RELS 108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Rigveda, Hindu Philosophy, Ishvara
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Shiva- destroyer, in order to re-create unity: shakti- female manifestation of divine energy. Philosophy of hinduism: maya: the world appears the way we see it, but is really an illusion on the surface. Ii. enlightenment: seeing through the illusion of life to its true essence, the true essence of sacred reality, which is also our true essence. Atman: the eternal (brahman) as the infinite center of being. Hindu text: the vedas: primary texts of hinduism, rig veda (oldes of 4 vedas) composed around 1500 bce, hymns and chants or early sacrificial ritual brunt to the hindus valley by the aryans (indo. Europeans: upanishads (vendanta) added to vedas- philosophical concepts of the nature of ultimate sacred. *during renunciation, on would typically leave their home in search of enlightenment. If you do not pull up stakes and moves, people in your life will treat you as they always have, which the student the householder retirement renunciation.
