- Paperback: 104 pages
- Publisher: Zen Center (June 1981)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 094030600X
- ISBN-13: 978-0940306004
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 0.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,283,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the Author
Philip Kapleau worked for the International Military Tribunal in Tokyo following World war II. In 1953 he returned to Japan and underwent thirteen years of formal Zen training with two of Japan's most noted, contemporary masters: Harada Roshi and Yasutani Roshi. He returned to the United States in 1966 to found the Rochester Zen Center in up-state New York.
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Practicle, Insightfull, & Inspiring ... gasho, Jan 28 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist View of Animal Slaughter and Meat Eating (Paperback)
One of the best books I have ever read on the relationship between Vegetarianism and Buddhism. This book avoids the pitfalls of many related books by gently describing the role of vegetarianism in Buddhist practice rather than "preaching" it's necessity. Roshi Kapleau also does an excellent job of addressing the many issues and misconceptions encountered by today's Buddhist traversing this often misunderstood path of practice.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever asked the question, "What the heck does vegetarianism have to do with Buddhism?"
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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To the point, with compassion and insightful, Sep 21 2001
By Paul MacKenzie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist View of Animal Slaughter and Meat Eating (Paperback)
Roshi P. Kapleau does an amazing job of cracking the shell placed around contemporary Buddhism. He is adept in expanding its compassionate core to encompass the cruelty involved in consuming flesh (meat) and other animal products. This little book is very easy to access and understand. Its core is one of compassion for all sentient beings. How can this not be clearer? By consuming today's slaughtered (harvested) animals served up for people's taste buds, we consume their intense suffering and become what we eat. I highly recommend reading this for all people interested in cherishing all life as Roshi not only talks the truth but also walks it.
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A Very Spiritually Fulfilling and Informative Book, Aug 31 2011
By Denise M. Valerio "D. Valerio" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist View of Animal Slaughter and Meat Eating (Paperback)
I have been studying Buddhism on my own, and have decided to become a vegetarian. I received this book and started reading it right a way finishing it the same day (the book is not that long 104 pages). I just couldn't put it down! I recommend it to anybody, specially people who has recently decided not to eat meat. It has really helped me make up my mind about the subject once and for all. This book focuses on the moral, ethical, spiritual, physical health reasons for which one should must definitely refrain from flesh eating.
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