Karma and Rebirth

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Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873959902
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (599 download)

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Book Synopsis Karma and Rebirth by : Calgary Conference on Karma and Rebirth, Post-Classical Developments (1982 : University of Calgary)

Download or read book Karma and Rebirth written by Calgary Conference on Karma and Rebirth, Post-Classical Developments (1982 : University of Calgary) and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karma 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.

Truth of Rebirth

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Publisher : Mahesh Dutt Sharma
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Truth of Rebirth by : Mahesh Sharma

Download or read book Truth of Rebirth written by Mahesh Sharma and published by Mahesh Dutt Sharma. This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science tells us that on this earth there is no such phenomenon called as ‘Rebirth’ and medical science tells us that there is another life after this birth. Most of the religions to support this phenomenon, but it is still impossible to tell as though how can a person take a rebirth after dying once. According to Hindu religion principles of rebirth are very important. It tells us that before this birth we already have taken infinite births and passed through this cycle of death and rebirth. This world of the cycle of rebirth keeps a dense meaning about it. Though everyone is aware of the word cycle of rebirth many do not know the actual meaning of the word. Generally, everyone takes it as world and worldly things. According to Hindu religion, we come in this world again and again and afterward we pass into more minute and a bigger world. This way we die and take birth again and again. If we believe in the Hindu mythology then according to them the soul travels in the atmosphere visits places such as hell and heaven but in the end, it has to enter its body again. The astrologers also believe this and thus most of their predictions resolve in this matter. According to them we are rewarded or punished according to our deeds, we either get it in our lifetime or in our next birth. Our deeds form our stars and we take birth according to our stars. This process can take years or even decades. The Hindus strongly believe in it. Before becoming a human being our soul has entered almost a thousand bodies. The word ‘universe’ has very deep meaning to which not everyone is known. Everybody knows the word but not the meaning and significance behind it. A common man may describe it as the world in which we live but the Hindu mythology believes that there are different worlds in which we go according to our deeds. In this way, we take several births and even die several times. Saint Shankaracharya has explained this in his hymns in the book ‘Bhaj Govindam’ as ‘Rebirth and Redie’ in other words again and again die and take birth again and again. This circle of life and death is referred to as the universe. It is not only the Hindus that believe in this process but also the other religions, though they have their separate explanations and thus, they try to please their ancestors by praying to them on a particular day in this way or the other way. The scientists don’t believe in hell, heaven and rebirth; but what evidences they have got cannot also be said to be untruths or simply nothing. One such thing is that what is the thing which enters a person's mind after his death and fills it with memories of his past life? To answer this question even the scientists have to believe in such things.

The Rebirths of Tao

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Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 085766431X
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (576 download)

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Book Synopsis The Rebirths of Tao by : Wesley Chu

Download or read book The Rebirths of Tao written by Wesley Chu and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The centuries-long alien conflict threatens to plunge the whole planet into a new World War—and only Roen can stop it—in this funny and action-packed series finale Five years have passed since the events in The Deaths of Tao. The world is split into pro-Prophus and pro-Genjix factions and is poised on the edge of a devastating new World War. A Gengix scientist who defects to the other side holds the key to preventing bloodshed on an almost unimaginable scale. With the might of the Gengix in active pursuit, Roen is the only person who can help him save the world—and the Quasing race, too. And you thought you were having a stressful day . . .

Births and Rebirths in Japanese Art

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Publisher : Hotei Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Births and Rebirths in Japanese Art by : Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere

Download or read book Births and Rebirths in Japanese Art written by Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere and published by Hotei Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together five essays by prominent scholars of Japanese studies, each discussing a central topic in Japanese cultural history. Based on a series of lectures marking the inauguration of the Sainsbury Institute in Norwich and London, each essay introduces in concise and readable form subjects that the authors have worked on as part of larger publishing projects. The authors have distilled their views on aspects of their research that relate to an important artistic, cultural, or intellectual 'birth' or 'rebirth' in Japanese history. Contributors: Helmut Brinker, Tsuji Nobuo, Timon Screech, Donald Keene and John Rosenfield

Rebirth

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611809029
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)

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Book Synopsis Rebirth by : Roger R. Jackson

Download or read book Rebirth written by Roger R. Jackson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What was the historical context for the Buddha's teachings on rebirth? What is reborn? Do all Buddhist traditions agree about what happens after death? Is it necessary to believe in rebirth to consider oneself a Buddhist? All these questions will be addressed in this short, reliable, and accessible introduction to Rebirth across Buddhist history and traditions. The book will also cover contemporary refutations of rebirth in secular Buddhist contexts as well as western scientific attempts to document reincarnation in conversation with Buddhist beliefs"--

Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520377966
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions by : Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty

