Answer THREE of the following five essay prompts (300+ words each). When formulating your response, you DO NOT need to answer every question posed, but can select the most salient or interesting quest

Textbooks

../Downloads/The Bhagavad Gita - George Thompson.pdf

The Rig Veda

Translated by Wendy Doniger

ISBN – 978-0-140-44989-1

Hinduism

A very Short introduction by Kim Knott

ISBN – 978-0-19-874554-9

Chapter 3 – Understanding the Self ( Evidence for answering question 5 )

Readings

Birth of Gaṇeśa from the Śiva Purāṇa.pdf 

 Animal Sacrifice in the Śatapathabrahāmaṇa.pdf 

 Horse Sacrifice--Brhadaranyaka_upanisad.pdf

Mahabharata Podcasts

Episode 6 - https://www.themahabharatapodcast.com/episodes/ynbrthor4i1dgoxji759m2c10a8f9e

Episode 7 - https://www.themahabharatapodcast.com/episodes/episode-i7-the-churning-of-the-ocean

Episode 12- https://www.themahabharatapodcast.com/episodes/episode-i12-philosophy-between-earth-and-sky-and-the-mother-of-all-bharatas

Episode 56- https://www.themahabharatapodcast.com/episodes/episode-56-nala-and-damayanti

https://getpodcast.com/podcast/vedic-worldview/upanishad-the-king-and-the-swordsmith_ac9d8916ae

PowerPoint

 Vedic World View-LS22.pptx

Avatara-2022.pptx

Yugas-Hinduism-Fordham.pptx 

Gaṇeśa-Fordham-F22.pptx 

Indus Valley-Hunter.pptx 

 Renunciation-Hinduism-Fordham.pptx 

Rise of Images Hinduism-H22.pptx