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| power-seeking deities deemed sinful and materialistic - closest to the demonic |
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| (triad) 3 gods responsible for the universe |
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created the universe
-unholy because of lust/pride
-depicted riding a peacock/swan (symb. pride and discrimination)
-discrimination resulted in 4 castes: brahmins (highest) and shudras (lowest) |
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preserves the universe
-considered raja of the universe
-has 10 avatars: rama and krishna most important
-depicted as blud (symbolizes infinite)
-next to consort - goddess sri lakshmi |
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| destroys and recreates the universe |
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ruler/lord/master/king
-depicted with 4 hands
-manuscripte: source of the four vedas
-malas (rosary) 108 beads because there are 108 passions |
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-myth: she created sanskrit (the ancient sacred language of hinduism)
-depicated playing a vina (indian guitar)
-thus is a devi of wisdom and music |
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| social and religious order |
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| the descent to earth by a god |
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-means good luck/fortune
-worshipped on Diwali (new moon night)
-red depicts good luck |
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-vishnu's avatar
-deemed divine lover and is usually portrayed playing a flute
-shaktiman (energy possessor) |
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-krishna's consort
-krishna's shakti (energy) |
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| became krishna's chief queen after radha |
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| -deemed the perfect man of courage and devotion |
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| upheld as the model daughter, wife, and mother |
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means ancient
sacred text |
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| law manuals (on social/religious duty) |
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-manu= a demigod; word 'man' derived from him
-chief of the dharma shastras |
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| Manu v:56; Does NT support it (no sin in eating meant, alcochol, sex, etc.)? cite scripture |
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four life goals in hindiusm
-artha
-kama
-dharma
-moksha
-emphasizes orthoproxy (perfect practice) over orthodoxy |
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-pleasurable desires
-aesthetic pleasure
-sexual pleasure
-kama sutra: manual for sexual activity |
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religious and social duty
dependent on:
1. your varna (color (traditional caste) ('jati' = 'birth' - popular term for caste)
2. your ashrama (birth) |
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1. priests
2.rulers
3. merchants/farmers
4. servants |
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-oppressed peoples/untouchables
-gandhi asked to term then harijans 'Children of God'
-gov. termed them scheduled castes |
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| caste determines your karma |
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action (work)
-based on ashrana |
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4 stages of life
-celibate student
-householder
-forest dweller (once you have grandchildren...) (renunciate/reject life to become a sudhu to attain salvation/moksha)
-moksha
-moksha |
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| unending cycle of birth-death-rebirth |
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| secluded place where sudhus can retreat from the world |
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-aka city of temples
-very sacred city
-city of shiva
-dying in varnasi ushers the atman (soul) to loka (heaven) |
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| complete worship/devotion |
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1. welcomes devotees regardless of sex/varna
2. demand total bhakati
3. accepts earnest sacrifice no matter how small
4. Divine Lover
NO: krishna was married and committed adultery (married many) |
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-union
-shiva= Lord of Yoga
-serpents: kundalini=power/energy (special yoga)
-aparusheya: not of human origin
-"there is no yoga without hinduisn and no hinduism without yoga"
-work is worship |
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1. raja (mental self-control)
2. bhakati (devotion)
3. karma
4. jnana |
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-(royal road)
-(meditation)
-asanas psychic training exercises; concentration on specific chakra (a psychic center in the body)
-mantras ( ohm symb. brahma, vishnu, and shiva)
-mudras (sacred symbolic hand gestures |
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7. invisible circle
6. forehead
5.throat
4. heart
3. navel
2. sexual organs
1. feet |
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sound of creation
the great mantra |
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breathing/stretching
'physical yoga' |
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| awakens the serpent power which travels up to the 7 chakras to unite man w. god |
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-jnana= knowledge
-until we obtain the absolute truth
-most difficult |
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-detachment of senses
-union of god and man
-'velvety darkness'
-numinous |
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| good outside of God that is evil? |
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| keep book of law on lips; meditate day and night |
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-described with tiger and raja or yoga
-third eye= knowledge and wisdom
-parvati: sati married shiva against father's will/sati died in fire and returned as parvati/p. and shica bore son named ganesha (elephant like head god of knowledge/wisdom - raja of education and of obstacles (removes obstacles, rides a mouse (mind) -> control mind)) |
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-durga (inaccessible -lion)
-wali (daru mother) (mbwa mali - beware of dog -'fear') |
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| the act of showing reverence to a god through prayers, songs, and rituals |
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what is heard
-four foundational scriptures
-oldest scripture in world |
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later texts w. scriptural authority (what is remembered) in sanskrit
-mahabharata (by genesha) and bhagavad gita (song of the Lord krishna) = 5th veda |
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-means knowledge
1. rig (hymns)
2. jahur (sacrificial manual
3. sama (use of mantras)
4. atharva (foundation of reality) |
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| ancient of very old stories |
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law manuals that focus on
1. codes of conduct
2. civil and criminal law
3. punishment and atonement |
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-chief of dharma shastras
-or law of manu: written by manu - 'man' |
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| think about true pure lovely noble etc. |
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