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Lesson 1 (from Chapter I, Point of Departure, | Chapter II, Hinduism, | Chapter II, Hinduism, What People Want,)

Objective

Chapter I, Point of Departure, | Chapter II, Hinduism, | Chapter II, Hinduism, What People Want

The student will define Smith's premise for writing THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS as a scholarly approach for disseminating information.

The student will explain the first level of Hinduism as it pertains to higher spiritual achievement.

Lesson

1. The teacher will be prepared with key sections of Smith's Point of Departure for the students' benefit. Discuss how Huston approaches the subject by explaining what the book is not. Define comparative religion and discuss why this book does not fall into that category.

2. Introducing Hinduism to the class, the teacher will lead a discussion on the pleasure-pain concept of Hinduism. Class discussion will center on the Hindu idea that people can have what they want. Testing this theory, Soren Kierkegaard tried it to the conclusion that it was a failure. Why does the Hindu not find...

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