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- W4239358898 abstract "This chapter looks at one mechanism through which animals can dramatically improve their karmic situations, in spite of their low status and abilities. In some stories, an animal physically sees the Buddha, spontaneously gives rise to <italic>prasāda</italic> (faith), dies shortly thereafter, and is reborn in one of the lower heavens that populate the Buddhist cosmos. On the one hand, the mechanism of <italic>prasāda</italic> provides a loophole that bypasses the animal’s lack of moral agency and allows it to escape from its animal rebirth. On the other hand, the narratives that illustrate this mechanism show a strong concern with limiting what an animal can achieve by this means in order to safeguard the prerogative of being human. This chapter analyzes five narratives from the <italic>Divyāvadāna</italic> and <italic>Avadānaśataka</italic> in which this theme occurs." @default.
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- W4239358898 title "Catching Sight of the Buddha" @default.
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