Hinduism

Provides an overview of Hinduism and discusses why Hinduism is perhaps the most diverse religion of all. Covers topics such as arranged marriages and the caste system, the Indus Valley Civilization, the sacred writings in the Vedas, the Bhagavad-gita, and the Upanishads, ritual purity rites, the Ary...

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Main Author: Muesse, Mark W. (Mark William), 1957-
Corporate Author: Teaching Company
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: Chantilly, VA : Great Courses, p2003.
Series:Great world religions.
Great courses (Compact disc)
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Table of Contents:
  • Lecture 1. Hinduism in the world and the world of Hinduism
  • lecture 2. Early cultures of India
  • lecture 3. World of the Veda
  • lecture 4. From the Vedic tradition to classical Hinduism
  • lecture 5. Caste
  • lecture 6. Men, women, and the stages of life
  • lecture 7. Way of action
  • lecture 8. Way of wisdom
  • lecture 9. Seeing God
  • lecture 10. Way of devotion
  • lecture 11. Goddess and her devotees
  • lecture 12. Hinduism in the modern period.