Narrating karma and rebirth: Buddhist and Jain multi-life stories
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-...
| Subtitles: | Narrating Karma & Rebirth |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2014.
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | Narrating Karma and Rebirth: Buddhist and Jain Multi-life Stories, Naomi Appleton, Cambridge University Press, 2014 (ISBN 978-1-107-03393-1), xiv + 229 pp., hb £60 (2017) (Grene, Clement)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buddhism
/ Jainism
/ Karma
/ Transmigration of souls
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| Further subjects: | B
Jaina literature
History and criticism
B Buddhist literature History and criticism B Buddhist literature ; History and criticism B Reincarnation B Jaina literature ; History and criticism B Karma |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9781107033931 |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1139523996 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139523998 |