Bhagavad Gita

Known as the Axial Age, the 6th century BC started the first day of 600BC and ended the last day of 501BC, representing a peak period in human history. If the media had existed, Sanskrit clay tablets would have read from UPI Babylon: Israelites Living in Captivity Return Home to Build Second Temple, Confucius and Laozi Teach New Ethical and Religious Ideas in China and on the home front: Mahavira Founds New Religion Jainism. The Buddha was born Prince Siddhartha Gautama in Nepal to the Sakyas…

Also, doing one’s Dharma is necessary for Moksha. One has to be dedicated to fulfill one’s duty or social role in the world. In order to attain liberation, one has to discipline the self and be committed in doing one’s own role. As the Bhagavad Gita 3:37 says, “The Blessed Lord said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material modes of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world.” The selfish desire, anger and…

After nomadic people found better success with the formation of farms, groups of clans formed together into towns which eventually grew into complex societies. The emergence of societies resulted in an excess of food which caused the population to quickly grow larger. Before the arrival of civilization, the heads of the family would make the decisions based on the best interests of the entire family itself. Now with large numbers of people living close together, decisions had to be made as a…

concept that our soul has a life after death. By our actions, we are either taken out of the cycle of rebirth or are thrown back in it. In Buddhism there is no after life. Hinduism believes in self and Buddhism believes in no self. Throughout the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that only a certain type of soul can reach moshka. In Buddhism, anyone can enter Nirvana, no matter how lowly they are. Buddhism has no gods and Hinduism has over 30 million. Even though there lies differences,…

should be social and get along with others. • We have a natural disposition for knowledge and truth. If we do not allow ourselves to pursue knowledge and wisdom and truth, we are not living up to our responsibility to ourselves.  Notes on The Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter 1: Of the Distress of Arjuna Page 1 • The first chapter lays out the historical context of a conflict between Arjuna’s army and another army with a list of names of those fighting on both sides of the battle. • Arjuna praises his…

the dharmic advisor of Arjuna while his armies joined Dhartarashtra. Krsna persuaded Arjuna to attack his family on the grounds that it was his dharmic duty to “rectify the cosmic balance.” The conversation between the two became known as the Bhagavad Gita or Song of the Lord (Rodrigues,…

The word ‘Moksha’ is derived from ‘moksh’ which can mean emancipation or liberation etc. Sometimes it might also refer to salvation but salvation may not do justice to the word since it has a kind of Christian connotation to it rather than a Hinduism one. But it is frequently used to translate the word moksh. So instead of it meaning only freedom from sin, it includes freedom from the human life itself. In soteriological terms, moksha means freedom from samsara, the cycle of birth and death.…

Introduction The teachings of Gita contain the cream of the Vedas and Upanishads. Therefore those read Gita carefully need not to read all Vedas and Upanishad. Gita is a universal scripture message of which is universally applicable anywhere, anytime and at any place. One should not forget basic knowledge given in Gita therefore he/she should recite it every day. It means one should always remain connected with this supreme reality. All religious teachings ask people to remain connected with…

major religions, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and the Islamic faith are the most alike and intertwine the most in their beliefs. The Indian religion, Hinduism, is a religion with one supreme being called Brahman. The sacred Hindu text called “The Bhagavad-Gita,” which translates into “The Song of the Blessed Lord,” tells a story about Arjuna, a warrior who may…

A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF ANIMAL METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN THE NOVEL “THE WHITE TIGER” BY ARAVIND ADIGA 1. Background of Study The use of animal terms in the human daily conversation has taken place rapidly nowadays which involving the speaker’s thought and emotion. These terms have sort of imagery which is usually delivered through speech acts and idioms. The most common device to use the animal imagery is that by comparing the animal to something unrelated that cannot be taken literally.…