Russian Primary Chronicles

The post has three assignments

1: Russian Primary Chronicles

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WHO WROTE THIS AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE
HOW DID BIAS OR AGENDA SHAPE WHAT HE WROTE?
READ IT LIKE A POLITICIAN’S SPEECH – AUTHOR TRYING TO MAKE SOMEONE LOOK BAD AND SOMEONE LOOK GOOD.
WHO OR WHAT IS MADE TO LOOK OFFENSIVE OR INADEQUATE.
HOW FAITHFULLY WAS THE STORY PASSED ON IN THOSE HUNDRED YEARS? MIGHT IT HAVE GROWN IN THE TELLING?
WHO WANTED READERS TO SEE THE BEAUTY OF THE ORTHODOX LITURGY AND WHY?
WHAT WAS THE AUTHOR TRYING TO JUSTIFY OR DEFEND?
WHAT ALTERNATIVE, VIEWS WERE BEING DISREGARDED, SILENCED AND EXCLUDED?
HOW CAN THE ARGUMENT BE READ AS AN ARGUMENT THAT THE TSAR’S ANCESTORS MADE THE RIGHT DECISION, AND HOW THEY OUGHT TO STICK WITH IT?

2: Buddhism and Hinduism

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Directions: Provide essay answers for the following questions. Consult the attached Exam Evaluation rubric regarding how to answer the questions.
Remember: Your audience is someone who is NOT taking this class. She needs to have the concepts clearly and completely explained.

1. Present and explain the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths. Do you think the Buddha made a legitimate interpretation of human existence and the way to respond to its difficulties? Why? Why not?

2. Describe one of the 4 types of Yoga of Hinduism. Present its strengths and weaknesses as it relates to helping a practicing Hindu achieve transcendence. (A complete answer will give a summary of the basic concepts of the yoga you’ve chosen as well as the concept of transcendence. It will also include mention of the specific type of personality which underlies the choice of this particular yoga. Finally your answers need to distinguish “Transcendence” as part of the path of renunciation, from the paths of desire and their limits.)

Source for the answers should from Huston Smith’s The World’s Religions

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