02 – Hinduism

2014 Spring

Background Browsing

Sacred Texts
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/

Hindu Texts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_texts

Sample Upanishad

Chandogya Upanishad, Fifth Prapathaka, First Khanda


Bhagavad Gita

Prasad Translation (see red letters)
http://reluctant-messenger.com/bhagavad-gita.htm

Gandhi’s Gita (html layout with Gandhi’s commentary in blue)
http://kirtimukha.com/surfings/GandhiGita/GandhiFrame.htm

Gandhi’s Gita (online facsimile of English 1st Ed.)
https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/mahatma-gandhi-books/the-gita-according-to-gandhi#page/1/mode/2up
Note: Gandhi’s text begins on page 121


Modern Applications


Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj (see the definition of True Civilization)
http://www.mkgandhi.org/swarajya/coverpage.htm


Chipko
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipko_movement

Mandala Project Case Study
http://www1.american.edu/ted/chipko.htm

Interview with Sunderlal Bahuguna (YouTube)

Eco-Feminism (search in library database)
Dwivedi, O. P. and Reid, Lucy. “Women And The Sacred Earth: Hindu And Christian Ecofeminist Perspectives.” Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture & Ecology 11.3 (2007): 305-323. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Web. 17 Aug. 2013.

Atharva Veda (Bk XII, Hymn 1) Prithvi Sukta
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av12001.htm

-Earth Song Music video


Vandana Shiva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva

Making Peace with the Earth
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Peace-Earth-Vandana-Shiva-ebook/dp/B00BSV60VS/

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasudhaiva_Kutumbakam