REL 2027 : Spring 2013 Exam 2 Notes
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Exam #2 notes: from small agriculture communities to larger estates with more wealth & power. Brahman sons began to form their own philosophical religious groups: looking for spiritual guidance/teachers, rishis translated the upanishads, carvakins - materialist school, did not embrace supernatural religious spirituality, atheist-ish. In competition with other small sects, yet his group was preeminent. In india: could have becomes a rival sect to buddhism, numbers were small, but their influence was big, gandhi was influenced by jainism. Francis. : pulled out his hair by the roots. Moksha involves leaving the earth & spending eternity suspended in the universe. Laypeople: offers a basis for living life, the ultimate reward of moksha, & acquiring religious & social prestige. Wealthy give money to temples & their name is known. Women can do this too: vows: abstaining from eating meat, drinking alcohol, falsehood, stealing, violence, root vegetables "kill" the plant.
