Mahabharata

Submission and Action of Religious Heroines Written expressly to convey the main beliefs and principles of their respective religions, the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, and the Hebrew Bible are composed as epic histories and biographies of mythic figures, whose lives act as fables to teach these principles to the educated, uninitiated believers. In most cases, these fables are told through a heroic male character, blessed by God or a god, who fulfills a destiny defined by his relationship with…

Bhagavad-Gita as Guide India is one of the biggest countries in the world with a long history of great Indian civilization. It contains many important historical events, the rise and decline of empires, prolonged wars, establishment of their own religion, language, social structure, own philosophy and cultural values that were passed from generation to generation. There are several world known ancient Indian texts that contain all the wisdom and teachings of the Indian civilization that were…

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…

explains “Dharma is therefore based on the sustainable and just use of resources for fulfilling needs. Ecological balance and social justice are intrinsic to right livelihood, to dharma” (Shiva 375). Shiva implores the understanding of the destructive trend humans, specifically industrial corporations, are following and will keep following if changes aren’t made. Shiva is trying to have readers gain an understanding in the negative impact they are having on the earth, but she is also hoping to…

The Bhagavad Gita is a summary of the Upanishad, which in turn is a summary of the 4 Vedas. From the Bhagavad Gita we learn that our goal as a human being is to connect to god and merge with him once we die, because out of the 8.4 million species, we are the only ones that can reach him. Lord Krishna tells us that to reach him we need to perform do our duty for the greater good and dedicate our work to him. We also have to meditate and make sure all our actions are Satwic. Your actions should be…

India has a glorious history of drama from the ancient times. Drama begins its journey in India with the Sanskrit plays. Indian drama is characterized with the rituals, folks, cultural heritage etc. But the major concern of contemporary Indian drama is the representation of socio-political scenario, marginalization, gender discrimination, oppression, poverty and hunger. A general consensus seems to have emerged that though the social criticism, corruption, oppression, gender discrimination can…

The Manusmrti remains one of the finest embodiments of Classical Hindu law and of fundamental importance in any study on law in India. Buhler designates Manusmrti as 'Bhrigu's version of the Institutes of Sacred law proclaimed by Manu".14 Its opening verses describe how Manu, the descendent of the self¬ existent Brahmana was approached by the great sages to explain the sacred law. Buhler further explains that if the versions given by commentators like Govihdraja, Narayana and Raghavananda as…

As a critique of the Abhidharma theory of dharmas, Nagarjuna argues that all things are empty of svabhava—that is, an essential nature. Emptiness, he considers as the founder of Mahayana’s first school the Madhyamaka, is an essential quality of all things. This is to say that all dharmas are empty, and there is no ontological rock bottom to our existence. While it may seem nihilistic, the purpose of his argument is to guide individuals to liberation from conceptual constructions. As…

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…

The problem that I have chosen to tackle is the fraudulent manipulation of religion and religious values among the illiterate population in India by self acclaimed “god men (and women)” and other “godly” people. These words usually represent people who either have godly powers or can talk to God. They are often referred to as ‘baba’, ‘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…