RELI 1730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Last Roman Emperor, Historical Vedic Religion, Orthodox Judaism
20 Apr 2017
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The prophetic and mystical modes of experiencing and relating to the sacred. Insider viewpoint: buddha as founder of an influential religion, spread to most of asia and, today, to the west, 360 million (2009, neither unique nor a founder. Key moments: son of an important tribal chief, prediction: a great monarch or religious figure, the lu(cid:454)u(cid:396)ious (cid:862)p(cid:396)iso(cid:374)(cid:863) of his (cid:455)outh, his father kept him in ignorance and indulged his every desire for 29 years, husband and father. The great renunciation: o(cid:374) that (cid:374)ight, he left e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g to seek a solutio(cid:374) to life"s suffe(cid:396)i(cid:374)g, (cid:862)wh(cid:455) li(cid:448)e if at the e(cid:374)d this suffe(cid:396)i(cid:374)g is (cid:271)ou(cid:374)d to happe(cid:374) Asceticism: askesis (greek): self-discipline, ascetic practices, denial of comfort for the sake of spiritual progress, to counteract human passions and worldly concerns, a means of transformation to welcome the sacred, ex/ fasting, celibacy, standing for hours.
