Hello dear Hearts,
Below is a copy of our questions for Sunday. We continue The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong & this week will complete pp. 276-290. I look forward to seeing you in class @ 11:00 Sunday morning.
The Great Transformation
Karen Armstrong 5th Century BCE India
1. p. 276 What was karma? What were it’s advantages? It’s disadvantages?2. p. 277 Why was the householder never going to achieve moksha (“liberation” from rebirth & ceaseless samsara, or awakening to one’s true self)?
3. p. 277 & 278 What were the political & economic forces that contributed to the spiritual malaise?
4. p. 280 How did these developments contribute to the demise of Vedic traditions? What was encouraged instead?
5. p. 281 & 282 What made these developments “ positive but also unsettling?”
6. p. 283 What two common elements evolved from dharma (teachings) of the renouncers?
7. p. 284, 285 What was the negative turn that teaching of the sages took? Why did this occur?
8. p. 285, 286 Who was Mahavira and what was his teaching?
9. p. 286 Who were the Jains and what made them warriors?
10. p. 288 What was the essence of Jain beliefs and practice? What were their “prohibitions?”
11. p. 289, 290 How did Jains view the “sacred life force?” How did Jains believe they would attain enlightenment?
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