Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism

James Egge

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2002

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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.

ISBN-13
9780700715060
ISBN-10
0700715061
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year
2002
Publication date
2002-03-21
Pages
204
Dimensions
216x138x
Weight
363