And the travels of the divine ego through both terrestrial life and the post - mortem states of existence are designed to aid the ego in perfecting itself , in following undeviatingly its course to a final transformation in which it ...
doctrine of karma , Amerindians demoted those outside their group as not fully “ human ” and consequently justified them as fit objects ... Let me now develop the distinction between everyday social morality , whether ethicized or not ...
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.
Karma, the law of cause and effect, of nature's retribution for lost harmony, and Rebirth, from which it is inseperable, have been described as the oldest doctrine in the world.
Karma and Rebirth