3. Hinduism: the “Eternal Reality”
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Hinduism: the “Eternal Reality”
Readings
It is expected you will have read the texts below by week two of class and watched the accompanying videos. The answers to the online quiz can be found among the texts and the videographies below, as well as lectures in class.
Textbook Reading
Definitional optional Readings:
Who were the Aryans, for real?
The Vedas: the most ancient texts of India
Avatar the Descent of and “Mask” of God
Shiva: Meditating the World into Being
Krishna: the “Lover” among the Gods
Rama: More Powerful than Hercules
Ganesh: the Elephant-headed God, Son of Shiva
Kali: the most o Fearsome Female Deity in the World
Durga: the Powerful, Beautiful Warrior Goddess
In-depth reading:
S. N. Dasgupta: The Mysticism of the Upanishads
Swami Vivekananda at the 1893 World Parliament of Religions on Hinduism and tolerance
Primary sources accounts
Neither Existence nor Non-Existence: the Creation Hymn of the Vedas
The Kena Upanishad (Please read Chapter 2)
PowerPoint:
Holidays
Dasara: The Nine Days of Durga
Krishna’s advice to Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita or “Song of the Lord”
Documentaries
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A Comparison of Death Rituals: Islam, Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, New Orleans Jazz
The Holy Cow and the Lamb of God…
A Comparison of Death Rituals: Islam, Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, New
Jain, Buddhist and Hindu Creation MythsJain, Buddhist and Hindu Creation Myths
Rites of Passage in Hinduism, Judaism and Christianity Pt. 1 of 2
06-07
A Comparison of Hinduism and Buddhism by Quinn
Hindu, Jewish and Christian Weddings by Anonymous