| Description |
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 65 pages ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
Great courses, Religion |
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Great courses (DVD). Religion.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Mark W. Muesse, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College. |
| Note |
Course Number 6104: 12 lectures (30 minutes/lecture). |
| Summary |
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 Aryan language of Sanskrit, and Hinduism's rejection of the notion that there is but one path to the divine. Introduces Hinduism's wealth of gods, terms, and practices, such as Krishna, karma, guru, and yoga. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Hinduism in the world and the world of Hinduism ; The early cultures of India ; The world of the Veda ; From the Vedic tradition to classical Hinduism ; Caste ; Men, women, and the stages of life -- Disc 2. The way of action ; The way of wisdom ; Seeing God ; The way of devotion ; The goddess and her devotees ; Hinduism in the modern period. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Hinduism.
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Vedas.
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Upanishads.
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Bhagavadgītā.
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Indus civilization.
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Indo-Aryans.
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India -- Religion.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
Hinduism |
| ISBN |
1565857925: $199.95 |
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9781565857926 |
| Music No. |
6104 Teaching Company |
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