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  <title>Exploring Karma &amp; Rebirth</title>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was excellent. In addressing the Buddhist concepts of karma and rebirth, the author draws on not only scriptural sources -- though he is clearly well-versed in the canon to find some obscure references -- but also on 'classic' and contemporary culture, as well as making references to modern scientific research.<br/><br/>I imagine conservative readers could find this book quite objectionable, as it is somewhat iconoclastic. Well, to be more accurate, it doesn't smash apart the ideas; it just looks at them in a modern, Western context, and proposes ways in which the concepts could enhance our lives rather than just believing them dogmatically, something that Buddhism is -- or should be -- fundamentally against.]]></body>
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