Word: vedism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Vedism is a pure nature religion. Its gods are natural forces deified. But this simple religion degenerated into Brahamanism a religion of priests, of the worst form which became no longer vital with the people. A system of religious orders arose regulated by the most strenuous caste laws. In these orders there were four periods; that of the religious student; the householder; the forest hermit; and the wandering beggar. Of these orders the most important were the dualistic Sankhya philosophy, and the monistic, pantheistic Vedanta which recognized one supreme being in the universe of which every man's soul...
...Origin of Buddhism.- Relation to antecedent Vedism and Brahmanism.- Relation to contemporaneous sects and philosophies (Sankhya, Vedanta, etc.).- Practical aspect and common purpose of all Indian speculation.- The personality of Gotama...
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