Gita Mehta

In the Hinduism Hit “The Bhagavad Gita”, Buddha Weighs Questions of The Truth Could killing but not being emotionally attached solve a conflict? In The Bhagavad Gita, Krishna encourages Arjuna to kill and not be attached. He says, “If you are killed, you win heaven; if you triumph, you enjoy the earth; therefore, Arjuna, stand up and resolved to fight the battle.” The path of my own teachings has three important instructions: moral precepts, no killing; mental concentration, breath-control meditation;

law. He became involved with the Vegetarian Society and was once asked to translate the Hindu Bhagavad Gita. This classic of Hindu literature awakened in Gandhi a sense of pride in the Indian scriptures. Around this time, he also studied the Bible and was struck by the teachings of Jesus Christ – especially the emphasis on humility and forgiveness. He remained committed to the Bible and Bhagavad Gita throughout his life, though he was critical of aspects of both religions. Gandhi in South Africa On

The Bhagvad Gita is an inherently complex account of spirituality and is said to contain the answers to life. All religions fundamentally aim to solve the existential crisis – which is the when an individual questions the basics of their life: meaning, purpose, value, etc. They feel insignificant in the larger scheme of things. The Gita is an episode of the great epic Mahabharata (6,25-42). It is a narration of the dialogue between Arjuna, just before a major battle and Lord Krishna. Arjuna is faced

Avatar: God on Earth is the “coming down” to earth of a god in Sanskrit theological terms. In many parts of the world, the idea of a god being born in human form was becoming established during the first century during the Common Era. Early on, there were stories about the “coming down” but there were a couple major differences in the stories. In the first story it is said that the “ancient gods came down to earth as gods, the avatar is a god in a truly human form – (17),” The gods are thought to

In the book Srimad Bhagavad Gita, he wrote that ‘among the weapons I am the thunder, among the cows I am Surabhi, among serpents I am Vasuki, and I am the god of love, progenitor.’. By stating these the author who has the voice of both Krishna and the Arjuna states that he has all these qualities that is he is both caring and disciplinary. Krishna who is not the only form of incarnation of the gods is seen to be explaining that he lives in each one of us. Therefore, by the statement that he can be

permissible, but Dharma is more noble than the both. Dharma is the feeling of duty in life. Duty is what we want to be infinite such as knowledge and happiness. Everyone's duty varies in different ways as in the story Bhagavad Gita. We will continue this discussion of Bhagavad Gita as we go along. Moksha is final and a major accomplishment. Moksha is the liberation from constraints of worldly existence. It refers to the freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth. This

depictions of Krishna in which one can perform puja to Krishna. Mantras are also performed several times daily. These mantras are usually very simple like, “Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.” Like other forms of Hinduism, ISKCON holds the Vedas and the Bhagavad Gita historically true, but does not follow traditional Indian ways. Devotees of Krishna believe that he lives in a paradisal world and with enough love and devotion for Krishna they can break free from the karmic cycle and enter into this paradise. ISKCON

The film The Legend of Bagger Vance, based on the novel of the same name by Steven Pressfield, is a movie that transports the philosophical Hindu text, the Bhagavad Gita, from a celebrated battlefield, approximately during the 4th century BCE, in India to a fictional southern golf course in Savannah, Georgia during the Great Depression. The predominant theme of dharma (or duty) is a major point that both these works focus on. The Legend of Bagger Vance is told from the point of view of Harvey Greaves

Hinduism. Krishna is commonly depicted in a female stature with blue skin while playing a flute. He is also commonly illustrated as a child eating butter. His presence in the Hindu religion often portrays the ideal of guidance. Especially in the Bhagavad Gita. Overall his presence is viewed as love, beauty, and

Introduction: Hans Seyle had coined the word stress as –“the response of the body to any change.”According to his theory, there are two types of stress – Eustress and Distress. Eustress is the good type of stress that gives happiness or motivates a person to do better whereas Distress causes negative responses in the body and can cause anger, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and lot of psychological disorders. Factors that cause stress are called stressors. During stressed condition, neurotransmitters