Buddhism assignment due Wed, 10/1

Read the Buddhism chapter in Inside World Religions up to "Awe and Wonder" on page 56. There will be a quiz, and I will collect your notebooks.

Please start bringing Teachings of the Buddha to class every day.

Picture from Wikimedia Commons.

Gandhi's birthday, October 2, is commemorated in India as "Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and world-wide as the International Day of Non-Violence" (Wikipedia). We should do something special.

Hinduism test review

Note that I've posted a Hinduism review sheet in Useful Things to the right. I have a few more terms to add, but I will have the review sheet finalized by Thursday, 9/18. This first draft will help you get started, though.

Due 9/17

Finish the "Hinduism" section of Inside World Religions (pp. 29-41), an also read at least chapters 11 and 18 in the Bhagavad Gita.

No quiz this week. We have too much to discuss before our test.

The first test will be Tuesday, 9/23 for F and Tuesday, 9/23 for C.

Ishta PowerPoints

I've put all the ppts into an erel folder on your FirstClass desktop. You'll want to review these before our Hinduism test, which will be Sept. 16.

Bhakti Festival (due 9/10)

Krishna posts go under the previous blog. All other posts go here.

Krishna Bhakti (due 9/10)

Image from Wikimedia Commons

Read and mark up the Krishna-Radha poetry pack, and then browse the internet for more great bhakti stuff. Starting today and certainly by 9/10, do two things: 1) post at least once in the Comments section below on Krishna-Radha. This post can be on the poetry pack (I suggest picking a few lines or a poem) or on other Krisha-Radha stuff you find. You may cite some other moving lines (give credit to your source), link to pics or videos, whatever.... 2) post in the Comments section above on bhakti devoted to any other Hindu deity. You may also include posts about bhakti itself, events happening in India today, historical notes, or whatever moves you. You will end up with two posts total, at least 100 words apiece.

I'd like to have us all start reading these as soon as they pop up this week.
There will also be a short quiz on Wednesday.