Class #5, 9/29/10

**Roster, etc.

**Due today:  Read the handout from Hindu wisdom.
----->----->Hand in completed Hinduism packet (Chapter 3).

**Brief discussion:  What is the significance of the chapter's title:  "Life against Time?"

**Presentation and discussion:  Hindu Dharma--



**For next week, 10/6/10, read Chapter 4, "The Farther Shore," on Buddhism.
----->----->The packet will be due the following week (10/20), but here is the link.

Some things ARE universal...

... like music, which transcends time as well as cultures.  See "Playing Beethoven in Kinshasa."

Class #4, 9/22/10

**Rosters, etc.

**Due tonight:  You should have read Chapter 3, "Life Against Time."  The packet is due on the 29th, next week.  I'll give you a handout this evening to supplement the chapter reading with some Hindu writings.

**Presentation and discussion:  An overview of Indian culture and history.

**For next week:  Read the handout of Hindu writings.  Complete the packet (link posted last week).

Class #3, 9/15/10

**Roster, etc.

**Due tonight:  Read Chapter 2 & complete packet.

**Some music.

**Presentation and discussion:  Primal religions--



**For 9/22:  Read Chapter 3--"Life Against Time".
----->The Chapter 3 Packet is due on 9/29, but here is the link if you want to get started.
----->Next week I'll supplement the chapter readings with a handout of some interesting Hindu writings.

Ancient temple ruins dot Cambodia’s countryside,

Ancient temple ruins dot Cambodia’s countryside, 

It's sort of a travel article, but remains as more empirical evidence that religion is everywhere, in ancient sites and modern communities as well. We fool ourselves to consider otherwise.

Class #2, 9/8/10

**Roster, questions.
----->Due tonight:  Chapter 1 Packet.

**Brief discussion of Chronicle article (See earlier entry, 8/31).

**Chapter 1 Presentation and discussion:



**For 9/8:
----->Read Chapter 2--be prepared to question and discuss!
----->Chapter 2 Packet will be due:  it's here--http://docs.google.com/View?id=df8n9qbt_319f5cx4tht