04134oam 2200733I 450 991079080890332120240207145530.01-136-85922-51-138-86262-21-315-02904-91-136-85915-210.4324/9781315029047(CKB)2550000001171393(EBL)1581699(OCoLC)866446186(SSID)ssj0001129275(PQKBManifestationID)11665986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001129275(PQKBWorkID)11077120(PQKB)10501833(MiAaPQ)EBC1581699(Au-PeEL)EBL1581699(CaPaEBR)ebr10823890(CaONFJC)MIL552793(OCoLC)866837785(OCoLC)1200507558(FINmELB)ELB137697(EXLCZ)99255000000117139320180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligious giving and the invention of karma in Theravada Buddhism /James R. EggeLondon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (204 p.)Curzon studies in Asian religionCurzon studies in Asian religionFirst published in 2002 by Curzon Press.0-7007-1506-1 1-306-21542-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Question and Method; Meritorious giving and mental purification: one path or two?; Sacrifice and karma in the suttas and in history; The plan of this book; Part One Sacrifice and Karma in Didactic Verse and Discursive Prose; Chapter One: The Discourse of Sacrifice; The structure of Brahmanical sacrifice; Almsgiving as meritorious sacrifice; Uposatha observance as meritorious votive asceticism; Almsgiving as transfer of sacrificial substance; Why sacrifice?Another ideology of the giftChapter Two: The Discourse of Karma; Karma in early Buddhist prose literature; Representations of Vedic sacrifice in karmic prose; The reduction of sacrifice to karma; Why karma?; The invention of karma in ancient South Asia; Part Two Sacrifice and Karma in Narrative; Chapter Three: The Centrality of Sacrifice in Vimānavatthu and Petavatthu; Meritorious and demeritorious acts; Eschatology and cosmology; The attainment of nirvāna; The dedication of dakisnā; Representations of giversChapter Four: The Commentaries' Karmic Retelling of the Vimānavatthu and Petavatthu NarrativesMeritorious and demeritorious acts; Eschatology and cosmology; The dedication of daksinā and the dedication of merit; The social context of progress toward nirvāna; Chapter Five: Giving as Sacrifice, Karma, and Heroic Generosity in Sīhalavatthuppakarana; Meritorious acts and their fruits; The attainment of nirvāna; Demeritorious acts and the dedication of gifts; The social context of giving and of progress toward nirvāna; Afterword: Doctrine and Narrative; Notes; BibliographyEditions and translations of primary textsSecondary literature; IndexDemonstrates 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.Routledge Studies in Asian ReligionKarmaTheravāda BuddhismDoctrinesGenerosityReligious aspectsBuddhismKarma.Theravāda BuddhismDoctrines.GenerosityReligious aspectsBuddhism.294.391Egge James R.1463655MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790808903321Religious giving and the invention of karma in Theravada Buddhism3673035UNINA