RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Rigveda, Islamic Calendar, Salah
Document Summary
622 first year in the islamic calendar. Five pillars of islam: the shahada (islamic creed, daily prayers (salah, almsgiving (zakat, fasting during the month of ramadam (sawm, the pilgrimage to mecca (hajj) at least once in a lifetime. Qur"an is not a library of books like the bible. 1500 bce: vedic religion period, from the book of veda. Axial age revolution, ideas changing understanding of what living is. Out of this revolution (600 bc), three religions grew: jainism, buddhism, hinduism. They grew out of the vedic religions. 4 collections of vedas: the oldest, rig veda, they are pure hymns (like the psalms) used in pure rituals that preserve religion and society by god, veda= true knowledge. A scripture that has no author, heard from the cosmos. 5 major principles: a tripartite mindset, that tends to categorize things into threes, a way to comprehend reality. 3 social classes, 3 seasons, 3 times of day, Ethos: culture, values, habits of a warrior.
