RELI 1730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hindu Views On Evolution, Secular Morality, Gautama Buddha
4 Apr 2017
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His sacrifice and dismemberment gives birth to the world. Purusha, the primal man, is the origin and at the foundation of the universe: all things come from this one substance, the world is born from of the sacrifice and dismemberment of purusha. Everything we see comes from purusha: the caste system in india is supported by this system, hinduism doesn"t have the same idea of creation as genesis for judaism and creation. Here purusha is sent to have been offered in order for the universe to be created. The entire universe is created from the sacrifice and dismemberment of the. It"s a different myth, it"s talking about the primordial nature of the purusha. The body of the purusha, the mouth is on the top, because the mouth of the. It"s the brahmins who top on the strata because they preach the myth to the followers. Servants are made from foot of the purusha, they cannot participate in the rituals.
