A world view is a mental model of reality, a framework of ideas & attitudes about the world, ourselves, and life, a comprehensive system of beliefs with answers for a wide range of questions. Some worldview questions are about God: Can we know whether God exists? Does God exist? If so, what characteristics does God have, and what relationship with the universe? Have miracles occurred in the past, as claimed in the Bible, and do they occur now? Are natural events produced and guided by God? Was the universe self-creating, or did God create it? Was it totally self-assembling by natural process, or did God sometimes create in miraculous-appearing ways? Does God communicate with us (mentally and spiritually) in everyday life, and through written revelation, as in the Bible? What is God's role in history? Is there a purpose and meaning in history, for each of us individually and for all of us together, or is life just a long string of …show more content…
The Bhagavad-Gita is the eternal message of spiritual wisdom from ancient India. The word Gita means song and the word. Bhagavad means God, often the Bhagavad-Gita is called the Song of God. It has molded traditions and made great men for thousands of years. Spoken by Krishna to his disciple Arjuna at the battlefield of Kurushetra, Gita, answers major questions of our lives and existence. Krishna also called lila-avatar is one of those extra-ordinary personalities who life stories are enough to help us attain an enlightenment. Bhagvad Gita is the thought-process behind that extra-ordinary life that lived singing, dancing and remaining peaceful amidst a great battle. Lord Krishna Said, “Reshape yourself through the power of your will” Those who have conquered themselves live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame, To such people a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same, Because they are impartial, they rise to great
The biblical worldview is essentially the integration of fundamental biblical teachings to become a meaningful and unified response to the routine opportunities and challenges of modern life. An individual wholly inscribed into a biblical worldview projects a belief system that the core purpose of existence is to love and serve the Lord God alone. Essentially, a Christian worldview is formed in reference of the infallible living Word of God (Tackett, 2014). After a believer fully believes the living Word of God then allows it to form the basis of everything in their life. That implies, for instance, that when a believer chooses to pursue Romans 13 to respect people in authority then must take priority in voting and electing new leaders into power. A bible believing person should lead a life that portrays the biblical teachings and truths. As practical Christians our gut reaction should be limited to the biblical established truths (Wayne, 2014).
The foundation of a Christian worldview is the belief in a personal God, creator and ruler of the universe. The Christian worldview views the world through God’s word, providing the framework for humanity to live by giving meaning and purpose to life. It defines who Jesus is, human nature, and how salvation is achieved. In essence it is the basis of which Christians behave, interact, interpret life and comprehend reality. A Christian worldview imparts confidence, answers to life’s problems, and hope for the future. In this paper I will discuss the essentials of a Christian worldview and an analysis of the influences, benefits, and difficulties sustaining the Christian faith.
A worldview can be defined as a set of beliefs by which you live your life. This means that everything you say and do is defined by your worldview or set of beliefs. A biblical worldview is a God centered belief system, one where everything that you do is filtered through your belief in God and the Bible. MacCullough (2012) says, “These beliefs are the answers we hold to the basic questions
Hinduism is an ancient religion of India and the Bhagvat Gita mentioned above, is among its holy texts. Meditation is emphasized in Hinduism and the point of meditation is explained in a famous metaphor: the mind is a tree and in this tree there is a monkey and a bird. The monkey, called the slippery monkey, races about, chattering constantly. If one can silence the monkey then the bird sings. Whitman could be describing the concerns of the slippery monkey when he writes: "The latest news . . . . discoveries, inventions, societies . . . . authors old and new,/ My dinner, dress, associates, looks, business, compliments, dues/ . . . But they are not the Me myself" (lines 60-65). A description of the bird can be taken from the same passage: "Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am,/ Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary" (lines 66-67). Whitman requests of the bird, which he refers to as the soul: "Loafe with me on the grass . . . . loose the stop from your throat" (line 75). When the bird complies, Whitman writes that the bird "plunged . . . tongue to my barestript heart . . ./ Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and joy and knowledge that pass all the art and argument of the earth" (lines 80-82). By stilling the slippery monkey and hearing the song of the bird one gains enlightenment (this is similar to shedding the ego in order to attain enlightenment in Buddhism. Sidhartha, the founder of Buddhism, was a Hindu before he rejected its tenets). Part of Hindu enlightenment is the realization that all is Brahma and Brahma is all. Hinduism is polytheistic, but all its many gods are only aspects of the one God, Brahma.
What is a worldview? A worldview is an idea or thought that manifest in our brain but is originated from how we perceive and feel towards events that happen during our life. The opinions we express outwardly in action disseminates to others with whom we surround ourselves with, and vise versa. Collectively we take in worldviews and judge them to our own view, and settle on a conscious agreement to what we hold to be truth.
e. Tala - There's always a purpose to your life. You live for the same reason the way that some people die for some reasons. Where you are today is a combination of all your past actions, decisions, as well as those of the people around you and how they have affected
All people have a worldview that is based on personal beliefs forming their reality and what they feel is meaningful in life. I am a Christian of faith that has a biblical worldview, which is based on the word of God. The Book of Romans 1-8 provides the word of God and answers for how Christians can live a righteous life for our savior Jesus Christ.
