[RELG 207] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (31 pages long)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 207
• Professor: Arvind Sharma

Document Summary

But there is further dispute as to which form the ultimate reality takes: atman- the true self, everything non material- beyond material form. The ultimate realization that the mystic attempts to achieve is that brahman=atman. Strip away the materialism and discover this: saccidana brahman- answers the question of what is the true spiritual reality. Vishnu also reincarnates into the human world via avatar- means to reincarnate into the human world: shiva the destroyer, god of destruction, rama/ramayana and krishna/mahabharata are the two best known incarnations of. Vishnu: bhagavad gita the famous chapter in mahabharata, which portrays. Krishna before battle giving a long speech about the meaning of the human life, fate, free, will, what to do in the face of evil. They emphasize religious rituals (what you do when you enter the temple, what you offer: upanishads: commentary text on the vedas, emphasizing the significance of the.