The Doctrine of Karma: Its Origin and Development in Brāhmaṇical, Buddhist, and Jaina Traditions

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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1997 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 650 pages
The work deals with the Doctrine of Karma and covers all its facets in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It traces the genesis of the doctrine in the early vedic literature and explains how from a doctrine of sacrificial Karma it becomes an ethical doctrine in the upanisads.

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Karma in Samhitas and Brāhmaṇas
15
The Vedic Origins of the Doctrine of Karma
29
Karma in Jainism
43
The Unique Jaina Doctrine of Karma and
51
Karma in Buddhism
58
Karma in the Epicsthe Rāmāyaṇa
91
Karma in the Bhagavadgitā
111
Karma in Samkhya Yoga
141
Karma in the Nyaya Vaiseṣika
149
Karma in Vedānta
157
Nitya and Naimittika Karmas Ritualistic Karmas
159
Section V
171
Prārabdha Karma Ripening of Accumulated
183
Karma and the Law of Causation
195
SECTION IX
209
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