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Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism [PDF ebook]

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Couverture du James Egge: Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism (PDF)

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.

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Format PDF ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9781136859151 ● Maison d’édition Taylor and Francis ● Publié 2013 ● Téléchargeable 6 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 2858939 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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