LIR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: French Ironclad Gloire, Inferiority Complex, Noble Eightfold Path
26 Jun 2018
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WEEK 2 – Reading 2: Suderman (2008) - Understanding Worldview
Worldview: Translated literally from the German word "Weltanschauung."
Refers to our personal philosophy of life and the universe; how we define
reality/act
Culture's worldview = what it collectively believes & what it collectively
remembers.
a) Belief systems
-spiritual/ philosophical traditions/ ideologies from which stem values
b) Historical experience
-memories of collective past, idealized/ fraught with challenges/
persecution/ both
Worldview + territoriality is core of conflict; worldview not easily altered +
fundamental to worth/identity
Spiritual Traditions: Belief systems based on questions about the meaning of life,
origins, purpose, & nature.
5 Powerful Religious and Philosophical Traditions
1. Hinduism
Most ancient of world's major religions
· Oldest scripture [Vedas] 3k- 4k yrs. ago contain teachings and formulas for
rituals;
MORE centered on ritual/ worship
· Brahman, the Supreme Being, the source of universal life, the soul of the world.
· Up to 33 million gods kept alive through thousands of years of storytelling.
· Meditation, deprivation of senses/ silent prayer helps in liberation from maya
(physical world)
· All Hindus born into castes: Brahman (priest), Ksatriya (warrior), Vaisya
(merchant), Sudra (peasant)
2. Buddhism
· More philosophy than religion in its rejection of gods or a god
· Outlawed caste system, priests, & all rituals/ devotions to traditional Hindu gods
· Retained the concepts of karma and reincarnation
· 4 Truths 1. All life is suffering.
2. Suffering is due to ego, to attachment to the material world,
and to desire.
3. Suffering ends when attachment to desire ceases.
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the
Eightfold Path.
· The Eightfold Path
Three Qualities Eightfold Path
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Document Summary
Week 2 reading 2: suderman (2008) - understanding worldview. Worldview: translated literally from the german word "weltanschauung. " Refers to our personal philosophy of life and the universe; how we define reality/act. Culture"s worldview = what it collectively believes & what it collectively remembers: belief systems. Spiritual/ philosophical traditions/ ideologies from which stem values: historical experience. Memories of collective past, idealized/ fraught with challenges/ persecution/ both. Worldview + territoriality is core of conflict; worldview not easily altered + fundamental to worth/identity. Spiritual traditions: belief systems based on questions about the meaning of life, origins, purpose, & nature. 5 powerful religious and philosophical traditions: hinduism. Oldest scripture [vedas] 3k- 4k yrs. ago contain teachings and formulas for rituals; Brahman, the supreme being, the source of universal life, the soul of the world. Up to 33 million gods kept alive through thousands of years of storytelling. Meditation, deprivation of senses/ silent prayer helps in liberation from maya (physical world)