Download or read book Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions written by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karma is perhaps the most famous concept in Indian philosophy, but this is the first comprehensive study of its various meanings and philosophical implications. Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions offers a harmony of approach and an underlying set of methodological assumptions: a corpus of definitions of karma, a dialectic between abstract theory and historical explanation, and an awareness of logical oppositions in theories of karma. No “solution” to the paradox of karma is offered, but the volume as a whole presents a consistent and encompassing approach to the many different, often conflicting, Indian statements of the problem. Broad in scope and richly detailed, this book demonstrates the impossibility of speaking of “the theory of karma” and supplies the basis for further study. Exploring methodological issues arising in the study of a non-Western system of soteriology and rebirth, the contributors question the interaction of medical and philosophical models of the human body, the incorporation of philosophical theories into practical religions with which they are logically incompatible, and the problem of historical reconstruction of a complex theory of human life. This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

Exploring Karma and Rebirth

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Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1907314725
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (73 download)

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Book Synopsis Exploring Karma and Rebirth by : Nagapriya

Download or read book Exploring Karma and Rebirth written by Nagapriya and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Karma & Rebirth helps 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.

Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834824981
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Book Synopsis Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth by : Tulku Thondup

Download or read book Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth written by Tulku Thondup and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2006-12-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Healing Power of Mind draws on Buddhist scripture, firsthand accounts, and other sources to present an overview of Tibetan Buddhist teachings on facing death with openness and insight Buddhism teaches that death can be a springboard to enlightenment—yet for all but the most advanced meditators, it will be the gateway to countless future lives of suffering in samsara. Tulku Thondup wrote this guide to help us heal our fear and confusion about death and strengthen our practice in anticipation of this transition, and to help us realize the enlightened goal of ultimate peace and joy—not only for death and rebirth, but for this very lifetime. In simple language, he distills a vast range of sources, including scriptures, classic commentaries, oral teachings, and firsthand accounts. The book includes: • An overview of the dying process, the after-death bardo states, and teachings on why, where, and how we take rebirth • Accounts by Tibetan "near-death experiencers" (delogs), who returned from death with amazing reports of their visions • Ways to train our minds during life, so that at death, all the phenomena before us will arise as a world of peace, joy, and enlightenment • Simple meditations, prayers, and rituals to benefit the dead and dying • Advice for caregivers, helpers, and survivors of the dying By becoming intimate with this practice while we're alive, we can alleviate our fear of death, improve our appreciation of this life, and prepare for death in a very practical way, while planting the seeds for rebirth in the Pure Land.

The Great Rebirth

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Publisher : Peterson Institute for International Economics
ISBN 13 : 0881326976
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (813 download)

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Book Synopsis The Great Rebirth by : Anders Aslund

Download or read book The Great Rebirth written by Anders Aslund and published by Peterson Institute for International Economics. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fall of communism 25 years ago transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume political leaders, scholars, and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the “great rebirth” of capitalism, highlighting the policies that were the most successful in helping countries make the transition to stable and prosperous market economies, as well as those cases of countries reverting to political and economic authoritarianism. The authors of these essays conclude that visionary leadership, and a willingness to take bold and comprehensive steps, achieved the best outcomes, and that privatization of state-owned enterprises and deregulation were essential to success. Recent backsliding, such as the reversal of economic and democratic reforms in Russia and Hungary, has cast a shadow over the legacy of the transition a quarter century ago, however.

Refined for Rebirth

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Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500838867
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (388 download)

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Book Synopsis Refined for Rebirth by : Ijeoma Okwuchi

Download or read book Refined for Rebirth written by Ijeoma Okwuchi and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Refined For Rebirth" is simply a mother's diary of the first few months after her daughter's miraculous survival from a deadly plane crash in Port Harcourt, the Southern part of Nigeria. Kechi Okwuchi, who suffered third degree burns over 70% of her body, may have been the least likely expected to survive since the majority of the less fortunate passengers incurred less burns than she did! That famous incident was the beginning of a series of less famous, less celebrated experiences that tried every aspect of the lives of mother, daughter and family. In an honest and almost innocent style, Ijeoma Okwuchi allows the world to take a glimpse at the suspense-filled, sometimes grueling, most times extreme, hopelessly diverse experiences that shot both daughter and herself from ordinary, normal existence to frontline spiritual leadership.

