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Karma / Johannes Bronkhorst.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Dimensions of Asian Spirituality ; 18Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780824835705
  • 9780824860158
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 202 .20954 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Special Topics -- Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Orthodox Karma -- 1. Origins and Religious Use -- 2. Karma in and after Greater Magadha -- 3. Karma in Brahmanism -- 4. Karma and Philosophy -- Part II. Variants of Karma -- 5. Transfer of Merit -- 6. Competitors of Karma -- 7. From One Life to the Next -- 8. Devotion -- Concluding Comments -- Further Reading -- Index
Summary: Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one's deeds in earlier lives. This belief was and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent as is the word "karma" itself. 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. Some took the drastic step of accepting the participation of a supreme god who acted as a cosmic accountant, others of opting for radical idealism. 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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Special Topics -- Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Orthodox Karma -- 1. Origins and Religious Use -- 2. Karma in and after Greater Magadha -- 3. Karma in Brahmanism -- 4. Karma and Philosophy -- Part II. Variants of Karma -- 5. Transfer of Merit -- 6. Competitors of Karma -- 7. From One Life to the Next -- 8. Devotion -- Concluding Comments -- Further Reading -- Index

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Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one's deeds in earlier lives. This belief was and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent as is the word "karma" itself. 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. Some took the drastic step of accepting the participation of a supreme god who acted as a cosmic accountant, others of opting for radical idealism. 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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)