Karma
In lucid and accessible prose, this book presents karma in its historical, cultural, and religious context. Initially, karma manifested itself in a number of religious movements-most notably Jainism and Buddhism-and was subsequently absorbed into Brahmanism in spite of opposition until the end of the first millennium C.E. Philosophers of all three traditions were confronted with the challenge of explaining by what process rebirth and karmic retribution take place. The doctrine of karma was conf…
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- Full title :Karma / Johannes Bronkhorst.
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In lucid and accessible prose, this book presents karma in its historical, cultural, and religious context. Initially, karma manifested itself in a number of religious movements-most notably Jainism and Buddhism-and was subsequently absorbed into Brahmanism in spite of opposition until the end of the first millennium C.E. Philosophers of all three traditions were confronted with the challenge of explaining by what process rebirth and karmic retribution take place. The doctrine of karma was confronted with alternative explanations of human destiny, among them the belief in the transfer of merit. It also had to accommodate itself to devotional movements that exerted a major influence on Indian religions. The book concludes with some general reflections on the significance of rebirth and karmic retribution, drawing attention to similarities between early Christian and Indian ascetical practices and philosophical notions that in India draw their inspiration from the doctrine of karma.
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- Publication Date:©2011
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- Publisher(s):University of Hawai'i Press
- Place of Publication:Honolulu
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (153 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780824860158, 0824860152, 0824835700, 9780824835705, 0824835913, 9780824835910, 0824870255, 9780824870256
- oclc:ocn868974438
- LC Classification:BL2015.K3
- Dewey Decimal:202/.20954
Table of Contents
Origins and religious use -- Karma in and after Greater Magadha -- Karma in Brahmanism -- Karma and philosophy -- Transfer of merit -- Competitors of karma -- From one life to the next -- Devotion.
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