{"product_id":"development-in-early-buddhist-concept-of-kamma-karma-idd834","title":"Development in the Early Buddhist Concept of Kamma\/Karma","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDD834\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/book-author\/james%20paul%20mcdermott\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"James Paul McDermott\"\u003eJames Paul McDermott\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/book-publisher\/munshiram%20manoharlal%20publishers%20pvt%20ltd\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. 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Ltd.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2017\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9788121501170\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e200\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e9.0\" X 5.8\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e380 gm\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e One of the central concepts in Buddhism is the idea of \u003ci\u003ekamma\u003c\/i\u003e. Although the importance of \u003ci\u003ekarma\u003c\/i\u003e in Buddhist thought is regularly recognized, the question remains whether the Buddhist understanding of the principle of \u003ci\u003ekarma\u003c\/i\u003e has been inalterably fixed, or whether it has undergone a process of development and modification during the course of Buddhist history. If, indeed, the Buddhist understanding of \u003ci\u003ekarma\u003c\/i\u003e has not been static, what kinds of development has it undergone? It is of these questions that this study addresses itself. The approach taken in this study has been text-critical and historical. The initial Buddhist formulation of the principle of \u003ci\u003ekamma\u003c\/i\u003e as it is depicted in the \u003ci\u003eVinaya\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSutta Pitakas\u003c\/i\u003e is analyzed as a base for the study. Modifications are noted as already present in the later strata of this literature. The problem is then examined in the \u003ci\u003eAbhidhamma Pitaka\u003c\/i\u003e, where certain abstract developments in the definition and categorization of \u003ci\u003ekamma\u003c\/i\u003e are discovered. In order to provide a greater chronological scope, the text then turns to an analysis of \u003ci\u003ekamma\u003c\/i\u003e in the \u003ci\u003eMilindapanha\u003c\/i\u003e. Finally, the \u003ci\u003eAbhidharmakosa\u003c\/i\u003e of Vasubandhu is considered. A new concern with the mechanism of karmic retribution becomes evident in the \u003ci\u003eAbhidharmakosa\u003c\/i\u003e. The modification which the concept of \u003ci\u003ekarma\u003c\/i\u003e is found to have undergone roughly speaking are of two broad types. First, there were popular folk developments which were accepted only reluctantly, if at all, in more scholarly circles. Then there were the more scholastic developments in the direction of greater perceptions of definition and refinement of categories. In the same vein, a growing scholarly concern for specific implications of the more general principle of \u003ci\u003ekarma\u003c\/i\u003e is also noted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e James P. McDermott is Professor of Religious Studies, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York. He was educated at Wesleyan University, Yale University, and holds a Ph.D. in History of Religions from Princeton University. A specialist in Indian Buddhism, he had published articles in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Oriental Society, Numen.\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eIndo-Iranian Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKarma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Wendy O'Flaherty. He is a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eAbingdon Dictionary of the Living Religions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFunk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c!-- center--\u003e \u003cp\u003e The present volume is a somewhat revised version of material from the author's 1971 Princeton University Ph.D dissertation.Due to unavoidable delays in publication, It does not take into consideration the results of most recent research into kammal \/ karma by either the author or other scholars. Most especially, the results of a major project on karma and rebirth sponsored by the Joint Commitee on South Asia of the American Council of Learned Societies- Social Science Research Council and organized by Karl H. Potter are worthy of note as moving our knowledge of karmma\/karma in the total South Asain context beyond the present volume. To date, two natable works have resulted from that project. First is karma and Rebirth in Classical Indain Traditions, edited by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (Berkeley: University of Californaia Press, 1980; India editor Delhi: Motilal Banasidass, 1983 ). This writer's eassay \"karma and Rebirth in Early Buddhism\" (pp. 165-192) provides a more recent revision of selected material from the present volume, and should be consulted as more nearly reflective of the author's current thought. Also to be consulted for more recent references on karmma\/karma is the Bibiography of the O' Flaherty volume, subtitled: \"The Beginings of a List of Publication Relating to Karma and Rebirth compiled by Karl H.Potter, with Supplementary Material by James P. McDermott\" (pp 319-329). The second notewoth volume stemming from the A.C.L.S.S.-S.S.R.C. karma project is Karma: An Anthropological Inquiry, edited by Charles F. Keyes and B. Valentine Daniel (Berkeley: University of California press, 1983). It nicely places the doctrines of Karma and rebirth in living perspective\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/idd834b.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/idd834c.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/idd834d.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books\/idd834e.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"80\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"20%\"\u003e\u003cb\u003evii\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eviii\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbbreviations\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003exi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKamma in the Vinaya and the Sutta Pitaka\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKamma In the Abhidhamma Pitaka\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e73\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA. Six Abhidhamma Work\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e73\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eB. The Kathavattu\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e82\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKamma in the Milindapanha\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e104\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKarma in the Abhidharmakosa\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e127\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER V\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConclusion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSelected Bibligraphy\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e157\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA. 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