RELG 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Gentleness, New Confucianism, Ijma
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Creation of the universe: the first hump depicts the creation of the universe as beginning with the sacrifice of purusa. The creation of stars, plants, and living things was through the sacrifice of purusa (man/giant god) Origin of the gods: indicates that existence arose from nonexistence and the gods later were produced by a goddess. The creation of gods was similar to a human birth. : poem representing speculative tendency in the vedic. The writer considered what, if anything, existed before the world as we know it. Truth and transcendence: informed that brahman, the creator of the universe, originated dharma. Dharma refers to duty: actions, attitudes, and rituals in society. Self and liberations: passage comes from crest-jewel of discrimination. States that every person win salvation alone and that no one else can help. Maya: the term means magic or illusion . It is the power by which brahman hides the truth from ordinary beings.