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Author : Wendy Doniger
Release : 1980-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions by : Wendy Doniger
Download or read book Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions written by Wendy Doniger. This book was released on 1980-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W.D. O`flaherty
Release : 2007-01-01
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Book Synopsis Karma And Rebirth In Classical Indian Traditions by : W.D. O`flaherty
Download or read book Karma And Rebirth In Classical Indian Traditions written by W.D. O`flaherty. This book was released on 2007-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Release : 2024-07-26
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions by : Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Download or read book Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions written by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty. This book was released on 2024-07-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karma is perhaps the most famous concept in Indian philosophy, but this is the first comprehensive study of its various meanings and philosophical implications. Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions offers a harmony of approach and an underlying set of methodological assumptions: a corpus of definitions of karma, a dialectic between abstract theory and historical explanation, and an awareness of logical oppositions in theories of karma. No “solution” to the paradox of karma is offered, but the volume as a whole presents a consistent and encompassing approach to the many different, often conflicting, Indian statements of the problem. Broad in scope and richly detailed, this book demonstrates the impossibility of speaking of “the theory of karma” and supplies the basis for further study. Exploring methodological issues arising in the study of a non-Western system of soteriology and rebirth, the contributors question the interaction of medical and philosophical models of the human body, the incorporation of philosophical theories into practical religions with which they are logically incompatible, and the problem of historical reconstruction of a complex theory of human life. This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.
Author : Stephen Phillips
Release : 2009-06-26
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Yoga, Karma, and Rebirth by : Stephen Phillips
Download or read book Yoga, Karma, and Rebirth written by Stephen Phillips. This book was released on 2009-06-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For serious yoga practitioners curious to know the ancient origins of the art, Phillips lays out the philosophy of action, knowledge, and devotion, as well as the processes of meditation, reasoning, and self-analysis, that formed the basis of yoga in ancient and classical India.
Author : Johannes Bronkhorst
Release : 2011-08-24
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Karma by : Johannes Bronkhorst
Download or read book Karma written by Johannes Bronkhorst. This book was released on 2011-08-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
