Essays: Please answer the following and bring them prepared to the Midterm.

1. Taking any of the worldviews we have looked at up to this point- Hinduism, Buddhism and the Chinese religions, discuss ways in which the religious experience (experiential dimension) creates a unique perspective on the nature of reality.

2. Do you think a person must belong to an identifiable religious organization in order to be an authentic and successful spiritual seeker? In answering this please include a dialogue on the rites of passage, boundary questions and basic religious impulse ideas raised in the video and text.