Narrating Karma and Rebirth - Buddhist and Jain Multi-Life Stories

Informationen zum Autor Naomi Appleton is Chancellor's Fellow in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh. She is author of Jataka Stories in Theravada Buddhism (2010). Klappentext This book explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within early South Asia. Zusammenfassung Scholars of Buddhism and Jainism will find much of interest in this broad exploration of how multi-life stories served to construct! communicate! and challenge ideas about the workings of karma! the realms of rebirth! ideal religious goals! multi-life relationships! and supernormal memory in early South Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Karma and the realms of rebirth; 3. Karma and human potentiality; 4. Jinas and Buddhas; 5. Karma and community; 6. Memory and omniscience; 7. Conclusion; Appendix: texts referred to in this book.

Product details

• Authors: Naomi Appleton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107566149
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56614-9
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Buddhism, South East Asia, Philosophy of religion, Indian sub-continent, Jainism