Choose ONE of the Questions for Analysis and answer in a paragraph or two, using only the book and lectures in your answer.
Questions for Analysis:
1. What was the main emphasis of the Vedic Age? Explain.
2. Describe some of the cultural, philosophical, and religious changes that occurred in India during the Axial Age and how these are expressed in the Upanishads.
3. Compare the dualist philosophy of Samkhya with Advaita Vedanta, Hindu non-dualism. How does the philosophical school one identifies with influence the yogic path one may choose?
4. How did the Bhakti synthesis reconcile the regional and sectarian traditions of Sanatana Dharma, and what historical trends may have influenced this development in Hinduism?
5. Discuss how the Laws of Manu and the Bhagavad Gita express the teachings of Hinduism in such different ways. Why is this the case?