More than a religion, Hinduism is a way of life and a philosophy that is most concerned with spirituality and enlightenment. The idealism of the Hindu religion comes from the Vedas, which are the Hindu religion's oldest scriptures and are considered to be a direct revelation of God. The Upanishads are writings that take their themes from the Vedas. The Upanishads, however, seem to be more along the lines of allegories that give a fleshy quality to the religion rather than a very dry and out of touch feel that can be found in other religious texts. Lastly, the Bhagavad-Gita is a collection of teachings that are based on the conversation between Arjuna, a soldier for one of two warring families, and Lord Krishna, who appears as Arjuna's charioteer. In these conversations the two discuss everything from the purpose of life to the basis of reality. Much like Christian proverbs, the teachings of Lord Krishna give advice and general good sense and...
The Bhagavad-Gita or “The Song of the Lord” is a book explaining an eternal message of spiritual wisdom from ancient India created from 400 BCE - 400 CE. Throughout this book, there is a God named Krishna (the original creator) that is speaking to a man named Arjuna about his dilemma of dharma about a battle he is about to fight in. There is a family duty that says to not kill family and a caste duty that says to fight for the position of king. Krishna gives Arjuna advice saying that Arjuna is not acting like a man and he has to fight. It’s all about the castes and where Arjuna is placed.
The Bhagavad-Gita teaches many things, and amongst these, morality and moral law are developed for the Hindu religion. What Krishna, the primary Hindu god, declares in this somewhat epic poem to be the "basis of good in this world" (stanza 3, pg. 620 of text) is for people to take action. Action, as he goes on to state, is within the very nature of our beings to do. Krishna even states that "without action you even fail to sustain your own body" (stanza 8, pg. 620 of text). Thus, Krishna feels that action is very important and key. To take this concept as a relation to ethics, Krishna tells Arjuna, the warrior he is talking to in this poem, that "Action imprisons the world unless it is done as sacrifice; freed from attachment, Arjuna, perform action as sacrifice!" (stanza 9, pg. 620 of text). Thus, Krishna is prescribing that, in order for an action to be considered good, the good that he already declared to be the basis of all good in the world, one must detach himself from the action being performed and perform the action sacrificially. The detachment aspect is incredibly important to Krishna, for he proclaims that in "performing action with detachment, one achieves supreme good" (stanza 19, pg 620 of text). By doing this, Krishna believes that the world is preserved, for other people will follow the warrior's actions and imitate them in their own lives. A leader, such as a warrior or king, "sets the standard for the world to follow" (stanza 21, pg. 621 of text), as Krishna says and thus must take whatever action is necessary for the world to not be destroyed, to set examples of goodness and right in his own actions. By separating himself from these actions, thus becoming detached, he can achieve this. Another main reason that Krishna feels detachment is necessary is this: "You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty." (Bhagavad-Gita 2.47). Thus, so long as one does not profit from his own actions, the action itself is good. And, this is Krishna's prescription for leading a life of morality and duty is the moral law to follow in order to achieve this.
The idea of individuality surrounds us in todays world, for society constantly encourages us to express our individuality or what makes us stand out. However, in the religion of Hinduism, many written works such as the Bhagavad-Gita, treat individualism differently. The Gita, a highly controversial text, captures a dialogue between Arjuna, a warrior, and his guide and charioteer, Lord Krishna. Throughout the conversation, Arjuna struggles to accept his duty as a warrior and fight against his fellow brethren. While the text appears to encourage violence and war, one must read it as a metaphor for many importing values of Hinduism.
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As a vital part of the Hindu scripture, Gita’s main ideas resemble the teachings of Hinduism. Hinduism is a set of rules/teachings relating to everyday life and dealing with
Creation is ordered and predictable. Things don't suddenly appear or disappear. Gravity doesn't suddenly turn off at unexpected times. A kilogram of iron doesn't become half a. kilogram one day and two kilograms the next. Everything works perfectly and in total harmony.
The Bhagavad Gita shows of a conversation between the great warrior Arjuna and Lord Krishna. This supposedly happened in the Mahabharata when Arjuna and his charioteer (Lord Krishna) were going for the final battle, but Arjuna was having trouble deciding whether to fight or not that steered Lord Krishna to convey the eternal message of spiritual wisdom. The Bhagavad Gita was originally written in Sanskrit, thus if translated, the word Gita means song and the word Bhagavad means God, often referring this text as the Song of God. Some of the things that can be learned from the Bhagavad Gita are the reason for creation, birth and death, the results of actions, the eternal soul, liberation and the purpose of human existence. The whole text existed