THEO 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Boredom, Vedas, Selfishness
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Hinduism: aim is to make more perfect/comprehensive/universal; not intended to separate one from human desires and instincts. 4 stages of life/key human desires according to hinduism: pleasure (but should not hurt people to achieve this); once this fades, people. Desire crave: worldly success (fame and power); people realize that this is ephemeral, so they turn to: Renunciation: duty (will to give turns into will to serve, liberation. Not by how much physical space we take up but by spiritual size. Vedas: scriptures of hinduidm; includes hymns + incantations and theological + philosophical information. Amma- spiritual leader of today"s world; a guru; seen as saint.
