Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Fate as karmic consequence across births

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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


hindu

  • The Ramayan of Valmiki SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES.; lines 58449-58532 confidence: high

    Gorresio contrasts Greek fate as a mysterious inescapable power with Indian fate as consequence of actions in previous births, tied to metempsychosis and expiation of old faults.

    Indian fate is defined in the note as an inevitable consequence of actions in previous births and is connected with metempsychosis.

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