The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic well known for its 18TH book, the Bhagavad Gita. The Bhagavad Gita means the “Song of the Spirit” and contains dialogue between Sri Krishna and Prince Arjuna. In the book Arjuna is a leader of the Pandavas and is set to fight against the Kauravas to gain control […]
The human body is required to act. First, it is motivated by essential needs in order to live. After, action is motivated by feelings of desire or fear. The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War, translated by Barbara Stoler Miller, discusses this topic, how action is binding, and how it relates to knowledge and […]
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Get startedAs Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita faces his relatives in war and experiences strong apprehension, he is counseled by the Lord Krishna, who motivates him to set aside his own thoughts and live for the divine, “firmly established in faith” (Bhagavad). The story is meant to answer questions of Hindus who may have trouble setting aside […]
There are two great Hindu epics that originated in heroic accounts of early battles fought by the Aryan clans. The longer of the two, Mahabharata, tells of an intense and hostile feud between rivaling sides of a family, each aided by deities. The most famous portion of Mahabharata is The Bhagavad Gita which is what […]
To start this, soon to be an amazing, research paper, I would like to summarize the poem, “The Bhagavad Gita”. The Bhagavad Gita is a form of a dialogue between Arjuna, a heroic warrior, and Krishna, a God who pretends to be Arjuna’s charioteer. Their discourse takes place on the day of the battle, on […]
Bhagavad gita is a Hindu ancient text that became important over time. It is one of the many holy books of Hinduism. The author of the Bhagavad gita is unknown to this day. The Bhagavad gita is one of the small portions of another Hindu ancient text called Mahabharata which happened during the Vedic period […]
The Bhagavad Gita is a sacred text that teaches the world how to live without consequences. We live in a world where we attach ourselves, to this world, through our impulse of wanting more and more, thus, making us selfish. Due to all this, we remain chained to the cycle of birth and death, not […]
In refusing to fight, what is Arjuna calling into question When Arjuna refused to fight, he raised into question the virtue of his role in the society as a warrior and also the importance of maintaining social order. However, he is disheartened once he thinks about all the killing required to keep peace. He even […]
