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  1. Hi, My name is Fabiana Carvallo, and for my Ted
  2. talk, I will be comparing three religions to one of
  3. the seven dimensions of religion.
  4. So I chose the material Dimension and Buddhism, Christianity and
  5. the primal Native American religion.
  6. Some key concepts to keep in mind are that the
  7. material dimension include all of the physical elements of one's
  8. faith in religion.
  9. This refers to objects, areas and resource is that people
  10. used to express the religion.
  11. So a very popular symbol for Buddhism is a statue
  12. of Buddha with a big belly.
  13. This is the one that you most commonly see everywhere
  14. there, many more.
  15. But this is the one that stands out the most.
  16. Christianity also carries a huge history of symbolism.
  17. Along with imagery.
  18. This is shown in many ways from visual arts, architecture,
  19. er and literature.
  20. Music and some of the well known ones are the
  21. crossing, the crucifix, the church buildings and paintings.
  22. So the primal Native American religion also using materials to
  23. express their faith.
  24. The two that I chose are the sweat lodges and
  25. the Sundance's.
  26. There are over 100 different poses illustrating the life of
  27. Buddha. I chose three to talk about today, which are
  28. the protection Buddha, the meditation Buddha and the Happy Buddha.
  29. So the statue signifies courage and offers protection from fear
  30. and anger.
  31. The two most common meanings, the first being that it
  32. symbolically represents a shield.
  33. And the second is overcoming fear, which makes sense because
  34. someone who is being protected has no need to be
  35. fearful. It can also be seen either sitting down or
  36. standing up.
  37. So the meditation Buddha is usually for people who, like
  38. Thio, be calm in their life that, like peace and
  39. calm, these air usually seeing the serenity rooms or somewhere
  40. in your house where you could just genuinely sit down,
  41. become and meditate.
  42. It is also in the shape of a triangle, which
  43. represents stability.
  44. Lastly, we have the Happy Buddha, which is famous for
  45. his Buddhist sermons and his bag full of gifts, which
  46. he rewards to Children after they come to learn.
  47. And he usually always has his arms above his head
  48. reaching upward.
  49. As you can see, he always has a big smile
  50. on his face with his bald head and his big
  51. belly, and he usually wears a robe that exposes a
  52. good amount of his chest.
  53. Christianity uses symbolism and imagery as a way to convey
  54. religious concepts, ideas and events.
  55. Ah, couple symbols that I chose, whether crossing the crucifix,
  56. Alfa and Omega and the fish.
  57. And for art, I chose architecture, visual arts and music.
  58. Here we have the crossing, the crucifix symbolizing Jesus to
  59. sacrifice on the cross and how much he loves mankind.
  60. That he sacrificed his life for us, Alfa and Omega
  61. basically meaning the beginning to the end.
  62. Considering Alfa is the first letter of the Greek alphabet
  63. and omega being the last.
  64. And for the fish, the letters that make up fish
  65. in the Greek alphabet make up this secret word word
  66. puzzle that is the central Declaration of Christianity.
  67. For architecture.
  68. We usually see the stained glass windows in church, and
  69. they're basically way to depict biblical scenes for music.
  70. We usually see these in psalms, and they're away of
  71. worshiping during church and visual arts.
  72. These air, usually like paintings, also used to depict biblical
  73. scenes and yeah, I chose the last separate for this
  74. one. So place is very important in the primal Native
  75. American religion, and they're often localized where they practice these
  76. religious practices.
  77. The two examples that I picked were the Native American
  78. Sweat Lodge and the Sundance.
  79. So these performances are generally theatrical, and it's curious, believed
  80. to be miraculous.
  81. Um, so the Sweat Lodge is a small, round, close
  82. structure, and it's a temple to honor the elements.
  83. Earth, fire, water and air.
  84. And, yeah, provides power purification for all levels.
  85. Here's the herbs and the hot rock, and here is
  86. this team.
  87. Now there's a center pull in this Sundance, which symbolizes
  88. a connection to the divine.
  89. And these men are usually required to partake in a
  90. piercing, which are two incisions that are made on made
  91. on each side of their chests.
  92. And wooden pegs are inserted, Um, that are connected to
  93. the center pool, actually, and it's a form of self
  94. degrade degradation so that the spirits will respond to their
  95. sacrifice and give them strength to complete the Sundance.
  96. As you can see, this man is connected to the
  97. center pull with his two pegs in his chest.
  98. Um, in conclusion, the most significant thing that I took
  99. away from this course was expanding my knowledge on different
  100. religions and genuinely taking the time to educate myself about
  101. their rituals and their ways of life.
  102. Considering I have opened my mind and educated myself on
  103. their beliefs and their story behind many of these religions,
  104. I am able to perceive their ways of life and
  105. genuinely respect how they live.
  106. Thank you for tuning into my Ted talk.