Karma and Rebirth: Post Classical DevelopmentsKarma and Rebirth: Post Classical Developments explains the religious concepts most central to Asian philosophy, religion, and society, presenting articles representative of contemporary understanding and practice. The contributors look not only at the understanding of karma and rebirth in modern India, but also in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Japan, and the Western world. This broad treatment underscores the fact that karma and rebirth have become part of the religious history and cultural fabric of the Western world. The collection is divided into three sections. Part I deals with figures and movements of the Hindu renaissance in India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Part II on Buddhism deals with Indian, Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese treatments of karma. Part III is devoted to the influence of karma and rebirth in the Western world through theosophy, new religious movements, and recent developments in psychology. |
Contents
Contemporary Philosophical Treatments of Karma and Rebirth | 1 |
In Defense Of Karma And Rebirth Evolutionary Karma | 15 |
Swami Vivekanandas Conception of Karma and Rebirth | 41 |
Karma Rebirth and the Contemporary Guru | 61 |
Contemporary Conceptions of Karma and Rebirth Among North Indian Vaisnavas | 83 |
Critical Response | 109 |
PostClassical Developments In The Concepts of Karma and Rebirth in Theravada Buddhism | 123 |
The Chinese Understanding and Assimilation of Karma Doctrine | 145 |
Critical Response | 203 |
In Search of Utopia Karma and Rebirth in the Theosophical Movement | 233 |
Karma and Rebirth in Western Psychology | 257 |
Swami Bhaktivedanta Karma Rebirth and the Personal God | 277 |
Teachings on Karma and Rebirth Social and Spiritual Role in the Rajneesh NeoSamnyasin Movement | 301 |
Karma and Rebirth In The Land of the EarthEaters | 325 |
Critical Response | 339 |
Contributors Notes | 347 |
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