I started reading the Ramayana
Wednesday night. I have studied several similar texts in the past and I really
enjoy the ancient texts and their significance. I feel that in just reading the
prologue and the introduction combined with the first 40 some odd pages really
helped me understand a bit more about the culture that I am going to be
immersed in.
In my first college experience I
did the concurrent enrollment program and I was able to take a myths in human
culture course at the community college in Charlotte where I grew up. I learned
a ton about Native American text, Buddhist texts, Hindu’s text and early Christian
texts as well. As I have re engaged myself in the Ramayana I really have begun
to connect with all of the other early tests that I have had my eyes opened
again to the parallels in the myths that ancient cultures posses.
I do wonder how my knowledge of the people's traditions and religious
history might affect the type of research that I will do in the field. I also
realize that if I am to understand these people I will have to understand their
traditions and customs.
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