RE103 Final: All lecture notes.docx
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Northern lights video: atmospheric particles and glow closer found it people"s health reduces when there are northern lights possibly due to magnetic fields distorts radio waves. Universe at prayer: pipe holds all together, feathers from sacred bird, spotted eagle. Bhakti: offerings- puja based on texts vedas, traditions passed down ritual practise over belief- praxis (process)- doxy(belief) localized through ritual sexuality and sexual relationships not taboo: mostly a private affair though not necessarily related to love. Sutra is compilation of teachings about love: moksha achieved when one realizes that one"s self is a soul, one and the same as. Salt march: indians used to make their own salt, forced to depend on british salt, 3 main lineages in buddhism: theravade, mahayana, vajrayana, each have various. Thich nhat hanh: zen monk born in vietnam, moved to us but returned during vietnam war to establish social services o, wanted to transform the suffering as siddhartha did when mara confronted him under.
