RELIGST 1B06 Lecture Notes - Rigveda, Gayatri Mantra, Upanishads

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 1B06
• Professor: Ann Pearson

Document Summary

One of the oldest civilizations in the world. The script was never satisfactorily deciphered: so very speculative. Specific ways to get the juice and drink while chanting stuff: prajapati (creator of earthly life) Something is put in fire and while its burning away it transforms; shape is transformed into ash. It energizes the devas(natural forces within the universe: the smoke goes up, we are dependant on the natural world and natural forces, we are not in full control (i. e hurricane, tornadoes) Veads are shruti: sacred of text as they are heard by the meditating sages and are not made up: they are a part of how the world is. The vedas don"t talk about temples or formtions of god: their religion was a portable religion nd so their sacrifieces where created when and where they needed to be created, agni: nuclear war head is called agni.