Mahira

1) What are the Vedas and what is the notion of Shruti texts?  How does this notion of shruti texts compare with the notion of sacred Scripture among adherents of the western religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam?

AFTER READING I LEARNED THAT THE Vedas are a collection of scread hymns and writing that were held in high admiration. It was said and believed that the scared writing where not written by people of mortal body but some of the most high. In my opinion it is similar to the books that we use today that we hold in high admiration such as the Holy Quran and the Holy bible which many believe till this day was not written of man but a higher being similar to the Verdas. In a way to prophetically pedict  life. 

2)  What is the notion of karma as it is understood in Hinduism and Jainism?  How does karma relate to the concepts of Samsara and Moksha?

 Karma in the concept is pretty much you get what you put in life. As the saying always goes you reap what you sow. Basically if you do wrong  to someone they don’t have worry about wrote ginger you back karma will take care of itself it’s about of life. Samsara is when one goes for redemption to redeem themselves once that redimption is achieved it is at that point that they are in the stage of Moksha. Basically that personally is similarly  born again and starts over new.

3) What is the caste system in India?  How does the caste system differ from social stratification in many western societies including the US?  What are the religious implications of stratification?

 In the Western societies the caste system is totally different than those in India. In the United States I believe that we are group in class or circles simply because of the color of our skin, even though we may have not in common to be on the same social ladder. In India it differs because the people in there caste have similar backgrounds , religions, and believes and jobs. It’s not the same in Western societies.