The Trial And Death Of Socrates Analysis

1. In the document “The Trial and Death of Socrates,” Socrates was Plato’s teacher who Plato looked up to. Socrates is charged with not recognizing the gods of the state, talking and writing about new deities, and destroying the young people’s mind in Athens. Socrates is found guilty of these charges. The jury convicted Socrates and sentenced him to death. Socrates states, that no one, but the gods know what happens after death and he does not fear the unknown.
“The Buddha’s Fire Sermon,” I took from the readings, is that after a death the individual will either be reborn or will enter nirvana. To enter nirvana the individual must achieve enlightenment. In the document, Buddha talks about the fire which I perceive to be bad. For instance, Buddha states about the fire of old age, infatuation, death, grief. Which I feel are things people necessarily wish to not have. While giving his speech, the minds of many priests became free and delivered from their depravities; which then would mean that they have reach enlightenment and may then go into nirvana.
Death and life is considered as nothing. In the Bhagavad-Gita there is no such thing as bad or good. It is simply nothing. Arjuna is set to battle the kingdom per say to claim the kingdom. In doing so he ask Krishna, who is instructed to take him into battle, pretty much for his viewpoint

about the battle. Krishna states, that Arjuna is a warrior who must restore good into his kingdom and that his karma needs this. Krishna states, that death means attainment of heaven and that victory is the enjoyment satisfaction of completing the duty. Hinduism from what I understood is that every action will have a positive or negative reaction in the universe. The negative reaction would cause for individuals to be reborn; until the cycle of birth and death until karma is fulfilled.
2. “The Trail and Death of Socrates,” Socrates is very passionate about teaching is beliefs; that are very different from the states belief. Socrates fears nothing about death. I gathered from the readings is that Socrates was not afraid of death or the afterlife. He did not fear the unknown of death or the afterlife. I feel that Socrates would tell individuals to always ask questions and to stand tall on the beliefs of individuals.

“The Buddha’s Fire Sermon,” in this life it does influence the afterlife. If the individual overcomes the desires which is the root of evil or suffering he or she will continue to have a restless cycle of rebirth or recreation and will always suffer. Once the individual reaches no desire to the materialistic world and all its offerings is when the individual will fully be free. At the end of his speech thousands of priests became free of all things.

Bhagavad-Gita the individual must do what he or she is called to do. For example, Arjuna does not want to fight, but must fulfill this. If not his actions will cause him to have to do the same actions over until his debt is paid. In Hinduism, life is considered to have an action and reaction. To be reborn the individual does not want to continue to live out the bad debts, eventually one wants to have dharma which is to have life restore and have a balance of karma.

Option B
Life, Death, and Afterlife
“The Trail and Death of Socrates,” Socrates is a very passionate person who believes that a person can have an open mind.

Socrates spoke to the young people of Athens about the many other teachings that are present not just the ones that the state taught. In life he provoke thought, reason, and always question ever thing, even if the questions were hard to ask or answer. In his death Socrates did not fear. He did not fear death, because no one had ever come back from the dead to tell him if it was a bad or good experience. He did not fear the afterlife, because no one had ever told him about his or her experience in the

afterlife.
“The Buddha’s Fire Sermon,” life has too many desires that make being a happy person difficult to achieve. Buddha or the “awakened one” realized that to overcome suffering that the person must fully overcome any desire to truly be freed form anything. Whether that is a person, place, or thing. In death the person will continue to have rebirth if he or she does not overcome desire. If desire is still present, the afterlife will be reincarnation.
The Bhagavad-Gita, in life one must do the right thing that he or she is supposed to do. If not, the person will continue to be reborn and will never have rest. Arjuna, does not want to fight his family, but must so that he must restore balance and good in the world. In death, if he chose not to fight he would be reborn to repay all of his debts. In the afterlife the person wants to live beyond the physical world or the results, but wants to live in the larger cycle or karmic cycle.
I feel that “The Buddha’s Fire Sermon” and Bhagavad-Gita have more in common with how if the person does not fulfil a certain issue that rebirth will be in the persons fate. This is scary to me to think that a individual could keep relieving the persons past mistakes and that every action will have a action that takes place. Socrates is very different. He feared nothing and stood his ground. He believed and taught more than what was expected. All the documents are beautifully written and mean so much to people’s beliefs.