Miloš HubinaMahidol University2018-12-212019-03-142018-12-212019-03-142017-01-01Studia Orientalia Slovaca. Vol.16, No.1 (2017), 43-68133637862-s2.0-85045016756https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/41676© 2017 Comenius University. Addressing the issue of ritual manipulation of kamma in Thai Buddhism, the author argues that the doctrinal formulation of kamma-underdetermined in terms of action-representation, irresponsive to contemporary rituals while reinforcing the intuitions of non-obvious causal connections-is unlikely to survive the process of cultural transmission unchanged. Ritual helps internalize the concept and makes it relevant on a larger cultural scale.Mahidol UniversityArts and HumanitiesArticleSCOPUS