Krishna

narratives, that people engaged in sex that was not heterosexual in South Asia. With that being said, Pattanaik reiterates the reason for Krishna’s birth on earth was to rid the earth of greedy kings (Pattanaik 80). Before being born as his Avatar Krishna, “Vishnu was approached by the earth goddess in the form of a cow and begged him to save her: the ambitions of man was breaking her back and greed was making her udders sore” (Pattanaik 80). Pattanaik write that this is a rationalization made…

The Ramayana is one of the greatest myths in India that eventually spread all over South-east Asia. Bulbul Sharma is an artist and a writer who retold this story. What makes this story fascinating is that this story emphasizes about Dharma or duty that causes Rama, an avatar of Vishnu and son of Queen Kaushalya, to be in exile in order to defeat Ravana. Ravana is a demon who plans to silence the gods and dominate heaven. During Rama’s exile, he tries to deceive Rama through his uncle…

Sylvia Plath has written poetry that fully explores the profound depth of the human psyche. Through her use of confessional poetry and psychic landscape, her poetry delves into the multifaceted layers of the human condition. Plath herself came across as a very complicated and perplexing individual, and in her style of writing, she conveys the inner state of her mind. To read her poetry without the context of her mental state, few readers could comprehend the intensity and compelling suffering…

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…

The story of Naaman in the Bible is one that boils down to two basic traits: obedience and humility. The Bible concordance defines obedience being submissive to authority and following orders. Whereas humility being the state of being humble, not proud, not arrogant, having a spirit of submission or deference, and a lack of pride. These traits are something that Naaman had to learn the hard way. Obedience to God begins with humility. Naaman had to learn this lesson, and believe that God’s way…

Socrates’ Daimonion and Krishna both were very persuasive with their methods in guiding Arjuna and Socrates to the path of self-knowledge. Daimonion and Krishna I think were both considered voices, like a conscious. I would like to think of them as the angel and the devil that appear on one’s shoulders in cartoons telling one what to do and what not to do, and what is wrong or right. Though being similar both Socrates and Krishna also had many differences. Among these differences was that…

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…

Eastern, Asian and North African cultures based on underdeveloped theories and fabrications that are not accurately studied”. CITE. The argument that Ruth St. Deni’s Radha (1906) is an obscure Western interpretation of the Hindu Myth of Radha and Krishna is evident through St. Denis’ customized costume use, obliteration of the classical marriage plot, and use of feminist spatial…

Krishna dham is one of the posh and popular societies in city where Aarush lives with his mother and sister in block D. Krishna dham is quite big amongst one of its kind, including three small parks, two swimming pools and a small store with a cafeteria combined. Aarush is a twenty six years old entrepreneur who owns a watch store existing on the first floor of the Phoenix mall, one of the busier one. Aarush is now ready to go to the mall which is about half kilometres from his society and…

Ancient Stories in Popular Culture George Santayana once said that “those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” While Santayana’s quote usually accompanies a discussion about reckless wars and terrible genocides, it can also demonstrate that despite all of our technological and academic advancements, human nature stays the same. Which is why years, decades, even millennia will not change the effect that a great story has on humans. Epic tales of heroism are repeated and…