RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gathas, Vohu Manah, Rigveda

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

Document Summary

Philosophical and religious (includes technicalities, laws, rituals etc. ) Daoism is an individual quest, but with a bigger philosophy of being one with the dao. Parables play a major part in daoist tradition. Daoism has a huge canon of gods and goddesses. There are many ways to control the qi. Controlled breath meditation, diet and healthy sexual practices. Five major organs heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys. Many scholars consider it a western tradition . Most likely he belonged to the period of the rig vedic times. Was a priest in a polytheistic set up. Has a vision while taking a ritual bath. Leaves for bactria and preaches his doctrine to king hutosa. The sasanians: (224 ce-7th c) ardashir and the creation of zoroastrian church. Gathas are hymns believed to be composed by zoroaster himself. All the evil in the world is because of him. Cosmic dualism (life/death, good/evil) they are opposing forces.