PSYCO239 Lecture Notes - Gupta Empire, Wiht, Avatar
15 Mar 2014
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Religious studies lecture notes january 15 on the most basic level, atman is like the soul. there is a different between the true self and the body self. It is possible to get rid of the body self and leave the cycle. Brahman is the greater fabric of reality that you want to fall in line with. Karma - the balance between good and bad and it coming around. Samsara - the cycle, the circle, of life and death as determined. Reincarnation - a very important part of samsara. Moksha - being released from the cycle of life and death. Epics we had started with the ramayana last class. Mahabharata written by a sage. makes claims to being a fifth veda. not found in many homes. there"s a portion considered to be one of the most holy books in the hindu tradition: Bhagavad gita the story of a war about who will rule india.
