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Special Topics | p. vii |
Editor's Preface | p. ix |
Preface | p. xv |
Introduction | p. xix |
Orthodox Karma | p. 1 |
Origins and Religious Use | p. 3 |
Karma in and after Greater Magadha | p. 7 |
Jainism | |
Ajivikism | |
Knowledge of the Self | |
Buddhism | |
Karma in Brahmanism | p. 33 |
Absence in Vedic Literature | |
Brahmanical Resistance | |
Absorption into Brahmanism | |
Karma and Philosophy | p. 55 |
Karma and Buddhist Philosophy | |
Karma and the Brahmanical Philosophies | |
The Theoretical Appropriation of Karma in Jainism | |
Theoretical Difficulties and Their Solutions | |
Variants of Karma | p. 89 |
Transfer of Merit | p. 91 |
Competitors of Karma | p. 97 |
From One Life to the Next | p. 104 |
Jainism | |
Buddhism | |
The Brahmanical Tradition | |
Devotion | p. 111 |
Concluding Comments | p. 117 |
Developments Outside the Indian Subcontinent | |
What Does It All Mean? | |
Further Reading | p. 123 |
Index | p. 127 |
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