Vedas

, the big city and everything changed. Alexander Pottinger managed a fifty-acre farm in Salem, a well-known coastal village in St Ann, rural Jamaica. He lived with his wife Lavinia Pottinger and their seven children, Arthur, Claude, Gladys, Eric Veda, Denise and Victor. Eight-year-old Denise, the favorite and last girl, often…

6. Creating an ideal society “Om Asato maa sad-gamaya, tamaso maa jyotir-ga-maya, mrtyor-maa amrutam gamaya. Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantihi.” - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28 [5] This is an interesting quotation from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. This is recited as a prayer requesting lord to take us from unreal to real world, lead us from darkness to light, lead us from death to immortality and may there be peace everywhere. When we recite such slokas it creates a sense of ‘Jagrithi’ in our minds…

They are, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Hinduism is a polytheistic religion meaning that they believed in many gods and it was all written in stories in the Rig Veda and other epic poems. In the text it states,”Hinduism was (and is) polytheistic - Hindus believe in many gods. Stories about these gods were written down in the Rig Veda and other epic…

acknowledge, it is also important to be aware of their key differences in both their beliefs and rituals. To begin with Hinduism has very little solid history to go off of. It is believed that Hinduism is based off of an old written document called the Vedas. According to Nandan and Jangubhhai, “The religion of Hinduism teaches us that each living…

Their job in society was based in agriculture and trade. According to Chao, “Vaishyas were expected to tend cattle, to farm, or to trade. Like Kshatriyas, they could only learn, but not teach, the Vedas” (Chao). Their jobs and hierarchy could relate to American history; the farmers are considered lower even though their supply is a necessity for a civilization to thrive. Vaishyas were seen as the lower castes even though their jobs were very significant…

Buddhism is a religion that originated from the Indian Subcontinent and Nepal. The followers of this religion are referred to as Buddhists. The origin of Hinduism can be traced to the Indian Subcontinent alone. Its followers are called Hindus. In Hinduism, the main aim it to try and understand the existence of Brahma from the Atman. The Atman, when translated loosely, means ‘soul' or ‘self.' On the other hand, Buddhism is all about finding the Anatman which means ‘not self' or…

Point of view, as Dr. Casper simply put it, is “who is telling the story.” Although Dr. Casper’s definition indicates that point of view is an unsophisticated literary element, it actually plays a complex and significant role in the development of, in the case of Mildred Pierce, a film or novel. In both film and literature, the writer provides us with point of view. James M. Cain, author of the novel, and Ranald MacDougall, screenwriter of the Michael Curtiz film, take tremendously different…

Ancient India Timeline Event: Buddhism Date: 563 B.C.E. - 1100 C.E. (India) Information: The Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) was born in the noble caste in India 563 B.C.E. At age 29 he rejected the life of luxury to seek enlightenment and the solution to suffering Followed a strict ascetic lifestyle for six years Rejected this extreme, and sat in meditation, then achieved Nirvana - an awakening to the truth about life - becoming a Buddha (The Awakened One), at age 35 The Buddha taught the four…

this lead to a looser, more people driven government and social structure. India created their social structure and government around their religion. The caste system, their social structure, was completely based off of their sacred texts in the Rig Veda which made the system very rigid and strict. This also lead to exclusivity of power and authority, only particular people were given the opportunities to make changes and express their ideas. In Greece, people started to follow humanism and were…

The Vedic Ritual, a period spanning from 1500-500 BCE, is characterized by their belief in a mechanistic world. In this world, anything can be solved through a certain ritual performed by the Vedic priests. This period’s idea of dharma, meaning the cosmic social order, led to a society focused on community ritual and an idea that every person had a definitive role in society. On the other hand, the Upanishad Philosophy, spanning from 500-00 CE, exhibits a shift in focus compared to the Vedic…