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The Song: A Treatise on the Bhagavad Gita

The Song: A Treatise on the Bhagavad Gita

Dave, Adam

Paperback

Religion General

ISBN13: 9798357931931
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 13 2022
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.16 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

The Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and his charioteer, Lord Krishna. The setting is India in 3067 BCE, at the start of a war between two opposing factions vying for the throne. Arjuna, who has loved ones on both sides of the battlefield, is filled with despair about the violence and death that the war will inevitably cause. The warrior prince sees no point in what he takes to be a lose-lose situation. Even if his side emerges victorious - as it eventually would - how can he rejoice in triumph if it comes at the cost of so many lives? And yet Arjuna is a warrior; how can he refuse to fight! So he asks his friend for advice. Krishna's answer is given in eighteen discourses. The charioteer tells Arjuna that as a warrior he must fulfill his duty, even if that means to kill and maim. And that he shouldn't be disturbed by the bloodshed. It is only the body that dies, Krishna tells him. The spirit is deathless. Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these men; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. Therefore, Arjuna must fulfill his role without attachment to the outcome. That is, he is to do his best and leave the results - the fruits of his actions, whether sweet or bitter - to God.

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