Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian TraditionsWendy Doniger O'Flaherty Univ of California Press, 18/05/2018 - 368 páginas 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. |
Índice
Karma and Rebirth in the Vedas and Purāņas | 3 |
Observations | 11 |
The Concepts of Human Action and Rebirth in | 38 |
Karma and Rebirth in the Dharmasastras | 61 |
Caraka Samhita on the Doctrine of Karma | 90 |
The Theory of Reincarnation among the Tamils | 116 |
Karma and Rebirth in Early Buddhism | 165 |
The Medical Soteriology of Karma | 193 |
Karma and the Problem of Rebirth in Jainism | 217 |
The Karma Theory and Its Interpretation in Some | 241 |
the Growth and Limits of the Theory of Samsara | 268 |
Karma as a Sociology of Knowledge | 303 |
List of Participants in the First Two American Council | 317 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abhidharmakośa action acts adṛṣṭa apurva atman avijñapti Bai.sngon bar.do birth blood body Brāhmaṇa Brahmin Buddha Buddhist causal cause concept consciousness creatures dead death deeds demons destiny developed dharma discussion embryo ethical evil existence experience fate father fruit garbha gods heaven hell Hindu human Ibid idea Igbo Indian interpretation Jaina Jainism jiva kamma karma karma and rebirth karma doctrine karma theory karmic karmic eschatology karmic residues king Kośa Lapis Lazuli Mahabharata Manu merit Mīmāmsā mokṣa moral nature notion O'Flaherty one's otherworld Pāli parents passage person Philosophy preta Purāņa realm rebirth eschatology reborn referred reincarnation religion religious result retribution reward ritual sacrifice salvation samsara Sanskrit sattva Sautrāntika semen sense social soteriology soul specific spirit śraddha subtle body Tamil Tantra Tantric term texts theory of karma thought tion tradition transfer transmigration University Upanisad Vasubandhu Veda Vedic wanderer woman womb Yoga Yudhisthira