RLG100Y1 Lecture : Hinduism- Paths to Heaven
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Hinduism: paths to heaven: ultimately, brahman in absolute terms, is beyond characteristic, the reality we speak of is brahman that we all share, but not so easy for everybody to conceptualize or access because abstract. In masculine term for god is isvara and feminine is devi. Controls natural world, god creates the world. God commands is guiding/leading the world. Therefore god maintains order in the universe through setting our rules and. Masculine imagery: brahma creative aspect of god, vishnu maintaining order kind of function of god, siva destructive aspects of god www. notesolution. com. In path of karma, emotion is negative, want to control and master emotions. Figures of god: brahma/ganesa early creative times associated with brahma but overtime character of brahma became less inspiring and creative aspects of god taken up with ganesa. Ganesa understood as the son of siva and parvati. Represented as a short figure, pop belly, and huge elephant head on human body.
