GEOG 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Monsoon Of South Asia, Eastern Religions, Himalayas

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 202
• Professor: Prout Erik

Document Summary

Wind pattern changes (from oceans to center of landmass) Over half of world population lives on asia landmass. High population densities: correspond with agriculture and historical times. Hinduism and buddhism originate in south asia and then diffuse to east and southeast. Various forms and interpretations: syncretism and hybridity. Ahis(cid:373)a: (cid:894)(cid:862)do (cid:374)o har(cid:373)(cid:863)(cid:895: veneration of all life forms. Religious hearths (globally: southeast: christianity, judaism, etc, east: hinduism, buddhism, etc. Indian and dharmic: hinduism, buddhism, jainism, sikhism, etc. East asia (taoic: confucianism, east-buddhism, taoism/dao, shinto. Indo-aryan arrival into south asia and expands into southeast asia. Reform/spinoffs: jainism, sikhism, buddhism (re)consolidates after buddhism in ganges. Caste system: rigid segregatio(cid:374) (cid:271)y (cid:272)aste (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:271)irth(cid:863)(cid:895); a(cid:374)(cid:272)estry a(cid:374)d o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374); Began as a reform movement around 2500 bp. Pri(cid:374)(cid:272)e iddhartha gauta(cid:373)a: the buddha or (cid:862)e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)ed o(cid:374)e(cid:863) Four nobel truths: life (existence) is full of suffering, desire is the cause of suffering, cessation of suffering comes with quelling desire (cid:894)8(cid:895) perso(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t a(cid:374)d (cid:373)editatio(cid:374) leads to (cid:862)nir(cid:448)a(cid:374)a(cid:863) perfe(cid:272)t e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t.