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    Will We Ever Be At Peace?

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    Will We Ever Be At Peace? (A discussion on self-discipline through the work of The Bhagavad Gita) Run here, do this, go there, do that. People are constantly on the move. From the time our alarm clock goes off in the morning to when we crawl into bed at night, we are always moving about and doing something. With so much going on in the lives of people, is there really any way for someone to find complete peace in the world? Conferring with some people, peace can be attained through several

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    The Bhagavad Gita looks at the purpose of life in their own unique way. Cycles of human life can be perceived on varying levels, dependent on your religion and beliefs. When considering the Hindu beliefs, their worldviews can be described as the actions you enforce here on earth, motivated by either desire or duty. When living in a world dominated by personal inclinations, it is easy to fall into the temptations of selfish desire. Krishna radiates his concerns of exactly this in the form of apprehension

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    According to the Bhagavad Gita, a truly wise person should seek to subdue his senses in order to achieve Brahman State. The Bhagavad Gita opens with a scene in which Arjuna, a warrior prince, is speaking to his chariot driver who is really the god Krishna. Arjuna is deeply troubled by the fact that he is fighting his relatives and wishes to abandon the fight. It is here that his dialogue with Krishna begins. Their conversation revolves around many issues and questions that Arjuna has, one of them

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    The Bhagavad Gita is an ancient Indian text that is very crucial to the historical background of the Hindu religion. Hinduism is the most prevalent religion in India and the Bhagavad Gita is an epic that those who follow the religion hold dear to their culture. The Bhagavad Gita is a section of a large Indian epic called “The Mahabharata,” which is essentially a long epic vital to the Indian culture. Much like most religious texts, the Bhagavad Gita is a story with multiple morals and symbolic situations

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    in any language, or any religion, or by any prophet in the world. “Be thou selfish”, “I”, but ‘Thou” that is the background of ethical codes.” - Swami Vivekananda Finance and Accounting is the only business function that accepts the responsibility to act I public interest. Hence the onus lies on the professionals to act in public interest and not restrict themselves to individual or the organisation.

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    Picture of the Indian Culture and Society : Malgudi Days R.K Narayan Chapter 1 "Malgudi Days" is a gathering of short stories composed by R.K.Narayan and likely the most renowned title connected with R.K.Narayan with the special case of "Swami and Friends." So what is so unique about R.K.Narayan 's exposition that earned him so much honors? That is only the catch. There is nothing unique and that is the place the claim to fame lies. The composition is disarmingly basic, the dialect is not adapted

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    I decided to visit a Hindu temple because the Hindu religion was the religion that I knew the least about and was interested in. This assignment gave me an opportunity to learn more about this religion and what their worship services and rituals were like. The temple that I went to was called BAPS Shri Swaminaryan Mandir and it was located in Lilburn. As soon as I walked in, I was amazed by the beautiful architectural design of this Temple. It seemed like it took a lot of hard work and dedication

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    The novel is divided into twelve chapters and imparts the story of a printer Nataraj who lives in Malgudi and squanders his time in the company of his two friends Sen, a poet and Sastri, a journalist. To give the sense of geographical legitimacy, Narayan setting the novel by portrayed realistically of mentioning some place like Kabir Street, New Extension and so on which leads the reader to picture the setting with precision and empowers of the place. The whole novel is pictured with an extremely

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    of Karma, spirit of oneness with all, the theme of transformation from materialism to spiritualism, the concept of non-violence are discussed in the novels discussed here, namely, Waiting for the Mahatma, The Vendor of Sweets, The English Teacher, Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Man Eater of Malgudi and A Tiger for Malgudi. Narayan probably never met the Mahatma and didn’t know him personally but he has superbly grasped and mastered the quintessence of Gandhian philosophy. In an interview

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    social reformer. He not only contributed to sustain the vedic health education in the form of yoga , but also in the form of successful entrepreneur and social reformer. The paper highlights the various lessons and traits which one should learn from Swami Ram Dev. When an Entrepreneur is going to start business, he should learn different start up lessons and trait required for a successful entrepreneur. This paper highlights the success story of Ramdev and extract numerous examples to find out the

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