Does Karma Exist?: Buddhism, Social Cognition, and the Evidence for Karma
Many religious traditions, as well as nonreligious lay beliefs, suggest that people's actions should determine their impressions of their own future outcomes, a phenomenon commonly termed karma. The Mind Only school of Buddhist thought postulates mechanisms through which karma might operate, me...
| Published in: | The international journal for the psychology of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2015
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-17 |
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| Summary: | Many religious traditions, as well as nonreligious lay beliefs, suggest that people's actions should determine their impressions of their own future outcomes, a phenomenon commonly termed karma. The Mind Only school of Buddhist thought postulates mechanisms through which karma might operate, mechanisms that share much in common with Western psychological research on construct activation. The evidence for these mechanisms, taken from social-cognitive research literature, is reviewed. This review suggests that that construct activation can lead people to experience karma-like effects, which in turn supplies evidence in support of certain key Buddhist beliefs. The manner in which this mechanism and the Buddhist theory underlying it can advance the aims of psychological research is discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2013.879427 |