Kenneth Valpey (171 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Appears as new and unread. Inscribed and SIGNED by author. xxx, 269 p. Contents:1. Introduction.- 2. The Release of Cosmic Cows.- 2.1. The Rigveda: cows ranging in meaning.- 2.2. The Upanishads: cows and the acquisition of higher knowledge.- 2.3. The Bhagavata Purana: cows and the acquisition of higher knowledge.- 2.4. Krishna and his cows in Vraja.- 2.5. Vraja bhakti poetry: the buttery sweet language of love.- 2.6. Concluding reflections.- 3. Cows in Contested Fields.- 3.1. Hindu's modern concern for cows.- 3.1.1. Dayananda Saraswati: "cow-reservoir of compassion".- 3.1.2. Mahatma Gandhi: "the law of our religion".- 3.1.3. B.R. Ambedkar: compassion denied the "Untouchables".- 3.1.4. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: cow care for the world.- 3.2. Ancient texts, modern controversies.- 3.2.1. Nonviolence preferred in Dharmashastra.- 3.2.2. Thinking aloud in the sacrifice of war.- 3.2.3.Violence, nonviolence - and cows in the Bhagavad-gita and Bhagavata Purana.- 3.3. Concluding Reflections.- 4. Surveying the Cow Care Field.- 4.1. Cows (un)sheltered.- 4.2. The economics of reverence and care.- 4.3. Bovine products as added value.- 4.3.1. Milk.- 4.3.2. Ghee.- 4.3.3. Dung and Urine.- 4.3.4. Panchagavya.- 4.4. Male bovine care and the issue of violence.- 4.5. Intangible benefits of bovine care and proximity.- 4.5.1. Bovines as purifying agents.- 4.5.2. Learning lessons from cows.- 4.5.3. "Keeping cows, you keep your sanity".- 4.5.4. Go-seva and bhakti.- 4.5.5. Ritual bovine veneration: creating and affirming community.- 4.6. Concluding reflections.- 5. Cow Care and the Ethics of Care.- 5.1. Dharma and animal ethics.- 5.1.1. Dharma as settle duty.- 5.1.2. Dharma as deliberation on right action.- 5.1.3. Dharma as cultivation of virtue.- 5.2. From dharma to yoga.- 5.3. From yoga to bhakti.- 5.4. Reverence in the bhakti paradigm.- 5.5. Ethics of care and Hindu animal ethics.- 5.6. Animal citizenship, community, and bhakti.- 5.7. Sharma-based communitarianism.- 5.8. Concluding references.- 6. "These Cows Will Not Be Lost" - Envisioning A Care-Full Future for Cows.- 6.1. Anticipatory communities.- 6.1.1. Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir, West Bengal.- 6.1.2. New Vraja Dhama, Hungary.- 6.2. Departing bovine souls.- 6.2.1. Contested lives at Bhaktivedanta Manor and Skanda Vale.- 6.2.2. Krishna the ox breathes his last in Vrindavan.- 6.3. When cow protection activism becomes counter-productive.- 6.4. Cow protection in three qualities.- 7. Concluding Ruminations.- 7.1. Changing tastes. 269 pages. Cows -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects. Animal rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. …

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This open access book provides both a broad perspective and a focused examination of cow care as a subject of widespread ethical concern in India, and increasingly in other parts of the world. In the face of what has persisted as a highly charged political issue over cow protection in India, intellectual space must be made to bring the wealth of Indian traditional ethical discourse to bear on the realities of current human-animal relationships, particularly those of humans with cows. Dharma, yoga, and bhakti paradigms serve as starting points for bringing Hinduparticularly Vaishnava Hinduanimal ethics into conversation with contemporary Western animal ethics. The author argues that a culture of bhaktithe inclusive, empathetic practice of spirituality centered in Krishna as the beloved cowherd of Vrajacan complement recently developed ethics-of-care thinking to create a solid basis for sustaining all kinds of cow care communities. This open access book provides both a broad perspective and a focused examination of cow care as a subject of widespread ethical concern in India, and increasingly in other parts of the world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789359441405,xviii+129pp.

Soft cover. Condition: New. In today's cultural atmosphere of competing spiritualism jostling with vague scepticism and strident 'new atheism', we do well to listen carefully to thoughtfully articulated wisdom of bygone ages. An important voice for finding existential meaning in daily devotional practices (bhakti-yoga) can be heard in the sixteenth-century Caitanya (Gaudiya) Vaisnava tradition. In this brief but carefully crafted work, the author takes readers step-by-step through the deep reasoning behind these practices with special focus on sevaconscientious attendingto sacred temple images, concluding with a cogent explanation of why this practice is not to be mistaken for 'idolatry'.…

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Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789359444420,xiii+279pp.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789359442310,xiii+282pp.

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1st ed. 2020. 15 x 21 cm. XXX, 269 S. XXX, 269 p. 10 illus., 8 illus. in color. (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series). Sprache: Englisch.

Condition: New. pp. XXX, 269 10 illus., 8 illus. in color. 1 Edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Formalized by the tenth century, the expansive Bhagavata Purana resists easy categorization. While the narrative holds together as a coherent literary work, its language and expression compete with the best of Sanskrit poetry. The text's theological message focuses on devotion to Krishna or Vishnu, and its philosophical outlook is grounded in the classical traditions of Vedanta and Samkhya. No other Purana has inspired so much commentary, imitation, and derivation. The work has grown in vibrancy through centuries of performance, interpretation, worship, and debate and has guided the actions and meditations of elite intellectuals and everyday worshippers alike. This annotated translation and detailed analysis shows how one text can have such enduring appeal. Key selections from the Bhagavata Purana are faithfully translated, while all remaining sections of the Purana are concisely summarized, providing the reader with a continuous and comprehensive narrative. Detailed endnotes explain unfamiliar concepts and several essays elucidate the rich philosophical and religious debates found in the Sanskrit commentaries.Together with the multidisciplinary readings contained in the companion volume The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition (Columbia, 2013), this book makes a central Hindu masterpiece more accessible to English-speaking audiences and more meaningful to scholars of Hindu literature, philosophy, and religion.…

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Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Columbia University Press, 2013. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. A vibrant example of living literature, the Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text written in Sanskrit verse. Finding its present form by the tenth century C.E., the work inspired several major north Indian devotional (bhakti) traditions as well as schools of dance and drama, and continues to permeate popular Hindu art and ritual in both India and the diaspora. Introducing the Bhagavata Purana's key themes while also examining its extensive influence on Hindu thought and practice, this collection conducts the first multidimensional reading of the entire text. Each essay focuses on a key theme of the Bhagavata Purana and its subsequent presence in Hindu theology, performing arts, ritual recitation, and commentary. The authors consider the relationship between the sacred text and the divine image, the text's metaphysical and cosmological underpinnings, its shaping of Indian culture, and its ongoing relevance to contemporary Indian concerns.…

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