Krishna
Krishna, revered as a glorious manifestation of the Supreme (Vishnu). He is often picture as drawing humans to the Divine by the power of love, symbolized by the lure of his flute. (Living Religions, 14th edit; p. 93) The textbook, The Humanities by Witt, Brown, Dunbar, Tirro and Witt, states that Krishna is the ninth and most recognizable incarnation of Vishnu. People of compare the relationship between Vishnu and Krishna to the Christian belief of God and Jesus.
In the eighteenth book of the Mahabharata, The Bhagavad-Gita (“Song of the Supreme Exalted One”), Krishna appears as the charioteer of Arjuna. (Living Religions, 14th edit; p. 93) In the Bhagavad-Gita, Arjuna is going to fight in a battle that places him in the position of fighting his own people. Arjuna then turns to Krishna for guidance. In the Bhagavad-Gita Krishna is a wise teacher, as well as Arjuna charioteer. In R. Zaehner translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna in response to Arjuna plight says:
“Never was there a time when I was not, nor you, nor yet these princes, nor will there ever be a time when we shall cease to be – all of us hereafter. Just as in this body the embodied [self] must pass through childhood, youth, and old age, so too [at death] will it assume another body: in this a thoughtful man is not perplexed. But contacts with the objects of sense give rise to heat and cold, pleasure and pain: they come and go, impermanent. Put up with them, Arjuna….”
Arjuna is told to withdraw his attention from the impetuous demands of senses, ignoring all feelings of attraction or aversion. This will give him a steady, peaceful mind. He is instructed to offer devotional service and to perform the prescribed Vedic sacrifices, but for the sake of discipline, duty, and example alone rather than reward.
Krishna says those who do everything for love of the Supreme transcend the notion of duty. Everything they do is offered to the Supreme. Thus they feel peace, freedom from earthly entanglements, and unassailable happiness. This yogic science of transcend the “lower self” by the “higher self” is so ancient that Krishna says it was originally given to the sun god and, through his agents, to humans.
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There are two types: internal and external. People who have an internal locus of control base their success on their own work and believe they control their life. People who have an external locus of control attribute their success or failure to outside influences that are beyond their control. If Jordan has a high degree of internal locus of control, he may say that the effort he puts into his work has gotten him to this point where he is being interviewed for the job. If he has an external locus of control, he may say that some sort of outside influence such as luck, got him to the position to which he is being interviewed for the job. Jordan also needs to be a fully functioning person. A fully functioning person has a flexible, constantly evolving self-concept. He is realistic, open to new experiences, and capable of changing in response to new experiences. He is also creative and spontaneous and is able to enjoy harmonious relationships with others. Therefore, Jordan needs to show the interviewer that his sense of self is consistent and that he is able to adapt to new experiences and easily gets along with others in the
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Reflecting on the Bhagavad Gita, the passages seem to be contradicting. Arjuna seems to have no idea what to do in the face of the enemy. In the 1st chapter he does not want to engage in fighting. The idea of killing brothers, fathers, uncles, etc., bothered Arjuna immensely. To quote, "These I do not want to kill even though they should kill me, O Madhusudana, not even for domination over these 3 words, how much less just for this earth!" (Passage 35)
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Buddhism’s approach to ethics and practices are centred upon the principal beliefs of; the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path and the Five Precepts. By adhering to these guidelines, Buddhists are ensured that they are taking a step closer to escaping Samsara, and attaining the revered state of Nirvana,
The beautiful idea of the true Self, or Atman, is raised in Chapter Two. The Self is never born and therefore never dies, allowing one to work through life for the benefit of the greater good and not personal gain. This is reinforced by the idea of Java, the soul, traveling through Samsara, rebirth. This is the reasoning Krishna gives to Arjuna in order to convince him to fight … for he will not actually be killing anyone. Though this seems to me like permission to murder his own relatives, I can appreciate the idea of rebirth. This ties into how one obtains a 'mystical union'; with Lord Vishnu, which is by acknowledging God within every living creature. Without having to worship formally (i.e. within a church or similar physical structure), one can observe God as being all around them. This coincides with what I have always personally believed about religion; that it is not necessary to designate a specific time and/or place to worship.
