“Bhagavad-Gita:The Song of God” has had a huge influence on Hindu thought, ethics, and practices shows the spiritual teachings of Hinduism, including very important ones such as karma, meditation through yoga. It is through these teachings that one can reach self-enlightenment and self-awareness. In “Bhagavad-Gita:The Song of God” it reveals that there is only one god, but appears is many forms, that god is the reason for emotional enjoyment, and suffering, in addition to everything physical on earth. Its teachings express the belief that in order to achieve salvation one must purify both the mind and body. Its teachings have many important values and some more important than others, and many teachings resembles that of Catholicism yet clashing
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In Hindu teachings possessions lead to greed, envy, and working for money was deemed as bad karma, where as in Christianity and Catholicism it is okay to own things, and work, but you need to give to charity and give money back into the church so that those who have less have a little more help. Another difference in the teachings of both religions is god. Christianity is a monotheism where there is only one god and Hinduism is a polytheism, in addition to the type of religion the god in Christianity the one god “he does not delight in destroying lives (Ezekiel 33:11). As shown in the conversation between Arjuna and Krishna there is little regard to other life, by ordering him to fight in the battle otherwise he will be reincarnated in a worst situation. This difference exists because as stated before, in Hinduism life is everlasting due to reincarnation, but in Christianity there is only one opportunity to reach salvation. Another difference between the two teachings is that the gods of the Hindus do not forgive sins and are not interested in saving their worshippers. If someone does anything wrong, the individual has to face the karma that results from their actions whether they are sorry or not. In Christianity and Catholics there is confession where we tell the priest our sins and after doing a certain number of prayers, we are forgiven for our sins and have a clean slate. With the exception of breaking one of the Ten Commandments that God gave
In Hindu teachings possessions lead to greed, envy, and working for money was deemed as bad karma, where as in Christianity and Catholicism it is okay to own things, and work, but you need to give to charity and give money back into the church so that those who have less have a little more help. Another difference in the teachings of both religions is god. Christianity is a monotheism where there is only one god and Hinduism is a polytheism, in addition to the type of religion the god in Christianity the one god “he does not delight in destroying lives (Ezekiel 33:11). As shown in the conversation between Arjuna and Krishna there is little regard to other life, by ordering him to fight in the battle otherwise he will be reincarnated in a worst situation. This difference exists because as stated before, in Hinduism life is everlasting due to reincarnation, but in Christianity there is only one opportunity to reach salvation. Another difference between the two teachings is that the gods of the Hindus do not forgive sins and are not interested in saving their worshippers. If someone does anything wrong, the individual has to face the karma that results from their actions whether they are sorry or not. In Christianity and Catholics there is confession where we tell the priest our sins and after doing a certain number of prayers, we are forgiven for our sins and have a clean slate. With the exception of breaking one of the Ten Commandments that God gave