Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Contributors vii
4. Introduction ix
5. PART I. HINDUISM AND ITS ROOTS
6. 1. Karma and Rebirth in the Vedas and Puranas 1
7. 2. The Concepts of Human Action and Rebirth in the Mahabharata 38
8. 3. Karma and Rebirth in the Dharmasastras 61
9. 4. Caraka Samhita on the Doctrine of Karma 90
10. 5. The Theory of Reincarnation among the Tamils 116
11. PART II. BUDDHISM AND JAINISM
12. 6. The Rebirth Eschatology and Its Transformations: A Contribution to the Sociology of Early Buddhism 137
13. 7. Karma and Rebirth in Early Buddhism 165
14. 8. The Medical Soteriology of Karma in the Buddhist Tantric Tradition 193
15. 9. Karma and the Problem of Rebirth in Jainism 217
16. PART III. PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS
17. 10. The Karma Theory and Its Interpretation in Some Indian Philosophical Systems 241
18. 11. Karma, Apurva, and "Natural" Causes: Observations on the Growth and Limits of the Theory of Samsara 268
19. 12. Karma as a "Sociology of Knowledge" or "Social Psychology" of Process/Praxis 303
20. List of Participants in the First Two American Council of Learned Societies-Social Science Research Council Karma Conferences 317
21. Bibliography 319
22. Index and Glossary 331