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2022 Reading List 2022 has been pretty slow so the majority of what I've read has been from my Humanities class but after reading them they seemed pretty interesting. I have read a manga that has been pretty popular and amazing in terms of writing.   Hawley, Jack. The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners . New World Library, 2011. This is a translation of the Bhagavad Gita and in this book it explains the moral dilemma of  Arjuna and how he is unable to kill his family members in order to take his kingdom back. Arjuna's dilemma allows Krishna to teach Arjuna and enlighten him on Hinduism. This is then used to enlighten the readers about Hinduism and achieve true enlightenment and give everything to Krishna just like Arjuna.  Bresnan, Patrick. Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought . 6th ed., Routledge, 2022. This is a book that provides the reader with a thorough and valuable overview of the historical development of the major Eastern Religiou...

CEREMONIAL SUIT OF ARMOUR FOR SAMURAI , 1600-1868 Given to Magdalen College by Prince Chichibu (1902–53)  and is on long-term loan to the Ashmolean  Museum, Oxford,  England Hello everyone this is my blog on  The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. The artifact that I chose was a ceremonial suit of armor used for samurai.  I just finished eating dinner and saw this assignment was due the next day so I started to look at some museums to chooser an artifact from. The first museum I chose was the Ashmolean Museum. At first I was just trying to complete the assignment as fast as possible but as I started to look more into their online collection of Eastern historical artifacts. The amount of artifacts they had made me really interested in what this specific museum had to offer. They have Indian, Chinese, and Japanese artifacts. I briefly go over each section they had but the area that me the most intrigued was Japan. While India and China are beautiful pla...