RELIG103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kama Sutra, Morris Gleitzman, Vishu

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIG103
• Professor: allanwright

Document Summary

Easy in a population where the people are illiterate. So not marry girl w red hair, blabber mouth, frightening name, not missing a limb. Marry who walks like a goose or elephant, small teeth and delicate limbs. pleasures desires, success, wealth, where you get kama sutra(paper topic), pleasures. Woman must never seek out to live independently, should obey husband when he is alive, and respect him when he is dead. Should worship her man: forest dweller: when their children have children. Pass possessions to this wife and children and go live in a hut: renouncer: prepare death rites, leave household, and wander the world in pursuit of moksha. Varna: refers to 4 classes, brahmin, kshatriya, vaisya, sutra, varna (people without a class, result of illegitimate offspring, job cleaning toilets cremation, considered impure) Jati: refers to caste system , farmers, brahmins, change occupation you cannot change your jati, can overlap with varnas ex) video where women cleaned toilets.