RELG 101 Lecture Notes - Vajrayana, Mahayana, Mantra
28 Feb 2013
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The language of devotion: the rise of temple worship. Different religions are born of shared religious orientations: Shared assumptions regarding religious life and the status of the self in south asian religions. Forms of devotion (we return to this today) Your place in the world, the right thing". Goal ancestors? sage king? no real goal harmonious/stable society not a clear goal, not enough evidence maintain order/society. How do you get there? ritual implements ritual, cultivate virtue ritual implements, bathing sacri ce, ritual. Paradoxical story (how many gods are there, 33, 1, etc) Calling it hinduism" is like saying abrahamic religion" instead of jewish and christian. But also immanent, infused through the created and material world, multiple and always changing in its form. Ram and sita (the perfect husband and wife, they"re divine but mostly think they"re human) Vedas retain an important role in medieval south asian religion, but religious life changes.
