Myth of Samsara V (Japanese Edition)

In this chapter we discuss how the idea of Karmic Retribution deviated from its Indian or Chinese form in the Japanese literature from ancient times to the first half of the Middle ages. Buddhism's ultimate goal lay originally in everyone's becoming a Buddha (an awakened one) or in his attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana by overcoming Samsara or Karmic Retribution. However, the sort of Karmic Retribution expressed in "Buddhistic tales" in Japanese Ancient (Nara and Heian Period) had alrea...See More