Religious Studies 1023E Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Hinduism
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Hinduism 2 y no longer have just the rig veda: sama-veda. order in which hymns from rig veda would be used for sacrifice. reordering of what was already there y rig, sama, and yager for sacrifices samhita means collection: atharva-veda. was not added to veda cannon for a long time, side magician thing. little to do with sacrifice or religion. Enforced marriage: man had to be married to get a sacrifice: 2. afterlife y more sacrifices you do in your life, more likely you will go to afterlife y live off merit you get for sacrifices your life, when you run out of merit . reborn y no a good thing y non-stop cycle y how do you get out of the cycle: sacrifices keep you in the cycle. life cycle called samara bad y have to get self out of.