Creating and Affirming Community
- Concluding Reflections
- References
- 5 Cow Care and the Ethics of Care
- Dharma and Animal Ethics
- Dharma as Settled Duty
- Dharma as Deliberation on Right Action
- Dharma as Cultivation of Virtue
- From Dharma to Yoga
- From Yoga to Bhakti.
- Reverence in the Bhakti Paradigm
- Ethics of Care and Hindu Animal Ethics
- Animal Citizenship, Community, and Bhakti
- Dharma-Based Communitarianism
- Concluding Reflections
- References
- 6 "These Cows Will Not Be Lost": Envisioning a Care-Full Future for Cows
- Anticipatory Communities
- Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir, West Bengal
- New Vraja Dhama, Hungary
- Departing Bovine Souls
- Contested Lives at Bhaktivedanta Manor and Skanda Vale
- Krishna the Ox Breathes His Last in Vrindavan
- When Cow Protection Activism Becomes Counterproductive
- Cow Protection in Three Qualities
- Six Affirmations on the Dharma of Cow Care
- References
- 7 Concluding Ruminations
- Changing Taste
- References
- Index.