Arjuna

Child labour The first incident we could find in the novel was about ‘Duggodu’ who belonged to Mala caste to work as ‘paleru’ in the house of Kotaiah. He was as small as Kotaiah’s son Venkayya. His son left for playing with his friends of his age and at the same time he was sent to school for education and but this poor boy has to do the house hold work and later he had to go for animal gazing which was one of the interesting work for him. This was a violation of human rights in those days…

various paths to gain self - knowledge on inner peace. It is a complete guide to medical life and provides “All that is needed to raise the consciousness of man to the highest possible level”. Lord Krishna (embodiment of wisdom) preached The Gita to Arjuna (embodiment of skill) to motivate him to perform his duty when he faced an ethical dilemma whether not to kill his relatives and friends in the battlefield of kurukshetra. The greatness of Bhagavad Gita lies in the fact, that it has the…

Each religion comes with its own set of rules shaped by the founder and the time it was created. Muhammad was set to be the last prophet that came from God, he created the religion Islam. However, the Hadith did not come until many years later after his death. The Hadith were messages that Muhammad had supposedly said and were used as rules to help shape the way that his followers were supposed to live. Not as powerful as the Koran the Hadith still is important to those practicing Islam. The…

Much of the world can be seen through the lenses of dualities. Phenomena such as dark and light, life and death, and day and night are important to understanding the world. Both parts exist in the same whole, and both are important for sustaining the world we live in. In the sacred Hindu text The Bhagavad-Gita, dualities are put on a unique pedestal, where they are both praised for being how the cosmos function and criticized for their tendency to lead to worldly obsession. A reflection of both…

inevitable Lord Krishna as per the wishes of Arjuna became his charioteer and as requested by Duryodhana He gave His entire army to Duryodhana for the battle at Kurukshetra. It is at the battle field at Kurukshetra the great Divine Song namely Bhagavad Geetha emerged from Him. After spending one hundred and twenty years on earth in human form Lord Krishna felt that it was time for him to leave the earth as his mission for which he took birth in this world in human form that is, to destroy the…

never-dying soul remains, and simply enters a new body. Besides mentioning about the eternality of the soul, the Bhagavad Gita text also emphasizes on the importance of recognizing and doing one’s own duty in the caste system. In the case of the text, Arjuna must do his duty, or dharma, as a warrior and fight in the battle— “Likewise consider thine own (caste-)duty (dharma), then too hast thou no cause to quail; For better than a fight prescribed by duty is nothing for a man of the princely…

The Bhagavadgita is a tale of duty in war and why it is necessary to perform one 's duty despite the cost. However this raises the question of whether the war in the Gita was justified. The god Krishna who performs the role of charioteer for Arjuna believes that the war is just and convinces him to fight. There is a theory known as the “just war theory” which details the legitimacy beginning a conflict and proper actions during the conflict. This theory consists of two major parts (Jus Ad Bellum…

pray too many gods at once with their pictures or small marble stone statues in front of me. Hindus holy book is known as the “Bhagavad Gita”. The Mahabharata is basically a holy war that Hindus fought for a very long time with the main character Arjuna. The Bhagavad Gita is what Hindus live by and follow all…

four Vedas, which contain hymns, scriptures, morals, and other rules that Hindus live by. The Sutras establish parts of the Upanishads and helped form the orthodox schools thought. The Bhagavad Gita is a Hindu scripture that tells the story of Prince Arjuna and his relationship with Krishna, a Hindu deity. Even though the schools generally believe that the ultimate goal is to reach moksa, each school interprets the Upanishads, Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita is different ways and has different…

The idea of karma in Western Civilization has grown to an exponential misunderstanding of the true meaning behind the word. We see karma in almost every TV/Movie program and all, give the wrong definition of the truth behind the word karma. Karma is the “sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.”(Wikipedia) Karma is not about helping an old man cross the street and then you being rewarded with the winning numbers to…