1.1 L06 Transcendence & Hinduism Flashcards
not only body, something infinitely higher
man
who said “reality is made up of two worlds”
Plato
what are the 2 worlds that Plato said
- world of forms
- world of sense
humans participate in ___
both
Parmenides said that the world that is ___, ___, and ___
eternal, perfect, and unchanging
Heraclitus said that the world we ___, ___, the world of ___
see, experience, the world of objects
world of sense
world of change; made up of matter and is bound to decomposition
transcendence
the existence that is present beyond normal or physical level
the freedom of the soul from the body, its imprisonment is ___
transcendence
practiced by hundreds of millions of people for 5,000 years
Hinduism
Hinduism states that humans has dual nature;
- spiritual and immortal essence (soul)
- empirical life and character
what are the 3 main spiritual philosophies in Hinduism?
- transmigration
- brahman is selfhood
- AUM (OM)
transmigration
a person’s soul passes into some other creature, human or animal
brahman is selfhood
quest for absolute truth
most sacred sound in which the universe arose from and was the first God created
AUM (OM)