Exploring Karma and Rebirth [NOOK Book]

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Exploring Karma & Rebirthhelps us to unravel the complexities of these two important but often misunderstood Buddhist doctrines. This thought-provoking book clarifies these traditional Buddhist teachings, examines them in relation to their cultural origins, considers how they are still relevant today, and offers an imaginative reading of what the teachings could mean for us now. Above all, Exploring Karma & Rebirth insists that, to be of enduring value, these doctrines must continue to serve the ...
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Exploring Karma and Rebirth

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Overview

Exploring Karma & Rebirthhelps us to unravel the complexities of these two important but often misunderstood Buddhist doctrines. This thought-provoking book clarifies these traditional Buddhist teachings, examines them in relation to their cultural origins, considers how they are still relevant today, and offers an imaginative reading of what the teachings could mean for us now. Above all, Exploring Karma & Rebirth insists that, to be of enduring value, these doctrines must continue to serve the overriding aim of Buddhism: spiritual awakening.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781907314728
  • Publisher: Windhorse Publications Ltd
  • Publication date: 5/31/2012
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 1,240,503
  • File size: 3 MB

Meet the Author

Nagaapriya lectures in Buddhist studies at Manchester University in the UK and specializes in Mahayana Buddhism. A member of the Western Buddhist Order, Nagapriya has been practising Buddhism for over 15 years.

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Table of Contents

1 Introducing karma & rebirth 10
2 The origins of karma & rebirth 17
3 Karma and dependent origination 28
4 What is a karma? 41
5 The fruits of karma 53
6 Bending the 'iron law' 68
7 The undiscovered country 83
8 The six realms 92
9 Born again 102
10 The evidence for rebirth 111
11 Making some sense of it 118
12 Does rebirth matter? 130
13 Conclusion : the interconnected self 140
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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 20, 2010

    A Must Read

    I whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone, friends, family, and strangers. Nagapriya took ideas from traditional Buddhist doctrines and presented them as clear, modern explanations to what it means to be human. At the end of each chapter I was eager to find out what I would learn in the next. I feel that if everyone read books like Exploring Karma and Rebirth, the world would be a much happier, peaceful place. It opens your eyes to what is inside of you and right in front of you, but we are often too blind to see. Reading this book has the potential to chip away at the reader's comfort zone and reveal the magnificent truths to being human.

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