When a person faces a difficult decision, one must rely on their worldview to overcome the obstacle. The Bhagavad-Gita is a great example of one’s worldview helps shape a person’s actions, Arjuna who is in between the middle of fighting this epic war finds himself stuck between being the warrior, he has trained all his life for or to care for his family no matter their differences. Arjuna with guidance from Krishna embarks on a journey of self-discovery separating between duty and morality.
After failing to peacefully regain the throne from Duryodhana, Arjuna and his brother have no other option than to go into an epic battle. Arjuna literally and figuratively finds himself in the middle of the battle, a battle that will give him and his brothers …show more content…
Overcome with grief Arjuna was ready to sacrifice what was rightfully his brother’s kingdom if it meant saving the lives of those dearest to him. Through Krishna’s teaching, Arjuna worldview started to shift until he could emotionally detach his emotional hold to the father, grandfathers, and teachers and to his warrior duty. Arjuna learned that life does not end after death, it just starts over with a new identity a new role. The shift of his worldview influenced his actions to …show more content…
“Arjuna becomes Everyman, asking the Lord himself, Sri Krishna, the perennial questions about life and death— asking not as a philosopher, but as the quintessential man of discerning the action.” (Michael 2017). Anyone who has ever seeked any kind of guidance can closely relate to Arjuna on that spiritual level. In a spiritual level a majority amount of people has turned to God when things are tough. Based on their faith and their belief system, someone who is highly devoted to God will first ask what God would want them to do before acting. One’s strong faith and devotion can shape a persons’ action and their outlook on life changing their worldview as well. “The Bhagavad Gita, through Arjuna, addresses the problem of the age: the problem of choice—of how to choose rightly, of how to discern meaningfully, of how to search for, to find, and to fulfil the will of God in the particular context” (Michael,
After failing to peacefully regain the throne from Duryodhana, Arjuna and his brother have no other option than to go into an epic battle. Arjuna literally and figuratively finds himself in the middle of the battle, a battle that will give him and his brothers …show more content…
Overcome with grief Arjuna was ready to sacrifice what was rightfully his brother’s kingdom if it meant saving the lives of those dearest to him. Through Krishna’s teaching, Arjuna worldview started to shift until he could emotionally detach his emotional hold to the father, grandfathers, and teachers and to his warrior duty. Arjuna learned that life does not end after death, it just starts over with a new identity a new role. The shift of his worldview influenced his actions to …show more content…
“Arjuna becomes Everyman, asking the Lord himself, Sri Krishna, the perennial questions about life and death— asking not as a philosopher, but as the quintessential man of discerning the action.” (Michael 2017). Anyone who has ever seeked any kind of guidance can closely relate to Arjuna on that spiritual level. In a spiritual level a majority amount of people has turned to God when things are tough. Based on their faith and their belief system, someone who is highly devoted to God will first ask what God would want them to do before acting. One’s strong faith and devotion can shape a persons’ action and their outlook on life changing their worldview as well. “The Bhagavad Gita, through Arjuna, addresses the problem of the age: the problem of choice—of how to choose rightly, of how to discern meaningfully, of how to search for, to find, and to fulfil the will of God in the particular context” (Michael,