دانلود کتاب Vedic Cosmology and Ethics: Selected Studies

The present book contains a collection of articles by Henk Bodewitz concern-
ing Vedic thinking about the destiny of man after death and related ethical
issues. That heaven was the abode of the gods was undisputed, but was it
also accessible to man in his pursuit of immortality? Was there a realm of the
deceased or a hell? What terms were used to indicate these yonder worlds?
What is their location in the cosmos and which cosmographic classifications
are at the root of these concepts? Which paths lead to the hereafter and what
is here the function of Vedic ritual in competition with knowledge? Who is
qualified for which world? What ideas underlie the doctrine of karman, rebirth,
and salvation? And to what extent do certain ideas originate in circles differ-
ent from those of the Brahmin priests? These and other questions have chal-
lenged Bodewitz to a critical study and an in-depth investigation of Vedic texts,
from the oldest to the younger ones, and to present what the texts are say-
ing irrespective of large theoretical issues that have been formulated about the
topic.