Dharma 9780824860639
This introductory work proposes a fresh take on the ancient Indian concept dharma. By unfolding how, even in its develop
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English Pages 208 Year 2010
Table of contents :
Contents
Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Dharma and South Asian Spirituality
Chapter 2. King Aśoka’s Dhaṃma
Chapter 3. Vedic Dhárman and Dharma
Chapter 4. Early Buddhism: Three Baskets of Dharma
Chapter 5. Classical Brahmanical Dharma
Chapter 6. Two Dharma Biographies? Rāma and Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 7. Two Dharma Biographies? Sītā and Draupadī
Chapter 8. Dharma in the Bhagavad Gītā
Chapter 9. Dharma and Bhakti
Chapter 10. Reimagining the Dharma Hero: The Adventure of the Buddha
Chapter 11. Dharma for the Twenty-first Century
Glossary
Further Reading
Index
