Religions of India

Religions of India

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Respond the following questions with no more than two pages each. Use as much of the appropriate vocabulary as is necessary to complete your answers. CITE passages from the PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY! I will be uploading the readings. Please follow directions and do not copy and paste anything from a source that is not uploaded by me.

1) Discuss the changing understandings of “sacrifice” in the Rig Veda, Upanisads, Jainism, Buddhism, and the Bhagavad-Gita. ?

2.What is the evolution of “action” (karma) from the Vedas to the Bhagavad-Gita (and traditions in between), and how is Krishna’s position a critique or remodeling of previous ideas of action? Where does the concept of karma (or action) originate? ?