[RL ST 001] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (42 pages long)
Document Summary
Moksha (ultimate concern) at the same time and end the cycle of rebirth* Religion is defined as ultimate concern (uc) Ultimate concern is that thing, whatever it is, which is more important to a person or community than anything else in the universe. Anything capable of being held as ultimate concern. *your religion is what you dedicate yourself to/what you are willing to give your life to* Ex: if people dedicate their lives to making money, their religion is materialistic. Things become religious as humans hold those things to be of ultimate importance to them. Everything and anything is potentially capable of being held as an ultimate concern by someone. Reality is considered to be multi dimensional. Modern scientific materialistic view of reality is one dimensional - material stuff. Conditioned reality is conditioned by time and space. Unconditioned reality - you will be at another space at another time. Non-transcendent - nothing else exists above or beyond it.
