PHIL 3910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Upanishads, Know Thyself, Middleground
9 Jan 2017
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Upanisad final section of the four vedas (rig emphasis on hymns, yajur sacrificial rites, sama - melodies, atharva magic formulas: each veda has four sections: Brahmanas treatises on sacrificial rites and ceremonies. Aranyakas texts on meditation in the forest. This meditation happens after marriage, then the woman will return and the man will spend the rest of his life in prayer. There are over 200 upanisads, but very few of them are ancient anyone can write one. Vidi latin word meaning i saw so veda is about seeing, understanding, wisdom. 108 of upanisads considered traditional/classical, 10 of them considered principle and belonging to original versions of the vedas. If you don"t attempt to understand it, you won"t recognize when it does happen. We must start where we are: logic. That"s all we have, and we have to do the best we can to understand. If we think we can understand this, we"re wrong.
