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Narrating Karma and Rebirth - Buddhist and Jain Multi-Life Stories (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,026
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Narrating Karma and Rebirth - Buddhist and Jain Multi-Life Stories (Paperback): Naomi Appleton

Narrating Karma and Rebirth - Buddhist and Jain Multi-Life Stories (Paperback)

Naomi Appleton

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Buddhism and Jainism share the concepts of karma, rebirth, and the desirability of escaping from rebirth. The literature of both traditions contains many stories about past, and sometimes future, lives which reveal much about these foundational doctrines. Naomi Appleton carefully explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within early South Asia, examining portrayals of the different realms of rebirth, the potential paths and goals of human beings, and the biographies of ideal religious figures. Appleton also deftly surveys the ability of karma to bind individuals together over multiple lives, and the nature of the supernormal memory that makes multi-life stories available in the first place. This original study not only sheds light on the individual preoccupations of Buddhist and Jain tradition, but contributes to a more complete history of religious thought in South Asia, and brings to the foreground long-neglected narrative sources.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2015
Authors: Naomi Appleton
Dimensions: 229 x 153 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-56614-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Jainism
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Jainism
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
LSN: 1-107-56614-2
Barcode: 9781107566149

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