Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita is a Hindu gospel meant for the whole world. It is intended for the generality of mankind. The Gita is about The Pandavas, led by Arjuna and his brothers, who have come to take back the kingdom from Dhritarashtra, who intends to hand it over to his son Duryodhana, even though the crown rightfully belongs to Arjuna's brother Yudhishthira. Right before the war begins, Arjuna feels that a victory or the pleasures to be gained from it are not worth killing his own relatives and…

The Bhagavad-Gita by thousands of years and miles, yet his works bear remarkable similarities to The Gita’s teachings. Specifically, Borges’ short stories, “The Immortal” and “The Library of Babel,” reflect and parallel the teachings of the sacred Hindu text, The Bhagavad-Gita, namely, its assertion that desire creates suffering and inhibits the pursuit of knowledge, and its perspective that divinity and spirituality can be found through language. One of the core concepts of The Bhagavad-Gita…

was used is identified as the Caste system and its roots can be traced all the way back to early Hindu texts. One text that specifically shows signs of the system is The Bhagavad Gita. This ancient Hindu text is regarded by many as the Hindu bible and its extremely influential in the forms of modern day Hinduism. The Bhagavad Gita today, is seen by some as a hot topic of debate on whether or not it supports a religious basis for the Caste system. When closely examining the book, one will find…

Though a story of family conflict, The Bhagavad Gita presents a cosmic struggle between desire and duty. Arjuna, the central character, is justly tasked with a leading war against a branch of his family that has usurped the throne, but struggles with fulfilling his role because of his close ties to the perpetrators. The god Krishna, presenting himself as Arjuna’s charioteer, advises Arjuna. In the eleventh discourse, Krishna chooses to reveal his divine form to Arjuna, encompassing his roles as…

In many different religious texts, there are many similarities and difference; if you closely examine each of the texts. The same is true of both the Bhagavad Gita and The Raptures of St. Teresa. While examining these two texts, it is obvious that the experiences that were described were both religious and instructional. In the case of Teresa, she goes on and on about the vision that God grants her and how they have helped to shape her life. “These refer to all visions [of life].” The simple and…

‘maharaj’, ‘pandit’, etc. I have chosen Krishna and Dante to deal with this problem. Since the majority of the population in India follows the religion that is closely based on the Bhagavad Gita, I think Krishna not only has the right to say something, but also would be able to solve this problem. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna deals with a lot of themes. Of interest, however, are the themes that deal with the importance…

As is the case laid out in the Bhagavad Gita, discussed further in the second essay, the idea of a duty supplies an answer to almost every question, concern, and conflict that could arise during one’s life. With an internally supplied purpose there is room for conflicting viewpoints to plague…

The Bhagavad Gita and The Hebrew Bible A Comparison of Religious Literature The religious literature of Hinduism and Judaism differ everywhere from the original languages they were written in, too the basis of their fundamental views. While both share a monotheistic idea of god, Judaism sees god as strictly transcendent; where in Hinduism god is both transcendent and immanent. The Bhagavad Gita revolves around four main concepts, the first being Dharma. Social and religious rules, general…

Those who are in the mode of goodness are satisfied. They become part of the Krishna consciousness. They are not drove by anger or desire to do more they achieve a pureness neither of the other modes can. One quote in the Bhagavad Gita demonstrates this very well "One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in…

Having epiphanies alters a person’s course, becoming the reason or sole purpose for change. Notably, this can be highlighted in The Bhagavad Gita translated by Laurie Patton and Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Qur'an, Mi'raj, Poetic and Theological Writings translated and edited by Michael Sells. Patton depicts a dialogue, in which an envoy between two battling nations narrates the conversation between a warrior named Arjuna and his confidant called Krishna. Primarily, Arjuna does not like the…