RELIGST 1J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ravana, Tragic Hero, Shurpanakha
13 Apr 2016
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The ramayana: the three episodes in the story we will talk about this week are the mutilation of. Is there something special about these encounters with. The idea in all asian religions is to get out of the cycle of samsara. Hindu tradiion is to contact the super gods who are outside of this cycle such as, visnu, These gods occupy basically a permanent heaven outside of the cycle. The way to get out of the cycle is to worship them, not through sacriice but through devoion (praising). The ramayana bridges the turn in the common era from vedic to brahmanic (brahmanic sreligion is shading into hinduism) Hanuman replied, i have not the slightest doubt that this person can vanquish vali. Though he has not revealed his true self yet, i sense his identity. He could be none other than vishnu himself. I notice that he has the marks of the conch and the disc in his palm.
