RELS 303 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Indian Philosophy, Dialectic, Sannyasa

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 303
• Professor: Elizabeth Rohlman

Document Summary

Edward said scholar/professor at columbia wrote monumental book orientalism published in 1978: biases of certain white persons like said effected the teaching of. Hinduism- they viewed it from a protestant bias. Altar of fire movie notes his home for all of his life. A brahman is eligible for this ritual only if he keeps three sacred fires burning in. The only woman is a high class brahman who is hidden behind a parasol. Not only ritualistic, but the social component, and a holy experience (center of miracles) Memory is crucial- vast memorization of prayers and meditations- must be said correctly. There are 14 goat sacrifices, though in this ritual they decided to omit goat sacrifice. Vedangas: the arm commentarial of the vedas- Don"t cut yourself off from heaven, don"t cut yourself off from the world part of the mantras: certain space as sacred, rituals as being a way of communicating btw the two spheres.