a scripture of the scriptures. It is a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna‚ narrated in the Bhishma-Parva of the Mahabharata. It comprises eighteen chapters of a total of 701 Sanskrit verses. On the battle-field of Kurukshetra‚ Lord Krishna talked with Arjuna‚ revealed the profound‚ sublime and soul-stirring spiritual truths and expounded to him the rare secrets of Yoga‚ Vedanta‚ Bhakti and Karma. All the teachings of Lord Krishna were subsequently recorded as the Bhagavad Gita by Sri Bhagavan
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Kabir and the Divine Thought Kabir is recognized as one of the most influential saint poets of India. He belongs to the first generation Hindi poets of India who composed couplets and songs in the vernacular for the masses. Born in Benares in the 15th century‚ he was profoundly influenced by the Muslims who dominated India from 11th century until the advent of British. In the 15th century‚ the Muslim influence was predominantly in the form of Sufism and various Persian Mystics through their poetry
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as he learns from Krishna what it means to be‚ and what path he should take. In this society an individual has a duty‚ his dharma which he must follow to keep society and the existence in order. Arjuna is does not want to fight his own relatives‚ and then Krishna becomes his counsel. Krishna tells Arjuna that he has no reason to grieve for his opponents‚ he tells Arjuna: “Just as the embodied self enters childhood‚ youth‚ and old age‚ so does it enter another body” (33). Krishna is a God telling
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Well I would first like to start off by saying that after I let go of my personal beliefs for a moment‚ and actually let myself be open to the ideas of the Bhagavad-Gita I rather enjoyed it and I feel like I actually can see how the “ways of life” (for loss of a better term) that are expressed in this make a lot of sense. I can actually sit and think about what kind of people today would possibly be categorized as Tamasic‚ Rajasic and Sattvic. I also can see some very similar concepts in the book
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has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.” In the Bhagavad Gita‚ we learn the lesson of finding our inner selves (“twin”) first before answering questions of others. According to the God Krishna‚ our desires are what cause our evil deeds‚ and in order for us to be free‚ we must control our desires. This can only be done through practice. Is peace what we all really want for ourselves in the end? First we must think of what peace is.
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Poonam (Amrita Rao) lost her parents‚ when she was very young. She was brought up by her uncle Krishna Kant (Alok Nath) and her aunt Rama (Seema Biswas). However‚ Rama is jealous of her and barely talks to her‚ since Poonam is more beautiful than her own daughter Rajni (Amrita Prakash)‚ who is lively and friendly. Bhagat-ji (Manoj Joshi)‚ a jeweller‚ and a friend of Krishna Kant‚ likes Poonam very much and decides to matchmake her with Prem (Shahid Kapoor)‚ Mr. Harish Chandra’s (Anupam Kher) son
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thought of communicating with her. One of the glaring facts that meets the reader’s eye is the restrain with which the married couple express their love so unlike the demonstrative love that is seen today both in real life and the media. Dialogues Krishna the central character of the novel is an English teacher at the same college he attended as an under graduate student. Krishna’s wife Susila is with her parents‚ some miles away as she had recently given
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generations by "adopting" young boys who are rejected by‚ or flee their family of origin. Many work as prostitutes for survival. The word hijra is Urdu‚ derived from the Arabic root hjr in its sense of "leaving one ’s tribe‚" and has been borrowed into Hindi. The Indian usage has traditionally been translated into English as "eunuch" or "hermaphrodite‚" where "the irregularity of the male genitalia is central to the definition." However‚ in general hijras are born with typically male physiology‚ only a
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Maadhavah Paandavash chaiva divyau shankhau pradadhmatuh // 1.14// 14. Then Maadhavah (Lord Krishna) and Paandava (Arjuna) who were seated in their chariot yoked with white horses with Lord Krishna as the charioteer blew their respective celestial conches. Paanchajanyam Hrisheekesho Devadattam Dhananjayah Paundram dadhmau mahaa-shankham bheema-karmaa Vrikodarah // 1.15// 15. While Hrisheekesha (Krishna) blew His Paanchajanya‚ Dhananjayah (Arjuna) blew his conch Devadatta and Vrikodarah (Bheema-The
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Deontology and Bhagavad-Gita Chantel L Green Eastern Gateway Deontology and Bhagavad-Gita Most people reading the Bhagavad-Gita (the Gita) come across the concept of duty as prescribed by Lord Krishna and note the similarity of the same to the concept of duty as prescribed by Immanuel Kant. In fact‚ the surprising point is that both the concepts are quite similar when one reads it cursorily and yet they are distinctly different when one conducts a deeper
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