xxv, 342 pages ; 25 cm; Papers from two conferences, the first held near Seattle, Wash., Oct. 22-23, 1976, and the second in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 26-29, 1978.; Part I. Hinduism and its roots. Karma and rebirth in the Vedas and Purāṇas / Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty ; The concepts of human action and rebirth in the Mahābhārata / J. Bruce Long ; Karma and rebirth in the Dharmaśāstras / Ludo Rocher ; Caraka Saṃhitā on the doctrine of karma / Mitchell G. Weiss ; The theory of reincarnation among the Tamils / George L. Hart, III -- Part II. Buddhism and Jainism. The rebirth eschatology and its transformations : a contribution to the sociology of early Buddhism / Gananath Obeyesekere ; Karma and rebirth in early Buddhism / James P. McDermott ; The medical soteriology of karma in the Buddhist Tantric tradition / William Stablein ; Karma and the problem of rebirth in Jainism / Padmanabh S. Jaini -- Part III. Philosophical traditions. The karma theory and its interpretation in some Indian philosophical systems / Karl H. Potter ; Karma, apūrva, and "natural" causes : observations on the growth and limits of the theory of samsara / Wilhelm Halbfass ; Karma as a "sociology of knowledge" or "social psychology" of process/praxis / Gerald James Larson -- List of participants in the first two American Council of Learned Societies-Social Science Research Council Karma Conferences.; 

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