Happiness and Invulnerability From Chance:
Western and Eastern Perspectives

By J.M.M.H. Thijssen and David R. Loy

19 pages

There are striking parallels between the Greek methods to train our mental responses to (bad) luck and the Buddhist analysis of unwholesome actions and corresponding advice to improve our karma. Both traditions are still helpful today in our attempts to secure happiness in the face of chance adversity.

About: Karma

Published in 2016 in “The Challenge of Chance: A Multidisciplinary Approach from Science and the Humanities” (Klaas Landsman and Ellen van Wolde ed.) by Springer.

Bibtex Data

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    title={{H}appiness and {I}nvulnerability {F}rom {C}hance: {W}estern and {E}astern {P}erspectives},
    author={J.M.M.H. Thijssen and David R. Loy},
    booktitle={The Challenge of Chance: A Multidisciplinary Approach from Science and the Humanities},
    editor={Klaas Landsman and Ellen van Wolde},
    publisher={Springer},
    year=2016,
    pages={151--169},
    keywords={interfaith,karma},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-26300-7_8},
    openalex_id={W2463092465},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-319-26300-7_8.pdf}
}

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