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Me remito a vosotros para solicitaros algo de ayuda para conocer más en
profundidad la doctrina del karma. ¿Sabéis de algún libro disponible para el
lector hispanohablante o de alguna página web, documento, en el cual se
profundice en el tema?

Comúnmente se habla mucho sobre el karma pero en mi opinión se saben cuatro
tópicos al respecto, tratándose de algo bastante más complejo.

Existe, al parecer, un libro en inglés que trata sobre ello. Algo así es lo
que busco, pero en castellano:

The Doctrine of Karma : Its Origin and Development in Brahmanical,
Buddhist and Jaina Traditions/Yuvraj Krishan. 1997, xv, 650 p.,

Contents: Preface. 1. The doctrine of Karma in the Vedic literature. 2.
Heterodox elaborations. 3. Karma in popular religious literature. 4.
Philosophical acceptance of the doctrine of Karma. 5. Karma Vipaka:
maturation of Karma. 6. Karma and Moksa. 7. Anti-Karma. 8. Strengthening the
roots of the Karma doctrine. 9. Impact of the doctrine of Karma. 10.
Management of Karma. 11. Social consequences of the doctrine of Karma. 12.
Modern controversies about the doctrine of Karma. 13. The doctrine of Karma.
14. Summary. Appendices. Select bibliography. Author and title index.
Subject index.

"Here is a work that deals with the doctrine of Karma in all its
comprehensiveness and covers all its conceivable facets in Hinduism,
Buddhism and Jainism. Essentially the approach is historical. It traces the
genesis of the doctrine in the early Vedic literature, and explains how from
a doctrine of sacrificial Karma it becomes an ethical doctrine in the
Upanisads. In addition it also explains how the concept of transmigration to
another world or loka, such as heaven, becomes the doctrine of punarjanma,
rebirth, in this world.

"The doctrine of Karma had profound effect on the cultural practices in
India. To get round the rigours of the 'law' of Karma, which operates
inexorably and invariably, certain religious practices were involved,
besides tapas or austerities, such as japa (recitation of sacred texts),
dana (charity), tirthayatra (pilgrimage), vrtas (fasts), and performance of
rituals (karmakanda).

"The book also investigates critically certain modern misconceptions
about Karma.

"In truth Karma is the master conductor of the composite Indian cultural
orchestra, harmonizing different and varied notes and tunes." (jacket)

Cordialmente,
anacoreta