Book Announcement: "Fleischverzehr und Vegetarismus im indischen Buddhismus bis ca. zur Mitte des ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr."
6 July 2020

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It is our great pleasure to announce the publication of a very special volume in our Hamburg Buddhist Studies series: a three-volume study by Lambert Schmithausen. It carries the title “Fleischverzehr und Vegetarismus im indischen Buddhismus bis ca. zur Mitte des ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr.“ (“Meat Eating and Vegetarianism in Indian Buddhism until appx. the middle of the first century CE“), published in June 2020 (projektverlag, Bochum/Freiburg).
This in-depth study explores the relationship of Indian Buddhism to meat eating from the beginning of Buddhism to about 500 CE. Its main focus lies on the thoughts, arguments and motifs of the (lacto-)vegetarian Buddhist movement as documented in various texts of Mahayana Buddhism, available in Indian, Tibetan and Chinese sources.
Volume 3 provides critical editions of some of the most important source texts, volume 2 contains supplementary information and documentation as endnotes.
About the Author:
Lambert Schmithausen studied Indology, Philosophy and Arabic Studies at the Universities of Bonn, Cologne, Vienna and Münster. From 1973 to 2005 he was Professor of Indology and Buddhist Studies at the Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies at the Asien-Afrika-Institut of the University of Hamburg. His work is devoted to the research of Early Buddhism in India, Buddhist ethics, and the Yogacara School of Indian Buddhism.
The three volumes may be ordered directly from the publisher's Website (projektverlag):
Available in German only: