10 10 2014 Hinduism The Vedas Knowledge Sacred text Est 1500 BCE Aryan o Invaders else really Rig Sama Yujur Atharva Linguistic similarities o Aryan and indigenous people Started as an oral tradition but then became textual The seers saw the mantras The vast majority of the Vedas are seen by religious scholars no one o Composed of Hymns o Nature poetry o Upanishads Philosophical works First discussion of Karma System of reward and punishment Tied to samsara Cycle of life and death Why Karma is sticky in Jainism Atman soul Brahman Supreme being Pervade everything and transcend everything Everyone agrees between there is a connection with Atman Some argue that they are the same some say they are inseparable Sacred Books Widely influential in SE Asia o Cambodia Ramayana o Story of Rama o This epic is been here for 2 500 years o Rama was going to inherit throne from his father o The night before that his father exiled him o The father promised his wife that he would make another son heir to the throne Mahabharata o Great sons of Bharata o Krishna refuses to fight willing to participate in battle but not take arms o One is to devoted to God to get liberation Action way of action is a path of unselfish duty Knowledge through study of the scripture can a person receive a transformation that will destroy all previous Karma Devotion putting all your love and energy into your devotion to a deity is a way that you can get amnesty from the bad karma and release yourself from samsara CLASS NOTES DEITIES Vishnu o All pervasive one o His purpose is to rid the world of evil o Establish Dharma righteousness Reincarnations of Vishnu o Rama 7th o Either Budda or Krishna 9th Shiva Devi o Paradox o Creator and destroyer o Goddess es Depicted as a mother creator Depicted as a warrior destroyer CASTE SYSTEM Priests Rulers Merchants Servants Outcastes untouchables OM Represents Brahman 3 levels o earth o atmosphere o heaven TEMPLE WORSHIP No mention in Vedic literature God present Priest ritual specialist Womb house RITUALS Devali Holi o Festival of lights Upanayana o Celebration where powdered colors are thrown at each other o Aka thread ceremony o Happens for boys at age 8 o When the boy is tied to a teacher and separated in to one of the three high castes Diaspora 19th century British Indentured servants 20th Professionals move abroad 1965 U S Changes its immigration law 1924 1964 Strict immigration laws o Alien Exclusion Act o Quota of Asians o Highly educated take jobs in large numbers Rama Krishna Mission 19th century mystic experience of love not ritual Swami Vivikananda Show Americans what Hinduism is all about 1893 World Parliament of Religions Belief not practice Vedanta Society o Replicated in urban centers o Purpose is to support small communities of Hindus and educated those outside the community Bhatki Devotion Mahatma Ghandi Great Soul Gets name based on activities and to bridge oppression British give up their fight Non Violent resistance Ahmisa Total non violence Dandi Salt March People start to join him And not pay taxes for salt Works in India Ends up inspiring civil rights movements in South Africa and U S Brahms Samaj Arya Samaj RSS Idealize time and recreate it Return to purity of the vedas Hindu nationals Exclusive diffusion of Indian identity Hindu Identity If you are Hindu you are Indian and if you are Indian you are Hindu If you disagree get the hell out Transcendental Meditation Founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Mantra Daily o Produce actual benefits Iowa o Big TM center Hare Krishna Movement Based on Bhagavad Gita and Bhatki Yoga Krishna Hung out at Airports Manual skilled labor Split level house in suburb o Upstairs downstairs o Home for gods o Images o Collection of gods Pantheon Diversity Gender Women increase in priestly role Decrease in cooking domestic work Watch TV as a family no separation technology 2x Migrated Upper middle class o Doctors computers o Good income better social status Culture is vulnerable World view is different from the norm Temple builders maintain 10 10 2014 10 10 2014
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