RELIGST 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Upanishads, Common Era, Historical Vedic Religion

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2K03
• Professor: Philip Rose

Document Summary

Lec 2 - the south asian context and the life of the buddha. Peoples, places and practices c. 500 bce to c. 500 ce. A place of remarkable religious diversity with an already long history of religious change and development. Precursors the classical period: vedic and brahmanic religion. Vedic religion, the sacrifice-centered religion of the migratory groups of people, calling themselves aryans , who entered the indian subcontinent around 1700 bce, which developed into. Brahmanic religion, the sacrifice-centred religion that developed as these people settled the gangetic plain around 800 bce, which developed into. Hinduism, the devotion-centred religion that developed in the first centuries of the. India should be religiously a hindu state (not an academic view) Buddhism and jainism are alternative religious traditions that both emerged around 500. Using exclusive ritual and liturgical texts considered to be revealed (composed in. The goal of which is the maintenance of the proper cosmic order.