Lord Krishna, seeing Arjuna as a coward, says "Look to your own duty; do not tremble before it; nothing is better for a warrior than a battle of sacred duty" (The Bhagavad-Gita pg.34). Therefore, man is to do what he is expected to do in life to achieve true happiness. Arjuna was expected to fight the battle, for Krishna told him not to worry, for in the end he would reach his happiness. The Bhagavad-Gita states man should do what he is expected to do. Man needs to follow the leaders of the past and do as they did and try to be better than they were. Fighting the battle was something Ajuna needed to carry out. It was that, that would make him reach the state of happiness. Aristotle believed man should take the good out of everything he does to find happiness, being whatever that may be, man can still find happiness. The Bhagavad-Gita states that man will reach happiness by doing what he is expected to do, not what he necessarily wants to do. Arjuna did not want to fight the battle, but fighting the battle is what would bring him happiness. .
By comparing Aristotle's views to the The Bhagavad-Gita it is evident that both views believe in the commitment to action. Aristotle's view of happiness requires action The Bhagavad-Gita states that action is required to fulfill one's duty in life. The use and the meaning of action in both cases are different. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics states "In anyone who has a function or an action to perform the goodness or excellence lies in that function" (Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics pg. 3). This states that in any action that needs to be performed the goodness lies within the action being performed. According to Aristotle finding goodness is in essence finding happiness. In The Bhagavad-Gita Lord Krishna says to Arjuna "Be intent on action, not on the fruits of action; avoid attraction to the fruits and attachment to inaction. Perform actions, firm in discipline, relinquishing attachment; be impartial to failure and success - this equanimity is called discipline" (The Bhagavad-Gita pg.
In your very considered opinion what really is the Bhagavad Gita? ... The Gita is krishna's answer. ... The Gita is a classic summary of the core beliefs of Hinduism. ... Others might question whether the Gita justifies war, but in my opinion the dramatic setting of the great battlefield in the Gita is in every individual. ... Any individual who reads the Bhagavad Gita will see its importance. ...
The Bhagavad Gita is a very unique scripture. ... And that handbook, in Hinduism, is the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible or the Koran of the Hindus. ... The only way we can receive the true fruits of reading the Gita is by being ready for a total change of our own life. ... If we do follow Gita as it is meant to follow, we will succeed. ... If studied with detail and faith, Bhagavad Gita puts us back on track of proper and meaningful existence. ...
The Bhagavad Gita as translated by Juan Mascaro is a poem based on ancient Sanskrit literature contained in eighteen chapters. ... The Bhagavad Gita has two main characters, Arjuna and Krishna. ... It is Krishna's job to lead his disciple, Arjuna to the ultimate conclusion of Gita. ... Throw off this ignoble discouragement, and arise like a fire that burns all before it" (Bhagavad Gita, 2). ... As previously stated, The Bhagavad Gita was incredibly discerning and for the most part entertaining at the same time. ...
Why Bhagvad Gita? ... Why Gita and nothing else would do? ... It is not possible for me to sing Gita again however dear you are to me.' ... Gita is like a lamp.If you want to cross a dark forest at night what do you need? ... I could go on giving reasons why Gita and nothing else will do.Gita is not the exclusive preserve of hindus as at no point does Gita mention that it is exclusively meant for hindus.At some point in history hindus must have claimed that Gita is the their holy book.I very much doubt if there were any hindus at the time of Gita.How and when Gita became the holy ...
Book III.1-13: city and citizen: definitions, good man vs. good citizen, classification of constitutions, conceptions of political justice Books III.14- IV: types of constitutions: kingship, aristocracy, democracy, oligarchy, constitutional government, tyranny; the best constitution (a) for most human beings, (b) relative to specified conditions ". . . we will perhaps grasp better what sort of political system is best. . ." ... At any rate, Aristotle had a very large empirical database for his theorizing about politics. 2. ... Thus, to cities of human beings, Aristotle would compare sc...
Aristotle was Plato's student. ... (Palmer, p.59) in the allegory of the cave: Sensible Realm vs. ... To exist to Aristotle was to be which is to be a particular thing. ... All things to Aristotle have a purpose. ... So, for Aristotle, there are no Forms. ...
The Bhagavad Gita is a very unique scripture. ... And that handbook, in Hinduism, is the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible or the Koran of the Hindus. ... The only way we can receive the true fruits of reading the Gita is by being ready for a total change of our own life. ... If we do follow Gita as it is meant to follow, we will succeed. ... If studied with detail and faith, Bhagavad Gita puts us back on track of proper and meaningful existence. ...
The Bhagavad-Gita- Gita is considered by eastern and western scholars alike to be among the greatest spiritual books the world has ever known. ... In terms of pure, spiritual knowledge the Bhagavad-Gita- Gita is incomparable. ... This is because proficiency in the Bhagavad-Gita- Gita reveals the eternal principles which are fundamental and essential for spiritual life from all perspectives and allows one to perfectly understand the esoteric truths hidden within all religious scriptures... The primary purpose of the Bhagavad-Gita- Gita is to illuminate for all of humanity the realization of the...
