RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Trimurti

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 131
• Professor: Aditi Sen- Chowdhury

Document Summary

January 9th: rels 131: introduction to the course ctd. (readings oxtoby pg. Literature composed after the vedas around 500 bce called smrti that which is remembered : there are three types of smrti, epics (itihasas, ancient stories (puranas, codes of law and ethics (dharmashastras) Sacred books refer to two epics, the ramayana (story of rama) and the mahabharata (great. Epic of india: the best known works in the hindu tradition, stories are told to children to become their first and most lasting encounter with. Preformed as a drama, often in dance, in places of hindu cultural influence throughout. Depicts the duties of relationships portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife and the ideal king. Tells the story of rama (seventh avatar of vishnu), whose wife sita is abducted by ravana, the king of lanka (current day sri lanka) The ramayana explores human values and the concept of dharma.