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| Narrating Karma and Rebirth: Buddhist and Jain Multi-life Stories | ||
| 作者 | Appleton, Naomi (著) |
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| 出版日期 | 2015.10 |
| 頁次 | 244 |
| 出版者 | Cambridge University Press |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.cambridge.org/ |
| 出版地 | Cambridge, UK [劍橋, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Author Affiliations: University of Edinburgh. |
| 關鍵詞 | Area Studies; Buddhism and Eastern Religions; Asian Studies; Religion |
| 摘要 | Buddhism and Jainism share the concepts of karma, rebirth, and the desirability of escaping from rebirth. The literature of both traditions contains many stories about past, and sometimes future, lives which reveal much about these foundational doctrines. Naomi Appleton carefully explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within early South Asia, examining portrayals of the different realms of rebirth, the potential paths and goals of human beings, and the biographies of ideal religious figures. Appleton also deftly surveys the ability of karma to bind individuals together over multiple lives, and the nature of the supernormal memory that makes multi-life stories available in the first place. This original study not only sheds light on the individual preoccupations of Buddhist and Jain tradition, but contributes to a more complete history of religious thought in South Asia, and brings to the foreground long-neglected narrative sources. |
| 目次 | Preface ix A note on sources and terms xi 1 Introduction 1 2 Karma and the realms of rebirth 20 3 Karma and human potentiality 60 4 Jinas and Buddhas 90 5 Karma and community 126 6 Memory and omniscience 157 7 Conclusion 191 Appendix: texts referred to in this book 201 Bibliography 209 Index 225 |
| ISBN | 9781139523998 (eb); 9781107033931 (hc); 9781107566149 (pbk) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139523998 |
| 點閱次數 | 271 |
| 建檔日期 | 2021.02.22 |
| 更新日期 | 2025.08.05 |
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