01:840:211 Midterm: Hinduism
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Questioned the meaning of the sacrifices described in vedas & their connection with god. Dates: 700-500 bce time period asia (hinduism = people who lived south of indus river) Hinduism is characterized by what people are not. Brahmins: male priests performed rituals - aryas or. Brahmins performed rituals on behalf of male patrons who undergo an initiation first. Vedas = performed elite rituals for upper strata of society. All other population groups = enemies of. Bhraman = power of the ritual - creation of life, source of all gods, singular source. Brahman - not diefied ( no attributes. Brahman = atman our souls are the same as those of the divine . You have to know you are divine = self-realization. Renounce karma & desire to end cycle of samsara and reach liberation. Reason or renounce: if you don"t perform action, you won"t have desires.
