Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism

James Egge

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015

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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
9781138862623
ISBN-10
1138862622
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year
2015
Publication date
2015-03-04
Pages
208
Dimensions
261x229x16
Weight
266