Part I: Krishna’s Worldviews This paper will examine, in two parts, the worldviews of Krishna and Hinduism. The first part of the paper will examine four of the worldviews covered in class in relation to how they align with the beliefs of Krishna and Hinduism. The second part of the paper will examine a flaw in the logic of the worldviews and a way to remedy the flaw in the logic. Excerpts from the Bhagavad Gita as well as from the Upanishads will support analysis of the worldviews.
Condition
“The Self cannot be pierced or burned, made wet or dry. It is everlasting and infinite, standing on the motionless foundations of eternity. The Self is unmanifested, beyond all thought, beyond all change. Knowing this, you should not grieve” (Gita 2:24-25). The human condition is described as ignorance of identity in that humans do not understand their divine nature. An …show more content…
“Even as a mirror stained by dust shines brilliantly when it has been cleansed, so the embodied one, on seeing the nature of the Soul, becomes unitary, his end attained, from sorrow freed” (53). One such way to go about this is through the practice of yoga and the chanting of Om. Yoga encompasses meditation and the belief that all things are intertwined and the soul and the universe are one. In terms of Om it is said, “ The essence of all beings is the earth, the essence of the earth is water, the essence of water the plants, the essence of plants man, the essence of man speech, the essence of speech the Rig-Veda, the essence of Rig-Veda the Sama-Veda, the essence of the Sama-Veda the udgitha, Om. The udgitha is the best of all essences, the highest, deserving the highest place, the eighth” (Upanishad 1:1). This is saying that Om contains all meaning in the universe. To understand Om is to understand the universe, which is to reach enlightenment and to overcome
Condition
“The Self cannot be pierced or burned, made wet or dry. It is everlasting and infinite, standing on the motionless foundations of eternity. The Self is unmanifested, beyond all thought, beyond all change. Knowing this, you should not grieve” (Gita 2:24-25). The human condition is described as ignorance of identity in that humans do not understand their divine nature. An …show more content…
“Even as a mirror stained by dust shines brilliantly when it has been cleansed, so the embodied one, on seeing the nature of the Soul, becomes unitary, his end attained, from sorrow freed” (53). One such way to go about this is through the practice of yoga and the chanting of Om. Yoga encompasses meditation and the belief that all things are intertwined and the soul and the universe are one. In terms of Om it is said, “ The essence of all beings is the earth, the essence of the earth is water, the essence of water the plants, the essence of plants man, the essence of man speech, the essence of speech the Rig-Veda, the essence of Rig-Veda the Sama-Veda, the essence of the Sama-Veda the udgitha, Om. The udgitha is the best of all essences, the highest, deserving the highest place, the eighth” (Upanishad 1:1). This is saying that Om contains all meaning in the universe. To understand Om is to understand the universe, which is to reach enlightenment and to overcome