KARMA AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PURIFICATION: An Ethical and Psychological Analysis of the Doctrine of Karma in Buddhism
This article attempts to define karma as both action and the effects of action. In terms of the effects or fruits of action, the effect of action upon the mind is the focus; thus, the idea of “effect” is primarily defined as psychic residue and is compared to Freud's notion of memory traces. In...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2007
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 259-290 |
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Buddhism
B Freud B cetanā B psychic trace B Pali Canon B Karen Horney B Buddha nature B Karma |
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