REL 1000 : Religion Study Guide
Document Summary
God-infinite reality: shows up in many ways and forms ex: turtle, a person, not just one text, many many texts, many stories. Orally passed down and written: most oral passed down from family to family, or heard in temple. Traditional account: thief valmiki tried to rob holy man(sadhu), will give mantra to make you rich holy man says, chants mara, chanting name of god unconsciously made him a saint, he then is asked to write story down. Scholars say: valmiki has no evidence of living, rama story passed down for years then wrote down. Brahman: moksha-end of cycle, sannyasin-step out of social order, but give up everything else this, yogas, karma _____ little steps, lead to moksha, get mind to understand you are brahman, jnana, bhakti. Krishna to help them(avatar of vishnu: bhagavad-gita. Laws of manu: similar to the moses flooding story, flood, washes earth, when flood ends they are given rules bout structure, family relations.
