Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism

Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism
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Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781136859229
ISBN-13 : 1136859225
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Download or read book Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism written by James Egge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrificial discourse to ideas of karma in the Pali canon and in early Buddhism.


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