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RELI 1006 Religiology
Religiological aspects of Eastern religions
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
05/07/2010

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Hinduism Epistemology
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Revelation from the Gods through the sages (Sruti); 4 Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama, Athara); Smriti; Brahmin Caste; Human experience through Yoga
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Hinduism Ontology
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Theology: God without qualities; God with qualities; God with and without qualities; God with regard to the world (Ishta, Trimurti)

Cosmology: Worlds (Multiple (, Moral, Middle, Training ground, Maya Illusion, Lila)

Eschatology: Continual reincarnation until Night of Brahma
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Hinduism Anthropology
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4 Stages of Life (student, householder, forest dweller, renunciate); 4 Life stations/Varnas (Shudras, Vaishyas, Kshatriya, Brahmin)
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Hinduism Psychology
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Nature of Consciousness; Process of growth; Consequences of belief in Karma; Stages of consciousness (pleasures of the senses, then social achievements, then duty, then infinite liberation)
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Hinduism Teleology
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Different purpose for each stage; Leave imperfection behind; Moksha
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Hinduism Methodology
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Four Yogas (Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Raja)
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Buddhism Epistemology
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The Buddha's teachings (4 Noble Truths); Buddha's life experience; Meditation experience; Mahayana and Vajrayana texts; 3 Schools (Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana)
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Buddhism Ontology
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Theology: God is uncreated; Nirvana

Cosmology: Three Marks of Existence (Dukkha, Anicca, Anatta); Cause and Effect

Eschatology: Focus on present suffering
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Buddhism Anthropology
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3 Marks of Existence; 3 Main Schools; People (buddhas and arhats); Transmigration of Souls
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Buddhism Psychology
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Faculties: 5 Skandas (Body, Sensations, Thoughts, Feelings, General Consciousness); Anatta

States: Dukkha; Tanha; 3 poisons (Delusion, Craving, Hostility)
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Buddhism Teleology
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End dukkha; Reach Nirvana; become an arhat or buddha
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Buddhism Methodology
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4 Noble Truths (there is dukkha, caused by tanha, which can be stopped, by the 8-fold path); Approach; Wandering or the Path?; 8-Fold Path (Right Knowledge, Apsiration, Speech, Behavior, Livelihood, Effort, Mindfulness, Absorption)
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Confucianism Epistemology
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Chinese and Confucian experience; Teachings of Confucius; Spontaneous Tradition; Deliberate Tradition
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Confucianism Ontology
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No developed metaphysics; Heaven and Earth in an independent continuum; Earth more significant than Heaven
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Confucianism Anthropology
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Humanity as a collection of social roles; Self only in the context of relationships with others
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Confucianism Psychology
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Faculties: Not very elaborative; Hsin

States: Selfishness OR sympathy and empathy
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Confucianism Teleology
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To create social cohesion; Become a Chun Tzu; become worthy of partnership with heaven
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Confucianism Methodology
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Oppose individualism; Five Values of Deliberate Tradition (Jen, Chun Tzu, Li, Te, Wen)
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Taoism Epistemology
Definition
Experience of Lao Tzu in his teachings; Historicity; Teachings of other Great Taoist Writers
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Taoism Ontology
Definition
Theology: Tao is ultimate reality (1st sense); pantheon of deities (RT)

Cosmology: Tao is way of created universe (2nd sense); Relativity of Opposites
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Taoism Anthropology
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Tao is way of human life (3rd sense); humans are not self-enclosed, but not social constructs; life and death complementary cycles
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Taoism Psychology
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Faculties: Senses, emotions, mind cluttered with distractions to be emptied and filled with Tao

States: emotionally disturbed or calm; or joy and power of the Tao
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Taoism Teleology
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Harmonize self with Tao (1st sense); experience Tao; gain knowledge of Tao (3rd sense)
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Taoism Methodology
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Live balanced with Tao (3rd sense); 3 Schools (Philosophical, Vitalizing, Religious); 5 General Means (follow teacher, embrace humility, naturalism, being natural and embracing simplicity, maximizing Te); Maximizing Te (efficiently using Te, augmenting Te, Taoist priest gather and pass Te)
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African Epistemology
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No sacred books; oral, artistic, ceremonial, ritual transmission; lived experience; priests and priestesses
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African Ontology
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Theology: monotheistic; pluralistic; unknowable, approachable, personal, all-knowing, loving and merciful, beyond gender

Cosmology: visible (physical) and invisible (spiritual) realities; mystical power; Spirit Beings (divinities and spirits)

Eschatology: spirit world is the hereafter
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African Anthropology
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People are God's children at center of creation; ontological, not ethical fall
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African Psychology
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Faculties: Body and senses (destroyed by death); Spirit (continues); Heart (varies in purity)

States: struggling, wrestling, desperation and sorrow; purity of heart, humility, trust and faith; peace and love; praise of, gratitude and thanksgiving to God
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African Teleology
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Spiritually approach God; live ethically
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African Methodology
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Belief embodied in rituals; Rites of Passage; Rituals around death; communal religiosity; reverence for sacred places and objects; magic and witchcraft; ethical behavior; practice of medicine
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