REL-1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dharma, Samkhya, Prana Pratishtha
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Spring time: offering : flowers, fresh fruits, coconuts. Indra/ neale- build a place of worship in utah (salt lake valley) Volunteers: act of devotion: carrying stones, pushing wheelbarrows, installing insulation. Ganesha: head of elephant on human body (god who removes all obstacles) God of wisdom, new beginnings, and commerce. In his arms: axe, noose, elephant goad uses it to destroy, subdue, or control obstacles in life. Prana pratishtha- establishing the vital breath a priest invites the spirit into an icon. Priest awakens the gaze of icon golden needle outlining eyes, piercing the pupils with a diamond-tipped chisel. Gaze must fall on a cow with its calf, young children, mounds of rice, offerings of food. Darshan- to see and to be seen by the divine (feel the presence of a living being) Hinduism doesn"t have a single founder or sacred book. Great goddess in hinduism and feminism all goddesses are contained in her. (pinchman)
