Chapter 4 Reading Questions: Why is so little known about the Harappan society? What is it that we do know about the nature of that society? Because the earliest Harappan remains are below the water table‚ archaeologists can’t research them. Also the Harappans used an elaborate pictographic system that has not yet been able to be deciphered. We do however‚ that it had city walls‚ a fortified citadel‚ and a large granary-Harappa and Mohenjo-daro represented an investment of human labor and established
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affectionately." (1251). He then put various lower animals in another cage to observe the differences. He put‚ "A Turk from Constantinople; a Greek Christian from Crete; an Armenian; a Methodist from the wilds of Arkansas; a Buddhist from China; a Brahman from Benares." (1251). He came back two
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The Five Major Religions Are Fundamentally the Same Dave Sitek once said‚ “There are so many people in the world with so many different perspectives. But ultimately‚ at the heart of it‚ they’re people.” This quote about perspective can be applied to Judaism‚ Christianity‚ Islam‚ Hinduism‚ and Buddhism; the five major world religions. Although all of the religions have a different perspective on the world‚ they are still fundamentally the same because of their perspectives on a good life‚ the afterlife
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Much like we saw with the Brahman‚ it isn’t the actual teachers that put Siddhartha on the path to enlightenment‚ but rather the act of being removed from the group puts Siddhartha more on the path to enlightenment then the teachings ever would. A quote that really puts this into
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and one day you see youths smoking pot outside the mall. It is a large crowd and everybody is laughing at someone’s lame joke. Would you trade your education for their innocence and shallow pleasure? As Voltaire describes in the story of The Good Brahman‚ ignorance may be bliss but no person would want to be part of such happiness (Philosophy: Q&T‚ p.27). Therefore‚ as a student who is granted with free education‚ you might as well do your best to be knowledgeable and you shall be one step closer
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9th Mandala of RigVedās is completely devoted for the praise and use of soma. Soma was the food of gods‚ an intoxicating drink‚ a drink with a momentary sense of immortality. Soma was confused with divine life itself and it became of the king of Brahmans (universal God) (Drekmeter 1962) Soma drink makes one feel as we have known Gods‚ Have entered light (RigVedās 48.3). Effects of Soma has been attributed to mind altering drugs drugs such as Hasish‚ hemp‚ Cannabis‚ Amanita muscaria mushroom (Basham
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from the Mahabharata‚ the world’s longest poem‚ which like Homer’s epics deals with war and heroes but at the same time deals with many philosophical and theological issues. The spiritual question from The Gita is: How a person can become one with Brahman while still functioning in this world (Andrea‚ Overfield 72). Although the Mahabharata is ascribed to one single poet (Vyasa)‚ it is also noted that many other authors worked on The Bhagavad Gita over a long period of time ranging from 500-200 b.c
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Comparison and contrast between two major religions Religion is defined as set of beliefs related to worshipping of God or gods. It is also related to cause‚ nature and purpose of universe. It may also be defined as set of beliefs‚ values‚ and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader. There may be one or more spiritual leader according to different religions. Among all religions Christianity is 31.5% of entire population‚ Islam 23.2% and Hinduism 15%. For comparison and contrast
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devotion to escape these realities of life. As a price he had never seen such cruelty/suffering and from his perspective‚ the nature of the world was flawed by disease‚ old age and death. Moreover‚ unlike Hinduism‚ the Buddha rejected the notion of Brahman (ultimate reality). The purpose of life as a Buddhist is to achieve Nirvana (ending of further becoming). Buddha’s core teachings are called the four noble truths. These include 1) life is suffering‚ 2) the cause of suffering is craving‚ 3) suffering
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Donald Hitchcock REL 316 “The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century” Translation: Ross E. Dunn Ibn Batutta was a self-proclaimed scholar of the fourteenth century who traveled extensively throughout sub-Saharan Africa under the banner of Islam‚ and wrote of his travels in an autobiographical book entitled ‘The Travels of Ibn Battuta’. The financing for his ventures was derived from Muslim rulers inhabiting the cities he visited. His text regarding the
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