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

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Capa do 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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Formato PDF ● Páginas 208 ● ISBN 9781136859151 ● Editora Taylor and Francis ● Publicado 2013 ● Carregável 6 vezes ● Moeda EUR ● ID 2858939 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM

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