The purpose of dharma is not only to attain the union of the soul with the supreme reality. Rather, dharma is first among the four purusharthas (dharma, artha, kama, and moks̩a), goals of life that every being longs for. It also suggests a code of conduct that is intended to secure both worldly joys and supreme happiness to all beings. The Vaisesika thought affirms that dharma confers worldly joys to every being and leads all to supreme happiness. Kanada, the great Philosopher, defines dharma as “that from which results the prosperity in this world (abhyudayah) and final liberation (nihsreyasah)” (Vaisesika Sutra 1.1.2; Chattopadhyaya, 1992, 550). Furthermore, Indian thought suggests methods for the attainment of the highest ideal and eternal bliss here and now on earth and not simply as somewhere in heaven. Thus, the practice of dharma gives an experience of peace, delight, vigour and serenity within one's self and makes life disciplined as a this-worldly realization.
Throughout the play, Willy can be seen as a failure. When he looks back on all his past decisions, he can only blame himself for his failures as a father, provider, and as a salesman (Abbotson 43). Slowly, Willy unintentionally reveals to us his moral limitations that frustrates him which hold him back from achieving the good father figure and a successful business man, showing us a sense of failure (Moss 46). For instance, even though Willy wants so badly to be successful, he wants to bring back the love and respect that he has lost from his family, showing us that in the process of wanting to be successful he failed to keep his family in mind (Centola On-line). This can be shown when Willy is talking to Ben and he says, “He’ll call you a coward…and a damned fool” (Miller 100-101). Willy responds in a frightful manner because he doesn’t want his family, es...
The Bhagavad-Gita, a portion of the great epic the Mahabharata, is the “most typical expression of Hinduism.” It is eighteen chapters long and was composed around the first century BCE. The sage Samjaya recites the story to the blind king Dhrtarastra, the father of the Kaurava princes. While presenting ideas of wisdom, duty, and liberation in the midst of the rivalry between the Kauravas, the Bhagavad-Gita epitomizes the teachings of Krishna. Focusing specifically on the moral struggle of the Pandava prince Arjuna, the Bhagavad-Gita’s major themes include yoga, karma, dharma, and moksa. Yoga, being discipline or the strict and “attentive cultivation of mental character and meaningful action” , is crucial to the text because it is dharma yoga, acting properly according to one’s dharma, and bhakti yoga, a disciplined life of devotion that allows one to achieve moksa, or liberation, one of the four aims of li...
The first comlication which occurs in Act I, is when the reader acknowledges that Willy put his whole life into his sons, Biff and Happy, and they turned their backs on him. Willy always believed that biff would be this great, successful businessman and it turned out that Biff is still searching to find himself, which disappoints Willy in the worst way. The conflicts between Willy and Biff are rooted very deep. It all started when Biff was younger and he had failed his math class. He traveled to Boston to visit Willy, who was on a business trip. He had told that he had let Willy down and comes to find out that Willy is with another woman. Biff leaves and never takes that math class over. Willy felt guilty about this and believes that deep inside that he is responsible for Biff's choices in life and his failure to be successful. This conflict makes Willy weak and tremendously guilty, which stays with him as a reminder.
Samsara, the continual death and rebirth cycle, is the beginning of Krishna’s second point. “If you think of its birth and death as ever-recurring…you have no cause to grieve” (Miller, 35). There is no cause for Arjuna to worry because in killing the enemy, they will be reincarnated and he will maintain good karma. Arjuna needs to worry about his own duty and karma rather than worry about his enemy’s fate. In order to achieve this, Arjuna will have set aside his cares of the world and focus on what lies ahead. He must listen to Krishna if he will prevail in this life and ultimately in the goal of moksha. Focusing on Krishna’s point, Arjuna begins to realize that he must face his enemies and prepare himself. He has nothing to fear, the embodiment of Brahman is at his side, and nothing he does to the enemy will harm their souls. Therefore there can be no damage unless he does not fulfill his own
While in school, Mom didn’t have it to easy. Not only did she raise a daughter and take care of a husband, she had to deal with numerous setbacks. These included such things as my father suffering a heart attack and going on to have a triple by-pass, she herself went through an emergency surgery, which sat her a semester behind, and her father also suffered a heart attack. Mom not only dealt with these setbacks but she had the everyday task of things like cooking dinner, cleaning the house and raising a family. I don’t know how she managed it all, but somehow she did.
"He no longer saw the face of his friend Siddhartha. Instead he saw other faces, many faces, a long series, a continuous stream of faces---hundreds, thousands, which all came and disappeared and yet all seemed to be there at the same time, which all continually changed and renewed themselves and which were yet all Siddhartha. ..... He saw all these forms and faces in a thousand relationships to each other, all helping each other, loving, hating and destroying each other and becoming newly born. Each one was mortal, a passionate, painful example of all that is transitory. Yet none of them died, they only changed, were always reborn, continually had a new face: only time stood between one face and another."