Checking the heavenly 'bank account of karma': cognitive metaphors for karma in Western perception and early Theravāda Buddhism

Religion

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 463-486

  Schlieter, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

'karma account' metaphor; Buddhism; conceptual metaphor theory; European Buddhology; karma; religions; works righteousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885029054     PISSN: 0048721X     EISSN: 10961151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2013.765630     Document Type: Article

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