Early Asceticism in India

Balcerowicz, Piotr

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“…Rooting action at the level of thought or intentions delineates the specific stance that the discourses take from other rival sects. The Jains, for instance, are regarded as holding the view that the effects of kamma can be exhausted through strong bodily ascetic practices (Balcerowicz, 2016). In the discourses, the Buddha is presented as rejecting this view, and contending instead that the true route to liberation is not "physical development" but "development of the mind" (citta-bhāvanā, MN 36; but see also .…”

Section: Liberation From the Ordinary Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relational Dimension of Liberation (vimutti) in the Pāli Discourses of the Buddha

Sangiacomo

2024

Mindfulness

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This paper investigates the embodied dimension of liberation (vimutti) in the Pāli discourses of the Buddha. Liberation is to be understood in relation to different kinds of “persons”’ who experience reality in different ways. For the ordinary person, there might be a presumption of being free, but there is actually no experience of liberation. For the disciple in training, liberation starts to become real and shows itself to be different to the ordinary person’s way of life. Eventually, for the awakened disciple, the ordinary way of life is entirely left behind. This does not necessarily entail an escape from the world of embodied life, but it does open new possibilities for choice and freedom in the overall psychophysical and social ecosystem. In all these cases, liberation (or its lack thereof) must be understood from a relational perspective, namely, in connection with how one functions and behaves in relation to other living beings.

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Section: Liberation From the Ordinary Patternsmentioning

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The Relational Dimension of Liberation (vimutti) in the Pāli Discourses of the Buddha

Sangiacomo

2024

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“…What are UK yoga teachers' beliefs about the moral status of farmed animals? (2). What are UK yoga teachers' dietary habits and attitudes towards plant-based diets?…”

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“…Yoga is a key component of Hinduism, which is conservatively estimated to originate from c. 1500-1200 BCE. Yoga also forms a key component of Buddhism (originating from c. 600 BCE) and Jainism, which is thought to have begun emerging in c. 500-100 BCE [1,2]. Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism all share a cultural history.…”

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Yoga, Ahimsa and Consuming Animals: UK Yoga Teachers’ Beliefs about Farmed Animals and Attitudes to Plant-Based Diets

Mace

McCulloch

2020

Animals

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Yoga is a holistic discipline originating in ancient India. Yoga has links with Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism based on a shared philosophical framework of unity with all beings and belief in ahimsa, meaning non-harming. There is debate in the international yoga community about the spiritual, ethical and health-related links between yoga and plant-based diets. This mixed methodology research investigates the beliefs about the moral status of farmed animals and attitudes towards plant-based diets of UK yoga teachers. A sequential mixed-methods design employing a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews is used. This paper focuses on the questionnaire-based phase of the research. Key results are: (i) UK yoga teachers have very progressive beliefs about the moral status of farmed animals; (ii) 29.6% of UK yoga teachers follow a plant-based diet (n = 446), which is 25-fold the proportion in the wider UK population; (iii) 73.9% desire to follow a plant-based diet; (iv) 68.6% regard plant-based diets as best aligned to their yogic practice; and (v) UK yoga teachers with more progressive beliefs about farmed animals and with more self-reported knowledge of agriculture abstain from consuming animal products to a greater extent. The far higher proportions of UK yoga teachers following vegetarian and plant-based diets, relative to the wider population, are likely based on applying yogic teachings such as the principle of ahimsa through abstaining from the consumption of animal products.

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“…Despite some other components of its power, including the demographic potential, the state is a weak member of the European Union in the economic sense and its GDP per capita (PPP) remains well below the EU's aver age (Central Statistical Office, 2014: 115). Even if the last two decades of the Polish transformation have been a successful liberal story Poland has not so far solved its seri ous structural problems, which include the reform of the pension system, energy effec tiveness or international competitiveness ofits economy (Balcerowicz, 2015). Besides, despite the unprecedented entrepreneurship, two decades of transformation have been too short to build companies capable on being on a par with the European leaders (Wójcik, 2009: 170-176).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…He warns that the past successes of the Polish economy may not guarantee the state's future development (Balcerowicz, 2015;Buckley, 2015). Similarly, Ryszard Zi^ba indicates the low expen ditures on research and development activity in Poland that remain well below the level of one percent of Polish GDP.…”

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Poland in the European Union – Reaching Beyond the Liberal Perspective of Analysis

Więcławski

2016

10.14746/ps

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Early Asceticism in India

Cited by 13 publications

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The Relational Dimension of Liberation (vimutti) in the Pāli Discourses of the Buddha

The Relational Dimension of Liberation (vimutti) in the Pāli Discourses of the Buddha

Yoga, Ahimsa and Consuming Animals: UK Yoga Teachers’ Beliefs about Farmed Animals and Attitudes to Plant-Based Diets

Poland in the European Union – Reaching Beyond the Liberal Perspective of Analysis

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