RELI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aranyaka, Upanishads, Ekam

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELI 100
• Professor: David Dakake

Document Summary

7 vedas within the heading the veda (each tells a specific part of the sacrifice) Rg. /rig: series of hymns sung during the sacrifice. Sama: sound; how the hymns are supposed to be in tone. Yajur: instructions about how to perform different types of sacrifices for different results. Atharva: instructions about how to perform different types of sacrifices for different. Brahmanas: discusses the symbolism of the sacrificial rites. Aranyakas: forest books , 4 stages of life (student, householder, stage of the forest. Upanishads: says the sacrifice is you/your ego. Moksha: liberation from all limitations, beyond paradise. Shruti: that which is heard, highest category of hindu sacred scripture. Shmirti: that which is remembered, lower category. Texts: mahabharata, ramayana- both mythological stories, these often play a bigger part in people"s lives than the vedas (easier to understand) dweller, sanyasin- stage of the wanderer) Metacosm: the above or beyond world, the divine realm.