Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism

Name: Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism
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ISBN: 9780700715060

ISBN-10: 0700715061

ISBN-13: 9780700715060

Edition: 2002

Authors: James Egge

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Although the doctrine of karma is one of the best known aspects of Buddhist thought, Buddhist texts present other, less systematic, ways of speaking about the effects of good and bad actions. This book draws attention to one of these neglected discourses by showing that the interpretation of religious giving as acts of sacrifice directed toward the Buddha or Buddhist monastics has been an important theme in Theravda Buddhism. Sacrifice and karma differ significantly: whereas karma can be analysed as an inward, psychological process in which one's volition purifies or defiles one's mind, discussions of giving as sacrifice stress that the qualities of the recipient as well as the intentions…

Book details

List price: $215.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/21/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Introduction: Question and Method



Sacrifice and Karma in Didactic Verse and Discursive Prose



The Discourse of Sacrifice



The Discourse of Karma



Sacrifice and Karma in Narrative



The Centrality of Sacrifice in Vimanavatthu and Petavatthu



The Commentaries' Karmic Retelling of the Vimanavatthu and Petavatthu Narratives



Giving as Sacrifice, Karma, and Heroic Generosity in Sihalavatthuppakarana


Afterword: Doctrine and Narrative


Notes


Bibliography


Editions and translations of primary texts


Secondary literature


Index