RLG205H5 Lecture 8: lecture 8
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Week 8 i n d ian ph i losophy: proof for t he existence of god. In indian religion there is no good distinction between philosophy and religion. Theology: the field of study and analysis that treats of god and of god"s attributes and relations to the universe. : smartha, vedic, atheists. focused on veda exegesis. Smartha: accept all the major hindu deities as forms of the one brahman. Worship saiva and visnu but did not follow vedic rituals. Will sacrifice to get son to help them get to heaven. Mimamsa are very rational, they say that sacrifice gets them a son because they see it happening. According to them the veda has no real author. Language of the veda gives people commands which force them to make the sacrifices. Mimamsa is a respond to buddhism: vedanta. The system of philosophy that further develops the implications in the upanishads that all reality is a single principle,
