Karma and Creativity

Name: Karma and Creativity
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ISBN: 9780887062513

ISBN-10: 0887062512

ISBN-13: 9780887062513

Edition: 1986

Authors: Christopher Key Chapple

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The conception of karma in the religious traditions of India has prompted numerous interpretations, many of which equate karma with notions of fate. Karma and Creativity presents a perspective on karma that emphasizes the efficacy of human activity in bringing about desired results--from upholding societal order to the attainment of spiritual liberation.Karma is examined in light of several classical Indian texts. Special attention is given to the concept of mind-only in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The study focuses on the positive approach to action first learned by the sage Vasisin the Mahabharata and then taught by him to Sri Rama in the Yogavasis. It concludes with an exploration of the…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 6/30/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Christopher Key Chapple is Navin and Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Loyola Marymount University.



Preface



The Problem of Action



Action and Origins in the Vedas, the Upanisads, and the Samkhya Karika



Primacy of Mind According to the Upanisads, the Yoga and Lankavatara Sutras, and the Yogavasistha



Effort in theMahabharata and the Yogavasistha



Karma and Creativity



A Translation of Mahabharata XIII:6



Three Chapters from the Mumuksuprakaranam of the Yogavasistha


Notes


Bibliography


Glossary and Index of Sanskrit Terms


General Index