Gita Mehta

the supreme knowledge about the God is to understand oneself. First six chapters of the Bahgvad Gita deal with the objective of understanding true nature of the self. “Demystifying the Bhagvad Gita (Vol-I): Understanding the self” is based on first six chapters of the Bhagvad Gita to help readers understand this ancient wisdom with modern knowledge. This book is a sequel of “Demystifying the Bhagvad Gita (Vol-I): Understanding the Self”. We saw in the last chapter of volume-I that Shri Krishna wanted

aspects of life but there is essentially only one main god in the religion in Hinduism (32). That one main god is Brahman (33). Brahman is behind all of the gods. One aspect of Brahman is Krishna. This essay will be focusing on Krishna. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna reveals himself to be

Many of these challenges stemmed from Prabhupada’s death in 1977, which “left a young ISKCON shaken”. Although the movement was growing rapidly, it still relied heavily on the charismatic authority of Prabhupada, and his death created deep uncertainties within the organization’s leadership. As the organization scrambled to fill the void in institutional power left by its founder, there was a significant “movement of Indians into local positions of power, which had a [stabilizing influence on] many

Moksha and Bhagavad Gita As we all know, the Bhagavad Gita is a narrative framework of dialogues between Lord Krishna and His disciple Warrior Arjuna. There are 18 chapters with 700 verses in it. This book has been revered by some senior executives like president Obama and is often gifted to top leaders of the world by us Indians. This reading has been compared with the best of management and “well being” books and we Indians pride ourselves as being the land of the Gita. Yours Truly has

Bhagavad Gita The author Stephen Mitchell reflects on a scripture titled “Bhagavad Gita”. This scripture is a new translation based on ancient Hinduism. Throughout the scripture, it explains the teachings that can be used in an everyday life situation. Its diverse audience can learn how to face different dilemmas, and how to live in this world with happiness and peacefulness by doings ones’ duties. It also helps the audience understand the true purpose of life. For those who go through the battles

In today’s busy modern world, most of the people are stressful and find it difficult to devote time towards their health and fitness. Every day we are acquainted with new diseases and ailments, there are also increasing cases of strokes. All these are happening because of the unhealthy way we are leading our life, may it be physical or mental health. There are three components, body, mind and soul which complete a human being. These components have corresponding three needs which are health, knowledge

I remember him handing me a thick copy of the Bhagavad Gita which I gingerly accepted. In looking around we encountered a young woman named Amy who was silently chanting to herself and later invited us to chant with her. Now, Iʼll admit to be very green at any of this. Prior to this experience my only real

Karma is a definition that can be portrayed as many different meanings, but in the end it is something that plays a significant role in everyone’s lives whether you believe it does or not. My personal definition that I always assumed Karma meant before this course was, a negative consequence that a particular person would pay for a negative action they preformed against some one else. So in other words I thought of it as “pay back” that a person receives. After reading Huston Smith’s view on Karma

I consider Jayar to be one of my friends even though I have never had the opportunity to meet him in person. We become friends through a gaming application and have been friends through there and on Facebook for almost two years. The reason why I chose Jayar for this project is due to the fact that I know his culture and family is very important and one of the main focuses of his life. I have been so envious seeing pictures and videos of his large family gatherings on Facebook. I have been very curious

living bodies in the material world are eventually subject to a thing of the past and have to again develop other bodies. This idea of one life coming after another, continuing an endless cycle of life; allows death to never exist. In the epic Bhagavad Gita by the scribe Veda Vyasa, the theme of reincarnation is portrayed by Lord Krishna, telling a young warrior named Arjuna, to not dwell on the physical nature of this world because it can all be born again. In the Hindu religion, karma exists, which