Karma

Contents

Contents Special Topics vii Editor’s Preface ix Preface xv Introduction xix I. Orthodox Karma 1 1. Origins and Religious Use 3 2. Karma in and after Greater Magadha 7 Jainism ‡ Ajivikism ‡ Knowledge of the Self ‡ Buddhism 3. Karma in Brahmanism 33 Absence in Vedic Literature ‡ Brahmanical Resistance ‡ Absorption into Brahmanism 4. Karma and Philosophy 55 Karma and Buddhist Philosophy ‡ Karma and the Brahmanical Philosophies ‡ The Theoretical Appropriation of Karma in Jainism ‡ Theoretical Difficulties and Their Solutions II. Variants of Karma 89 5. Transfer of Merit 91 6. Competitors of Karma 97 7. From One Life to the Next 104 Jainism ‡ Buddhism ‡ The Brahmanical Tradition 8. Devotion 111 vi Contents Concluding Comments 117 Developments Outside the Indian Subcontinent ‡ What Does It All Mean? Further Reading 123 Index 127 ...