Bhagvad Gita Reflection Paper Ariston Carter Prof. John Dalrymple World Religions 205 July 12‚ 2011 While perusing through the Bhagvad Gita‚ one of the most important books in the Mahaabbharata‚ certain elements must be analyzed and recognized as critical to understanding the complex religious and social system that is Hinduism. These elements include karma‚ reincarnation‚ yoga‚ and dharma. Beginning with karma‚ we must first identify what it is before we relate it to Hinduism. Karma is the
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CONTROVERSY OVER THE BHAGVAD GITA A great controversy has been going on throughout the nation over the ban of the great Hindu scripture The Bhagvad Gita in Russia. Not only the Hindus‚ but most of the people who consider the Gita as a great piece of literature also are surprised at the wave of protest showed in Russia calling it a literature that spreads social discord. It is already known to all that in a Siberian court‚ some state prosecutors have petitioned that the Gita is an extremist
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Relevance of The Bhagavad Gita in Today’s World The Bhagavad Gita is an ancient Indian spiritual text. The background of this text is a battlefield and the battle is between two royal families who are also relatives. The two main characters of this text are Krishna‚ the incarnate God‚ and Arjuna‚ the greatest archer of his time. Arjuna is a highly ethical and moral man who upholds high values. His relatives‚ who are his opponents in the battlefield‚ are corrupt and pure evil. They have taken away
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Confessions vs. Gita When ancient people look to understand religion‚ it is easier for them to relate to a higher power‚ also known as a god. Throughout the world and through time‚ there have been hundreds of different religions that have been established‚ and in the writings by people of these various groups there are often stories about conversation with the gods. This helps other people in understanding and conforming to the same beliefs. Two of such examples of this style of analyzing what
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Bhagavad-Gita By Balakrishnan Muniapan School of Business Curtin University of Technology Sarawak‚ MALAYSIA. Abstract Managerial effectiveness is predominately culture specific (Sharma‚ 2001). This means each country and community need to develop their own system of developing managerial effectiveness. Recognizing the important of culture in management practice‚ this paper attempts to explore managerial effectiveness from the perspectives of the Bhagavad-Gita. The Bhagavad-Gita is an
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Historical Context: Bhagavad Gita is an ancient Indian text that is part of Hindu tradition. Therefore‚ the text portrays the main character Arjuna‚ when he is about to leave to go into battle against the Kauravas. The Gita dates back from 1000 and 700 B.C.E‚ and was written in sanskrit‚ but is now translated into most common languages. The Gita‚ is the conversation prior to the battle. In the text ‚ Arjuna‚ the son of Krishna‚ was having a conversation on why Arjuna should fight in the battle
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and the Bhagavad Gita are two literary works that act as manuals for the reader to understand the belief systems Catholicism/Judaism and Hinduism respectively. The Torah‚ or Old Testament‚ is the first part of the Bible. It is a collection of books about the history and religion the Israeli people. When singled out they model religious and ethical conduct while together they show God and his attempt to relate to humankind through a specific group of people. The Bhagavad Gita is the story of a
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Examining the Bhagavad-Gita Before examining the Bhagavad-Gita I believe it is necessary to have a general understand of the fundamental teaching of Hinduism. I have some knowledge of Hinduism from friends‚ but really have no understanding of what it really means to be Hindu. The comment that a Hindu friend of mind made to me once about Hindu is that it is not really as much of a religion as much it is a way of life and respect for it. I know that Hindi worship many different gods and revere some
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ethical text of ancient India. As an episode in India’s great epic‚ the Mahabharata‚ The Bhagavad Gita now ranks as one of the three principal texts that define and capture the essence of Hinduism; the other two being the Upanishads and the Brahma Sutras. Though this work contains much theology‚ its kernel is ethical and its teaching is set in the context of an ethical problem. The teaching of The Bhagavad Gita is summed up in the maxim "your business is with the deed and not with the result." When Arjuna
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“Those who take shelter in me‚ though they be of lower birth — women‚ vaiśyas [merchants] and śūdras [workers] — can attain the supreme destination.” The Bhagavad Gita told many story about the Hindu history‚ what was most enlightening to me was the tradition of the women‚ and how they were viewed. The women were viewed as many other early societies dated back as far as Mesopotamian time and even as now. The women were looked at as lower breeds of human‚ more so like slaves. The women of the Hindu
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