Environmental Ethics In Buddhism A Virtues Approach

Abstract

I would like to thank Damien Keown for his encouragement and his belief in my vision. I am grateful to Ian Harris and Kate Crosby for their timely advice on how I could make my ideas work better. I also owe thanks to Veena Sachdev and Mohini Mullick for their wise words and erudite comments when I most needed them. And, above all, I would like to thank my mother, father and the rest of my wonderful family for their patience, unconditional love and support throughout this undertaking. In this book, references to the original texts of the Dı¯gha, Majjhima, Sam. yutta and An˙ guttara Nika¯yas, the Ja¯taka and Vinaya will include the abbreviated title (see Abbreviations) and the volume and generic page number of the PTS edition. References to the Dhammapada, Sutta Nipa¯ta, Theraga¯tha¯ and Therı¯ga¯tha¯ however will comprise the abbreviated title and the verse number. Though this book is primarily concerned with the Pali language, Sanskrit terms in the quotations of other writers remain unchanged. The use of Sanskrit terms also remains unchanged in places where such terms have been analysed and explained by others in their Sanskrit rendering.