Saṃskāra is one of the most important terms in Indian Buddhism with a variety meanings. In Goethes "Faust" one can ffnd an adoption of the first words in the Gospel of St. John Starting with "In the beginning was the word", (after M. Luther) Faust, however, gives a slightly different image of what he thinks might be a translation of the old Hebrew word dabar and says, "In the beginning was the act" and later, "In the beginrring was the mind". This has been quite often discussed but rnost likely not frorn the viewpoint of saṃskāra. In other words, this thesis tries to understand the beginning of Faust as well as redemption in the very last act from the viewpoint of saṃskāra to put a new light on the contradiction of this redemption, not from Christian eschatology, but Indian philosophy.
Saṃskāra in Goethes Faust
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