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For a future to be possible : commentaries on the five wonderful precepts / Thich Nhat Hanh ; with Robert Aitken [and others].

Contributor(s): Nhất Hạnh, Thích | Aitken, Robert, 1917-2010
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Parallax Press, [1993]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 281 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0938077651 (pbk.)Subject(s): Five Precepts (Buddhism)DDC classification: 294.3/5 LOC classification: BQ5495 | .F67 1993
Contents:
Pt. 1. The five wonderful precepts. The five wonderful precepts. Introduction. First precept, reverence for life. Second precept, generosity. Third precept, sexual responsibility. Fourth precept, deep listening and loving speech. Fifth precept, diet for a mindful society -- Pt. 2. Responses. Happiness comes from the heart / Jack Kornfield. Precepts for the twentieth century / Maxine Hong Kingston. The Western reception of the five precepts / Annabel Laity. Precepts are the whole of the Dharma / Christopher Reed. Precepts and responsible practice / Robert Aitken. The five precepts and social change / Patricia Marx Ellsberg. How societies can practice the precepts / Sulak Sivaraksa. What is eco-kosher? / Arthur Waskow. Precepts / David Steindl-Rast. Indra's net as our own / Gary Snyder. The future is in our hands / Stephen Batchelor. The road is your footsteps / Joan Halifax. Notes on the
practice and territory of the precepts / Richard Baker. Commonly asked questions / Chân Không. Pt. 3. The three jewels. The three jewels : Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. Pt. 4. The Sutra on the white-clad disciple. The Sutra. Commentaries. Pt. 5. Ceremonies. Transmission of the precepts. Recitation of the precepts.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BQ5495 .F67 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902106547

Pt. 1. The five wonderful precepts. The five wonderful precepts. Introduction. First precept, reverence for life. Second precept, generosity. Third precept, sexual responsibility. Fourth precept, deep listening and loving speech. Fifth precept, diet for a mindful society -- Pt. 2. Responses. Happiness comes from the heart / Jack Kornfield. Precepts for the twentieth century / Maxine Hong Kingston. The Western reception of the five precepts / Annabel Laity. Precepts are the whole of the Dharma / Christopher Reed. Precepts and responsible practice / Robert Aitken. The five precepts and social change / Patricia Marx Ellsberg. How societies can practice the precepts / Sulak Sivaraksa. What is eco-kosher? / Arthur Waskow. Precepts / David Steindl-Rast. Indra's net as our own / Gary Snyder. The future is in our hands / Stephen Batchelor. The road is your footsteps / Joan Halifax. Notes on the

practice and territory of the precepts / Richard Baker. Commonly asked questions / Chân Không. Pt. 3. The three jewels. The three jewels : Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. Pt. 4. The Sutra on the white-clad disciple. The Sutra. Commentaries. Pt. 5. Ceremonies. Transmission of the precepts. Recitation of the precepts.

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