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Hubris from Revelation: the Social Engineering of Ultimate Truths [Monday, Period 2]
"Last week you watched the movie," Ghanima said briskly. "Today we talk about the religion, so I do hope you're ready to take some notes."
Hinduism is the predominant religious tradition of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma -- a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law" -- by its adherents. Much of modern Hinduism has grown out of the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India, and as such Hinduism is often called the "oldest living religion" or the "oldest living major tradition". It is the world's third largest religion after Christianity and Islam, with approximately one billion adherents, of whom approximately 905 million live in India, and other countries with large Hindu populations can be found across southern Asia."
"Hinduism's vast body of scriptures are divided into Śruti -- "revealed" -- and Smriti -- "remembered" -- texts. These scriptures discuss theology, philosophy and mythology, and provide information on the practice of dharma, or religious living. Among these texts, the Vedas and the Upanishads are the foremost in authority, importance and antiquity. Other major scriptures include the Purāṇas and the epics Mahābhārata, which you saw the other week, and Rāmāyaṇa. The Bhagavad Gītā, a treatise from the Mahābhārata, spoken by Krishna, is sometimes called a summary of the spiritual teachings of the Vedas.
"Contemporary Hinduism is predominantly monotheistic, but Hindu tradition includes aspects that can be interpreted as panentheistic, pantheistic, polytheistic and even atheistic. Other notable characteristics include a belief in reincarnation and karma, as well as in personal duty, or dharma."
"Most interesting, to me, at least, is that contrary to some of the other major Earth religions, concepts of conversion, evangelization, and proselytization are absent from Hindu texts and in practice have never played a significant role, though acceptance of willing converts is becoming more common."
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Hinduism is the predominant religious tradition of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma -- a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law" -- by its adherents. Much of modern Hinduism has grown out of the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India, and as such Hinduism is often called the "oldest living religion" or the "oldest living major tradition". It is the world's third largest religion after Christianity and Islam, with approximately one billion adherents, of whom approximately 905 million live in India, and other countries with large Hindu populations can be found across southern Asia."
"Hinduism's vast body of scriptures are divided into Śruti -- "revealed" -- and Smriti -- "remembered" -- texts. These scriptures discuss theology, philosophy and mythology, and provide information on the practice of dharma, or religious living. Among these texts, the Vedas and the Upanishads are the foremost in authority, importance and antiquity. Other major scriptures include the Purāṇas and the epics Mahābhārata, which you saw the other week, and Rāmāyaṇa. The Bhagavad Gītā, a treatise from the Mahābhārata, spoken by Krishna, is sometimes called a summary of the spiritual teachings of the Vedas.
"Contemporary Hinduism is predominantly monotheistic, but Hindu tradition includes aspects that can be interpreted as panentheistic, pantheistic, polytheistic and even atheistic. Other notable characteristics include a belief in reincarnation and karma, as well as in personal duty, or dharma."
"Most interesting, to me, at least, is that contrary to some of the other major Earth religions, concepts of conversion, evangelization, and proselytization are absent from Hindu texts and in practice have never played a significant role, though acceptance of willing converts is becoming more common."
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