HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bhagavad Gita, Vedas, Pandava
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Judaism, christianity and islam concepts of time and soul. God exists eternally but the world was created at specific time and is here until. Body dies while the soul lives on. Judaism afterlife was vague but christianity and. Very different from judaism, islam, and christianity. Time was seen as cyclical and time is extremely long. The basic unit of time = brahma (1 day of brahma = 4320 million years of human years) After 100 years of brahma = changes will occur. Humans are divided into castes which are divided into subcastes (untouchable lowest, don"t belong in castes) there is a similar system for animals (cow is the highest) Each caste level has certain requirements that must be satisfied to achieve the next level (if you live a good life, your soul moves into someone higher on the caste) Second caste: kshatriya -> nobles, governors -> expected to fight during wartime and rule during peace.
