RLG100Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Yin And Yang, Noble Eightfold Path, Sallekhana

• School: UTSG
• Department: Religion
• Course: RLG100Y1
• Professor: Andre Maintenay

Document Summary

Part 1: terms 5% each, 40% total. The philosophical and most recently composed portion of the 4 vedas- the sacred texts of the. The term upanishad translates to sitting near and refers to a period of intellectual and philosophical inquiry that developed following the earlier vedic period. In contrast to the predominantly ritual and sacrifice based texts of the earlier vedas, the upanishads reflect a shift in focus towards a focus on aquiring a higher knowledge and the quest for. It exists predominantly in the form of conversations that take place between two people, most often a teacher and his student. These conversations address many questions of life especially reguarding the relationship between god (brahman) and the self (atman). An early convert to the christian religion, as a result of an aparent personal encounter with the post-resurected jesus. While traveling he maintained communication with the early christian comunities through letters, which today represent the ealiest christina literature.