Exploring Karma & RebirthExploring Karma & Rebirth is a vigorous and thought-provoking inquiry into two important but often misunderstood Buddhist doctrines. This challenging book: clarifies and critically appraises these traditional Buddhist doctrines, examines them in relation to their cultural origins and discusses whether these teachings are still relevant today, and offers an imaginative reading of what the teachings could mean for the postmodern Western world Above all, Exploring Karma & Rebirth insists that, to be of enduring value, these doctrines must continue to serve the overriding aim of Buddhism: spiritual awakening. |
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Contenido
Authors Note | 1 |
Introduction | 3 |
Introducing Karma Rebirth | 10 |
The Origins of Karma Rebirth | 17 |
Karma and Dependent Origination | 28 |
What is a Karma? | 41 |
The Fruits of Karma | 53 |
Bending the Iron Law | 68 |
Born Again | 102 |
The Evidence for Rebirth | 111 |
Making Some Sense of It | 118 |
Does Rebirth Matter? | 130 |
The Interconnected Self | 140 |
Notes and References | 145 |
Further Reading | 151 |
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