logging in or signing up SOUL concepts presentation Margherita Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 381 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 05, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: Jeff (48 month(s) ago) I'd like to download a copy if it's all right with you. However, the download button isn't appearing. Could you go into your presentation and click the appropriate box? RSVP, thanks ramey19@yahoo.com Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript Eastern vs. Western Concepts of the Soul: Eastern vs. Western Concepts of the Soul Aaron HogueAncient Greeks: Ancient Greeks Plato/Socrates/Pythagoreans soul is a rational, emotional, ghostly entity that breathes life into the body departs at death reincarnated Aristotle Soul is activity of body, source of rationality Intellect of soul persists after deathWestern Monotheism (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Bahai): Western Monotheism (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Bahai) Body infused with soul by god at conception Restricted to humans Soul has no past, but persists after death in heaven or hell (depending on whether you are a true believer and/or good person)Western Mysticism: Western Mysticism Kabbalah (Judaism) – 3 souls, lowest shared with other animals, upper 2 persist after death and reunited permanently upon resurrection Gnosticism (Christianity) – 3 souls, unification of upper two in realized Gnostics is followed by their union with The Source at end of time. Unrealized folks go nowhere. Sufi (Islam) – highest state of soul is merger with the divine. Western Materialism: Western Materialism Soul doesn’t exist Personality, morality, intellect are an epiphenomenon of the brain & bodyHinduism: Hinduism A discrete entity called “Jiva” or “Atman” persists from life to life (Reincarnation) Found in all beings Governed by karma Two main schools of thought: Advaita - Atman is part of, or one with, the divine (“Brahman”) Dvaita – Atman is separate from Brahman; Atman is indivisible and unchanging Jainism: Jainism All beings have a discrete, unending soul that persists from life to life. Souls go to heaven or hell according to karma, but these are not permanent states. Highest state of soul is attainment of permanent state of bliss (soul still distinct). Buddhism: Buddhism No distinct, permanent “self” (anatman) … it’s constantly changing. Believe in reincarnation, not of discrete souls, but of ever-changing, localized currents in a sea of consciousness. Governed by karma (cause & effect) Ultimate “goal” is to end cycle of birth and death by ending attachment … thereby ending one’s apparent (illusory) separateness from the underlying Buddha-nature. Taoism: Taoism All people have multiple, malleable elements which may be thought of as souls. These come from various sources, including one’s parents. The ideal in Taoism is to achieve harmony or balance between the souls.Questions: Questions Is the concept of the soul universal? Anthropologist George Murdock, argues belief in a soul (at least in some form) is one of 67 universals of culture … do you agree? If there is a soul, where does it come from? If there is a soul, where is it located, and does it have a material basis? Is the soul a discrete entity that survives death? More Questions: More Questions Does the soul think, remember, and experience emotions? If it is responsible for reason, how does it differ from the brain? Does the soul reincarnate? If so, can past incarnations be “remembered?” Does the soul change? If so, how, and is there a point that it changes so much that it is no longer the same thing? If not, how can we grow as individuals, how can our thoughts or actions influence or soul’s fate? You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
SOUL concepts presentation Margherita Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 381 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 05, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: Jeff (48 month(s) ago) I'd like to download a copy if it's all right with you. However, the download button isn't appearing. Could you go into your presentation and click the appropriate box? RSVP, thanks ramey19@yahoo.com Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript Eastern vs. Western Concepts of the Soul: Eastern vs. Western Concepts of the Soul Aaron HogueAncient Greeks: Ancient Greeks Plato/Socrates/Pythagoreans soul is a rational, emotional, ghostly entity that breathes life into the body departs at death reincarnated Aristotle Soul is activity of body, source of rationality Intellect of soul persists after deathWestern Monotheism (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Bahai): Western Monotheism (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Bahai) Body infused with soul by god at conception Restricted to humans Soul has no past, but persists after death in heaven or hell (depending on whether you are a true believer and/or good person)Western Mysticism: Western Mysticism Kabbalah (Judaism) – 3 souls, lowest shared with other animals, upper 2 persist after death and reunited permanently upon resurrection Gnosticism (Christianity) – 3 souls, unification of upper two in realized Gnostics is followed by their union with The Source at end of time. Unrealized folks go nowhere. Sufi (Islam) – highest state of soul is merger with the divine. Western Materialism: Western Materialism Soul doesn’t exist Personality, morality, intellect are an epiphenomenon of the brain & bodyHinduism: Hinduism A discrete entity called “Jiva” or “Atman” persists from life to life (Reincarnation) Found in all beings Governed by karma Two main schools of thought: Advaita - Atman is part of, or one with, the divine (“Brahman”) Dvaita – Atman is separate from Brahman; Atman is indivisible and unchanging Jainism: Jainism All beings have a discrete, unending soul that persists from life to life. Souls go to heaven or hell according to karma, but these are not permanent states. Highest state of soul is attainment of permanent state of bliss (soul still distinct). Buddhism: Buddhism No distinct, permanent “self” (anatman) … it’s constantly changing. Believe in reincarnation, not of discrete souls, but of ever-changing, localized currents in a sea of consciousness. Governed by karma (cause & effect) Ultimate “goal” is to end cycle of birth and death by ending attachment … thereby ending one’s apparent (illusory) separateness from the underlying Buddha-nature. Taoism: Taoism All people have multiple, malleable elements which may be thought of as souls. These come from various sources, including one’s parents. The ideal in Taoism is to achieve harmony or balance between the souls.Questions: Questions Is the concept of the soul universal? Anthropologist George Murdock, argues belief in a soul (at least in some form) is one of 67 universals of culture … do you agree? If there is a soul, where does it come from? If there is a soul, where is it located, and does it have a material basis? Is the soul a discrete entity that survives death? More Questions: More Questions Does the soul think, remember, and experience emotions? If it is responsible for reason, how does it differ from the brain? Does the soul reincarnate? If so, can past incarnations be “remembered?” Does the soul change? If so, how, and is there a point that it changes so much that it is no longer the same thing? If not, how can we grow as individuals, how can our thoughts or actions influence or soul’s fate?