CMCL 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Filial Piety, Golden Handcuffs, Natural Evil

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Communication and Culture
• Course: CMCL 301
• Professor: Shane Halasz

Document Summary

Dharma sustains order both social and cosmic. Liberation aka moksha (mukti) you are able to achieve this liberation when you are old enough to leave your family. We see the presentation once again of dualistic goals: social vs individual. A man is able to either go into isolation with his wife or without. Reli(cid:374)(cid:395)uish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d re(cid:374)u(cid:374)(cid:272)iatio(cid:374) not being hung up on your outcome or win or lose. You do things because they are a part of your duty. In this perfect act, you are able to transcend the golden handcuffs of dharma and achieve moksha. Taki(cid:374)g to the fo(cid:396)est du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g the as(cid:272)eti(cid:272) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge, you a(cid:396)e still a(cid:272)hie(cid:448)i(cid:374)g dha(cid:396)(cid:373)a . Note that all these writings come in response to a sick society. The sickness of society is characterized by war, chaos, (cid:396)e(cid:271)ellio(cid:374), diso(cid:396)de(cid:396) et(cid:272) they (cid:272)o(cid:373)e as a (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se to (cid:449)it(cid:374)essi(cid:374)g people out of li(cid:374)e.