[Buddha-l] karma or kamma

[jkirk]

A possible remedy for dilemmas like this one would be to use the word most
well-known to  the intended audience for the book--karma--but follow it with
(kamma) in parentheses plus a footnote about Skt. and Pali and the writing
of the texts in Theravada tradition. After that, you could just continue to
use the term karma.

Good luck,
Joanna K.
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Subject: [Buddha-l] karma or kamma

I am writing an article about Theravada Buddhism for Christian readers and
find it hard to decide to use the word "karma" or "kamma". It is no big deal
because the problem is easy to solve but it made me think, what is most
correct writing about Theravada for non-Buddhists, to use well known
Sanskrit words or should we insist on Pali? Or both?

Best wishes from Knut in Norway

Knut Heidelberg
http://heidelberg.no






      
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