RT Book T1 What the Buddha thought T2 Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies monographs A1 Gombrich, Richard F. 1937- LA English PP London u.a. PB Equinox Publ. YR 2009 ED 1. publ. UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1609313208 AB More about karma, and its social context -- The antecedents of the karma doctrine in Brahminism -- Jain antecedents -- What did the Buddha mean by "no soul"? -- The Buddha's positive values: love and compassion -- Assessing the evidence -- Everything is burning: the centrality of fire in the Bddha's thought -- Causation and non-random process -- Cognition; language; nirvana -- The Buddha's pragmatism and intellectual style -- The Buddha as satirist; brahmin terms as social metaphors -- Is this book to be believed? NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BQ915 SN 978-1-84553-612-1 SN 978-1-84553-614-5 K1 Gautama Buddha : Teachings