RELS 200 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Aranyaka, Axial Age
7 Dec 2015
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The axial age (could have been called the pivotal age) A focus on virtue - more of an ethical interest, not just right from wrong. Not just a type of dualism between good and evil but the internalization of how can i be a better person? . A spiritualization of religion - the interiorization of religion, Moral compass vs violence (buddhism violence against animals) Hinduism - vedic - upanishadic (getting down and sitting at the feet of a teacher) Karma - a law that we live in within the samsarac world that is cycling. Priestly teachings of the essence of ritual and relationship with the gods. Aranyakas- forest texts, getting away, metaphysical speculation brought on by the awe of nature. Upanishads- teachers who teach the essence of life. Om (sometimes written as aum to show the trinitarian nature of the word. ) The horse sacrifice was one of the highest rituals. Now they are internalizing the symbol of it.
