The authors of the poem‚ “We Are Not Your Monkeys”‚ are attacking the caste system by identifying themselves with monkeys and demons. For a long time‚ caste system has been the core of Hindu society. The hymn‚ “The Sacrifice of Primal Man”‚ from Rig Veda has first explained the origin of the hierarchy:”When they divided primal Man/ …/ The Brahman was his mouth/ The arms were made the Prince/ His thighs the common people/ And from his feet the serf was born” (p. 32‚ line 41-48). It is believed by
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1) The Vedic period (or Vedic age) (ca.1750–500 BCE) was the period in Indian history during which the Vedas‚ the oldest scriptures of Hinduism‚ were composed. Our knowledge of Aryans is not based‚ as it is in the case of Harappan people‚ mostly on digging up their habitation sites. We know about the Aryans from the hymns which they composed and which were recited and passed on from generation to generation until they were finally written down. We call this literary evidence and it provides the clues
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1. Alexander the Great typically ruled through local hierarchies. 2. Which of the following explain why Alexander failed to carry the empire as far as the Gangzes River? Because his troops mutinied. 3. Which two leaders built an empire from Alexander’s Empire? Ptolemy and Seleucus. 4. Which of the following empires began as city-states? Mesopotamia and Greece. 5. Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as the Indus River. 6. The city was Rome was found in 753
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Karma Essay: Sikhism‚ Hinduism‚ and Buddhism Have you ever heard someone say “what goes around comes around?” Many religions believe in Karma. Karma means a deed or an act. The three major religions that believe in Karma are Sikhism‚ Hinduism‚ and Buddhism. These three religions share somewhat the same views and beliefs on Karma. These three religions believe that human beings spend their time in a cycle of birth‚ life‚ and rebirth. Every mainstream religion teaches us about the consequences of our
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The Yajur Veda is related to yajna‚ which is not just sacrifice‚ but also means creative reality. The mantras (verse with archetypal meanings) of the Rig Veda are adapted to certain melodies and this collection is named Sama Veda‚ and the Atharva Veda deals with the peace and prosperity of human society and is concerned with the daily life of man. Vedic ritual is preserved in literary texts called the Brahmanas. The main division of the contexts of these extensive texts is twofold – the ritualistic
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the specific positions while trying to control their breathing. The exact origins of yoga are uncertain. Yoga has originated from the east. The earliest evidence of yoga has come up on ancient Shamanism. Things like existing text for example‚ Rig-Veda‚ Rig-Vedd is composition of hymns. In Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ and Jainism the word yoga means “spiritual discipline.” People often associate yoga with the postures and stances that make up the physical activity of the exercise‚ but after further inspection
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system is made up of four groups‚ with a fifth being considered untouchable or unclean. One of the legends about the beginnings of the caste system is the legend of a man named Mahanuvu. It is taught that Mahanuvu saved humanity from a worldwide flood by leading them into a great ship. After the people departed the ship‚ they divided into four groups which later became the castes (Hutchinson‚ 2016 par 10). The caste system is still adhered to by most followers of Hinduism and affects the people
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There are at least two ways by which birth is related to memory (or ‘Collective Memory’ to be more precise); the first is the Jungian ‘Collective Unconscious’ transmitted hereditarily and has been alternatively called ‘genetic memory’ (Treffert) while the second are Dawkins’ memes transmitted culturally. Much scholarship has been done on the first and for our present purposes it should suffice to say that “the contents of the collective unconscious have never been in consciousness‚ and therefore
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Siddhartha by Herman Hesse Even though the main character of Herman Hesse’s novel shares the same name as the prophet Siddhartha Gotama (a.k.a. Buddha) they ARE NOT the same person. Herman Hesse borrowed heavily from both Hindu and Buddhist philosophy to create a tale of one man’s quest for truth and enlightenment. In addition‚ some of the events in the life of the prophet Siddhartha parallel the life of Hesse’s character Siddhartha. Some might go so far as to call the novel a legend—based in
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