GAQ BC 102 - 19th February 2012 (Sunday)

THIS POST IS CREDITED TO ONG MEE LENG's CONTRIBUTION

I did not attend the lesson and thus got the info from the above mentioned Dhamma sister

Brahmana tradition

Brahma - Prajapati

Listening remembered text

Sruti vs Surti

Sacred

Text -> Vedas

Devine revalation

Verses

Recitation

Mahabharata - Great Epic

Bhagavad Gita - Song of the Lord

Karma; Samsara; Moksha

Purushartha (goal of human life)

Kama - Sensual Pleasure

Artha - wealth

Dharma - duties

Moksha - liberation

Varnadharma - caste system

asrama dharma

Pitr-yana - Ancestor

Deva-yana - Heaven