Presentation Outline:
The Mosaic that is Hinduism:
The first selection is for the whole presentation.
It is followed below by selectable subsections of the talk.
1. Opening:
Meditation read from Rigveda 10:129
2. Beginnings:
The beginnings of the populations that now make up India.
3. VedicTimes:
Vedic Times to begin with.
4. The Great Epics:
A renewed tradition comes to expression.
5. High Culture:
The reign of the Gupta empire.
6. Moslim Moghuls
Sufis, Barbur and Hinduism's defensive reaction to the Moslim's varied rule.
7. Renewal:
The rekindling of Hinduism as the West popularizes the sacred 'Sanskrit' language.
8. ModernTimes:
New perspectives on casts, Brahmins and national idenity.
9. MeetingClose:
Sharing Community.