Comparison Of Bhagavad Gita And The Upanishad

Subsequently, Both the story Bhagavad Gita and The Upanishad do a explaining a showing the way that lead to Brahman and also explains the consequences that follows when one let the ego self take the better of one. The world of Dharma and Karma constitute one of the basic essence of Hinduism. Dharma is the essential order of things. It helps one after finding the Self harmonize with the cosmos and the pillar that makes up a good life such righteousness, justice, love and more. Into the world of Dharma every desire of the world to one is fulfilled, thus one talked about the tejas which is a splendor of personality that shows itself in love compassion, creative action and so forth(The Upanishad, 35). One needs to keep his Dharma up by being self-present.
In the beautiful story of Krishna and Sanjaya, Krishna said, “Those who follows this path”, talking about spiritual awareness, “ resolving deep within themselves to seek me alone, attain singleness of purpose” (The Gita, 93). The state of Dharma is the state of self-realization, the essence and vertue of things. The Gita preaches, “Use all of your power to free the senses from attachment and aversion alike” (The Gita, 97). Then, there is Karma. Karma in The Gita is understood as the consequence of an act whether good or bad. It explain that for every action there is a reaction, the law of cause and effect (The Gita, 33). It pushes human to live a life of simpleness and fairness, do good deeds, knowing that if one acts according to respect he/she will get that in return and vise versa. It is the true balance of life. It is also saying that although the spiritual and the physical are on different level there is some part of relationship where one can affect the other which in itself affect your karma. Karma put our destiny in our own
However, there are certain things that I cannot wrap my head around. The lila of Brahma. The lila of Brahma is the idea that Brahma in its plays create everything in the cosmos. Therefore life and everything is created because of Brahman’s will. He does not need any reason for things. However, can one believe that this part of projection of Brahman’s grandeur is flawed. Knowing one's will before it even exist and coming from his manifestation why did he allow one to even have thought to create something that is negative. How is something that is so holy can be constituted of unholiness. The world where we live in have poverty, anger, people taking advantage of others who are weaker. Did Brahman in its conception of the cosmos has not thought about it? Does his mercy have certain limits and does it discriminate? If one is looking at the lifestyle and respect of the outcast and the in the lowest caste in India, it is almost inexistent. Many are barred from going to the temple, selling produce in local market and more… (Aslan, Believer). Is that the true way of Brahman? Most people living in the cast system inherit it from his family, meaning that one socioeconomic situation can be the basics from whether you belongs to the Divine one. Should not the aspect be on the hearts the deeds? In the same line of professor Kevin words, “if Brahman would come on earth, he would say, ‘all I know is that I am not an hindu’ ”