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

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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.

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Format PDF ● Pagini 208 ● ISBN 9781136859151 ● Editura Taylor and Francis ● Publicat 2013 ● Descărcabil 6 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 2858939 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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