RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vedic Priesthood, History Of Iran, Gathas
2 Mar 2017
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Daoism everything is a mix of two things. Zoroastrianism 7. 1: dao is achieving the balance, go with the flow: not overly emotional, longevity important for living, taking care of body. Change yourself, things change, achieve balance dao. How religion in hands of human beings can be turned into something dangerous theme within the haunted monastery. Located in the east, origins in persia. Located in asia, vedic priest modern people are in india. Monotheistic, early, could be the first monotheistic religion. Parsi: community that migrated to india: dominating zoroastrians spread all over. Vedic period he was a part of the soma ritual. Even today, zoroastrians do not let others into their temples. Religious text: contains gathas: hymns by zoraster, later part of text includes his commentaries. First part is the old tradition where it speaks about myths, middle is the words, young tradition was the commentary. Dualism now exist: idea of something being absolutely perfect.
