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The Illusory Nature of the earth.
God's Magic
The goal of enlightenment is to understand this.
Maya must be saw through in order to achieve moksha
Moksha- live detached- world is illusion
Bhatki- divine/creative energy |
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| the cycle of rebirth, reincarnation |
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the ultimate goal-
true and eternal reality of all things.
Impersonal because "everything is god"
god is within you
Must make connection between atman and brahman |
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liberation from samsara-
atman attains a union with the divine
impersonal brahman
live detached |
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fundamental moral law
svadharma- ones own personal dharma |
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The option to make many different paths on a course to salvation- the pantheistic nature allows for this.
Upaya |
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latest writings
contains vedanta
shruti
last part of the vedas
discussions that examine earlier vedas
**spiritual books of wisdom |
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self realization where you understand the ultimate reality
end of all knowledge
part of the upanishads |
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devotion to a personal god-
the worship of hindu gods or goddesses
atman is an individual soul-
reach salvation through devotion |
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| supreme god- rama,krishna, shiva, shakti, kali |
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| a manifestation of god in an earthly form |
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| the personification of death |
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sacred texts- supreme scriptural authority- not written by humans
Vedas, brahmanas, Upanishads |
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| commentaries on the vedas |
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What is remembered--
written by humans
Sutras-guides, shastras-textbook of law,
puranas-mythological stories
Ramayana and Mahabharata |
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song of the lord- krishna reveals himself to arjuna
part of the smriti- considered to have divine author |
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all is on- monistic
identity of the self and the whole
Brahman is the only reality, and the world, as it appears, is illusory. |
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| the oldest texts in hinduism- Shruti |
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smriti- allegories
naratives on the history of the universe |
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| way to salvation is devotion |
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getting meaning from a text- holy scriptures
interpretation of the text on the basis of the text itself
Text- object, words, author, yourself
judging correctness of interpretation
stating or communicating interpretation |
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| eternal duties- eternal dharma- eternal path |
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method of interpretation using contemporary meaning of the texts
study of the interpretation of religious texts |
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cognitive-ideas & thoughts
effecient-doing & planning
constitutive- country borders
communicative- signs, texts, gestures |
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texts are allegories
Krishna is good- not in the story
not historical records
criticizing texts to find new meanings
interpretations change
provoke moral thought |
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