Amerindian Rebirth

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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802077035
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Amerindian Rebirth by : Canadian Anthropology Society. Meeting

Download or read book Amerindian Rebirth written by Canadian Anthropology Society. Meeting and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now few people have been aware of the prevalence of belief in some form of rebirth or reincarnation among North American native peoples. This collection of essays by anthropologists and one psychiatrist examines this concept among native American societies, from near the time of contact until the present day. Amerindian Rebirth opens with a foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere that contrasts North American and Hindu/Buddhist/Jain beliefs. The introduction gives an overview, and the first chapter summarizes the context, distribution, and variety of recorded belief. All the papers chronicle some aspect of rebirth belief in a number of different cultures. Essays cover such topics as seventeenth-century Huron eschatology, Winnebago ideology, varying forms of Inuit belief, and concepts of rebirth found among subarctic natives and Northwest Coast peoples. The closing chapters address the genesis and anthropological study of Amerindian reincarnation. In addition, the possibility of evidence for the actuality of rebirth is addressed. Amerindian Rebirth will further our understanding of concepts of self-identity, kinship, religion, cosmology, resiliency, and change among native North American peoples

The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137486090
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Book Synopsis The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife by : Yujin Nagasawa

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife written by Yujin Nagasawa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique Handbook provides a sophisticated, scholarly overview of the most advanced thought regarding the idea of life after death. Its comprehensive coverage encompasses historical, religious, philosophical and scientific thinking. Starting with an overview of ancient thought on the topic, The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife examines in detail the philosophical coherence of the main traditional notions of the nature of the afterlife including heaven, hell, purgatory and rebirth. In addition (and breaking with traditional conceptions) it also explores the most recent exciting advance – digital models. Later sections include analysis of various possible metaphysical accounts that might make sense of the afterlife (including substance dualism, emergent dualism and materialism) and the science of near death experiences as well as the links between human psychology and our attitude to the afterlife. Key features: • Grounded in the most advanced philosophical, theological and scientific thinking • Contributions by eminent scholars from the world’s top universities • Balanced treatment of fundamental issues that are relevant to everyone • Diverse approaches ranging from the religious to the scientific, from the optimistic to the pessimistic • A major section on the meaning of the afterlife which includes chapters on fear, purpose, evil, and issues regarding identity The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife is essential reading for scholars, researchers and advanced students researching attitudes to and effects of beliefs about death and life after death from philosophical, historical, religious, psychological and scientific perspectives.

Many Faces of Mulian

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Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295742534
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)

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Book Synopsis Many Faces of Mulian by : Rostislav Berezkin

Download or read book Many Faces of Mulian written by Rostislav Berezkin and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Mulian rescuing his mother’s soul from hell has evolved as a narrative over several centuries in China, especially in the baojuan (precious scrolls) genre. This genre, a prosimetric narrative in vernacular language, first appeared around the fourteenth century and endures as a living tradition. In exploring the evolution of the Mulian story, Rostislav Berezkin illuminates changes in the literary and religious characteristics of the genre. He also examines material from other forms of Chinese literature and from modern performances of baojuan, tracing their transformation from tools of Buddhist proselytizing to sectarian propaganda to folk ritualized storytelling. Ultimately, he reveals the special features of baojuan as a type of performance literature that had its foundations in multiple literary traditions.

Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614293244
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Book Synopsis Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness by : Jampa Tegchok

Download or read book Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness written by Jampa Tegchok and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Precious Garland, a classic of Indian Buddhist philosophy, Nagarjuna advises a king on how best to secure a happy rebirth while making progress toward the ultimate goal of enlightenment. In Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness, Khensur Jampa Tegchok walks us through the Precious Garland, drawing out the implications of its arguments and grounding its advice in our world today, with equal measures of penetrating explanation and inspiring encouragement.

Encyclopedia of Reincarnation and Karma

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456752
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Reincarnation and Karma by : Norman C. McClelland

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Reincarnation and Karma written by Norman C. McClelland and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 1,200 topical entries arranged alphabetically, this encyclopedia provides diverse and detailed coverage of the related subjects of reincarnation and karma. Its in-depth examination ranges from ancient beliefs to those of the present, incorporating all relevant world cultures. A series of broad thematic entries cover foundational aspects while over a thousand highly focused entries deal with various societies and organizations which support the concepts of reincarnation and karma; specific religious groups, sects, and associations; key individuals both historic and modern; and related beliefs, concepts, and practices.

Rebirth as Doctrine and Experience

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Publisher : Buddhist Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 9552401763
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (524 download)

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Book Synopsis Rebirth as Doctrine and Experience by : Francis Story

Download or read book Rebirth as Doctrine and Experience written by Francis Story and published by Buddhist Publication Society. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Story's interest in cases of rebirth memories finally led him to assist Dr. Ian Stevenson in tracing, investigating, and studying such cases in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India. The present book contains Story’s essays on the theme of rebirth as well as case studies that he undertook in collaboration with Professor Stevenson, the foremost American investigator of reported rebirth memories. These case studies, which make fascinating reading, lend strong evidential support to the hypothesis of rebirth and thus help to illuminate the ultimate questions concerning human destiny after death.

Rebirth and the Stream of Life

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1628922257
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)

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Book Synopsis Rebirth and the Stream of Life by : Mikel Burley

Download or read book Rebirth and the Stream of Life written by Mikel Burley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A philosophical exploration of the meaning, diversity, and ethical and religious significance of beliefs in reincarnation or rebirth"--