beam‚ yoga is the union of body‚ mind and spirit. (Chopra ix) We first find traces of yoga in ancient texts dating back to 500 B.C where they speak of uniting “the light within you with the light of Brahman”. There are four main forms of yoga Gyan‚ Bhakti‚ Karma‚ and Raja‚ all which we have covered in class‚ but I will only go into detail about Raja yoga. It wasn’t until the work of Maharishi Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras that we come to see the main philosophy of Raja yoga as it stands now. (Chopra
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REL/133 NOTES CHAPTER 1 agnosticism: “Not know” (Greek); a position asserting that the existence of God cannot be proven. animism: From the Latin anima‚ meaning “spirit‚” “soul‚” “life force”; a worldview common among oral religions (religions with no written scriptures) that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. atheism: “Not God” (Greek); a position asserting that there is no God or gods. deconstruction: A technique‚ pioneered by Jacques Derrida
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weapon to strengthen the dalit (political) movement. The dalit author Sharankumar Limbale calls it “the burning cry of untouchables against the injustices of thousands of years.” The first known dalit writer is the thirteenth century untouchable Bhakti poet of Maharashtra‚ Chokkamela. The origins of dalit literature in the contremporary usage of the term‚ which is largely written and published in regional Indian languages‚ are in the late nineteenth century. In modern times‚ because of the legacy
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Scriptures and Rituals of Christianity and Hinduism Hinduism and Christianity can both be similar and very different religions depending on what viewpoint they are examined from. C.S. Lewis was converted from atheism and while doing so he sought out knowledge about different religions. He narrowed his choices to Hinduism or Christianity. “Religions are like soups‚ he said. Some‚ like consommé‚ are thin and clear (Unitarianism‚ Confucianism‚ modern Judaism); others‚ like minestrone‚ are thick and
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gestures and facial expressions. It was par excellence the theater‚ the use of instrumental and vocal music along with stylized gestures that give life to stories. Its current form contains the remains of temple and ritual dances‚ and the influence of bhakti movement. Since the 16th century onwards absorbs certain characteristics of dance and dance Persian Central Asia that were imported by the royal courts of the Mughal era. Kathakali Kathakali is a highly stylized classical Indian dance-drama is notable
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religion of Hinduism is to simply follow a set of paths that will guide one to the right of way‚ back the One. These paths‚ or commonly known as margas‚ include the karma-marga‚ the path of action‚ which is simply following religious obligations. The bhakti-marga‚ or the path of devotion‚ which is focusing on one’s deity. The jnana-marga‚ or the path of knowledge‚
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Humanity is one such vast canopy created for performing a sacrifice‚ where the mind continually blazing in the mysterious depths of a hidden nature gives rise to divine flames. Even though many beings not being able to conceive this divinity turn into ashes in these very flames themselves‚ but Maharshi Kardam meditating on these divine flames rising within him had realized‚ that God himself was about to incarnate as his son at their place. What a great womb was it of Mother Devhuti who was to receive
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and the world since then (India is now an independent nation with a Government elected by its own people and Public works departments to take care of all development works); so‚ some may argue that the concepts like Practical Vedanta‚ Karma Yoga‚ Bhakti etc. are “old-fashioned”‚ “esoteric” or “mere rhetoric” and as such impractical or inefficient for progress of present-day India. Four‚ one may ask “Vivekananda worked on Religious harmony‚ Education‚ Service and Social issues. But this is not new
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Shiv Chalisa (The Shiva forty in Hindi) By Ayodhya Das Translated by P.R.Ramachander Jai Ganesh Girija Suvan Mangal Mul Sujan Kahat Ayodhya Das Tum Dey Abhaya Varadan 1 2 Victory to Ganesh son of Girija‚ Who is the root cause of all that is good‚ Ayodhya Das you requests for boon of fearlessness. Jai Girija Pati Dinadayala Sada Karat Santan Pratipala Bhala Chandrama Sohat Nike Kanan Kundal Nagaphani Ke Victory to the consort of Girija‚ Who is very kind to the oppressed‚ You always bless the
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------------------------------------------------- Tulsidas From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Goswami Tulsidas गोस्वामी तुलसीदास | Statue of Goswami Tulsidas at Kanch Mandir‚Tulsi Peeth‚ Chitrakuta‚ India | Born | Rambola 1497 or 1532[1] Rajapur (present-dayChitrakoot district‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ India) | Died | 1623 Assi Ghat‚ Varanasi (present-day Uttar Pradesh‚ India) | Titles/honours | Gosvāmī‚ Abhinavavālmīki‚Bhaktaśiromaṇi‚ etc | Guru | Naraharidāsa | Philosophy | Vaishnavism
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