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Martine Batchelor (2014). The Spirit of the Buddha. Yale University Press. p. 59. ISBN978-0-300-17500-4.; Quote: These five trades, O monks, should not be taken up by a lay follower: trading with weapons, trading in living beings, trading in meat, trading in intoxicants, trading in poison."
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People's Union for Democratic Rights (2009), "Dalit Lynching at Dulina: Cow-Protection, Caste and Communalism", in Ujjwal Kumar Singh (ed.), Human Rights and Peace: Ideas, Laws, Institutions and Movements, SAGE Publications, p. 155, ISBN978-81-7829-884-9, Quote: "The practice of selling off ageing and sick and dry cows is something the dominant and subordinate castes have historically practiced".
People's Union for Democratic Rights (2009), "Dalit Lynching at Dulina: Cow-Protection, Caste and Communalism", in Ujjwal Kumar Singh (ed.), Human Rights and Peace: Ideas, Laws, Institutions and Movements, SAGE Publications, p. 155, ISBN978-81-7829-884-9, Quote: "It needs to be recalled that the very first response of the VHP and the Gauraksha Samiti was to glorify the killings as just retribution for the sin of cow-slaughter. The social identity of the victims appeared unimportant, except that they were possibly cow-slaughterers".
People's Union for Democratic Rights (2009), "Dalit Lynching at Dulina: Cow-Protection, Caste and Communalism", in Ujjwal Kumar Singh (ed.), Human Rights and Peace: Ideas, Laws, Institutions and Movements, SAGE Publications, p. 155, ISBN978-81-7829-884-9, Quote: "Noticeably none of the groups concerned, including the state, disputed that the response of the mob was a completely understandable response to cow-slaughter. The emphasis was rather on the truth value of the allegation itself. It is evident that the issue of cow-protection is central to an understanding of the incident."
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