RELS 108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neti Neti, Shudra, Rigveda
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Neti neti -- not this not this. Shiva: destroyer, in order to re-create unity. Maya -- the world appears the way we see it, but is really an illusion on the surface. Atman -- the eternal (brahman) as the infinite center of every being. Karma -- moral law of cause and effect. Samsara -- cycle of life, death, and rebirth. The vedas -- primary texts of hinduism. Rig veda: the oldest of the 4 vedas. Upanishads -- added to vedas philosophical concepts of the nature of ultimate sacred reality, describing the path to human salvation / liberation (moksha) Bhagavad gita -- 700 verse hindu scripture on the attainment of moksha. Jnana yoga -- the way of knowledge. Bhakti yoga -- the way of love. Karma yoga -- the way of work. Raja yoga -- the way of physical and psychological exercises. 4 things people want -- path of desire, path of renunciation.
