Mahabharata Essays

person's purpose and duties come about? The Bhagavad Gita provides Hindus with this. It is a summary of the concept of dharma, which is the concept of duty, law, ethics, morality, law and order. The Bhagavad Gita is the most sacred passage from the Mahabharata and is told in dialogue between Arjuna Pandava and Krishna, where Krishna is urging Arjuna to fulfill his dharma and not care about pleasure, pain, profit, loss, success, or failure. A quote that I thought was very important to everyday life was

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most well known pieces of text in the Hindu religion (Brodd, 95). It is a detailed poem about how a person can fulfill his or her religious duties otherwise known as completing one’s dharma. From reading this text, we are taught about the very basic ideals of the Hindu religion such as Brahman, Yoga, and Karma (cite). A passage on pages 185-187 of the Bhagavad Gita eloquently explains the concept of the atman and continuation of the atman in the cycle of death and

The details of the wedding ceremony suggest a lot of information about the communication style that is taking place throughout the ceremony. One type of information that is demonstrated throughout the ceremony is the idea of the Hindu religion being part of a high context culture. High context cultures are cultures that do not explicitly transmit message but instead meaning is implied by the environment (Lustig & Koester, 2013). The Hindu wedding ceremony is full of these indirect messages that

From a certain perspective the term loyalty is similar to Isaac Newton’s third law stating that for every action, there is an equal opposite reaction. For millennia, people have always perceived the importance of loyalty and the need to have it in one’s life. Loyalty could bring in support and love, but on the other hand, it could also prompt pain and sorrow. Many social institutions in modern society have always demonstrated the shining side of loyalty, without making people aware of the extreme

Many cultures have different beliefs and different stories of how the world was created but the Aztec creation story is an interesting story to read. According to the myth the Aztecs have a story in which deals with the elements and how they came to be. The Aztec Creation Myth contains the following archetypes: the ritual, The unhealable wound, the battle between good and evil, and the task. The Aztec myth starts with a dual god named Ometecuhtli/ Omecihuatl creating themselves then he/she has

Freya Stark’s being a woman does add to the interest and individuality of her narrative in ‘The Southern Gates of Arabia’ in several ways. In her book British traveler Freya Stark takes her readers through her journey in and around Arab world as she discovers new places she has not seen before. Stark notes her unforgettable adventure in her writing as she writes about the Hadhramaut Valley. Stark takes us through her journey as she discovers the Bedouins whom she fantasies about and is interested

After reading the Bhagavad Gita in its entirety, the book has a very spiritual feel to it, it seems to relate closely with Hinduism. The book seems to incorporate and encompassed many things human beings deal with here on Earth. It consists of eighteen different teachings. Throughout many of the chapters or teachings, a vast amount, seemed to closely relate to things or ideas or concepts in which we humans can relate to. I want to talk about a few quotes that I came across in the teachings, that

Suggesting that humans are in the middle state, Alexander Pope said “Human is imperfect being, “created half to rise, and half to fall … The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!” in his philosophical poem, An Essay on Man. Both Iliad and Beowulf offer insights into the human society that could apply to today’s world where humans still have to choose between safety and glory sometimes and where individuals’ weakness or emotions can result in conflicts or war that can affect a large number of people

This passage from “A white Heron”, by Sarah Orne Jewett, details a short yet epic journey of a young girl, and it is done in an entertaining way. Jewett immediately familiarizes us with our protagonist, Sylvia, in the first paragraph, and our antagonist: the tree. However, this is a bit more creative, as the tree stands not only as an opponent, but as a surmountable object that can strengthen and inspire Sylvia as she climbs it. This “old pine” is described as massive, to the point where it, “towered

Migration, with the shifting of cultural borders that it engenders, is a defining feature of the contemporary world. It has therefore appropriately become, in the words of Edward Said “a potent, even enriching, motif of modern culture” as the exile, conscious that homes are ephemeral, “cross borders, break barriers of thought and experience” (qtd. in Chambers 2). Salman Rushdie is also certain that migrancy is a dominant trope of our time. According to him, migrants are new categories of individuals:

Women in Mahabharata and Today’s Society Literature reflects the norms, condition, and culture of a society, and when it comes to “The Mahabharata”, an epic which is said to be a collection of stories taken over a certain period, certainly reflects the then society to a great extent. Generally, the authorship of “The Mahabharata (The Stories of the Descendants of Bharata)” is attributed to sage Vyasa. However, it was composed over many years and today’s Mahabharata is an edition of many a men. According

the core beliefs and practices of Hinduism. Hinduism believes in one should do the right thing regardless, of what one believes is the right thing, because doing the right action shows that one belongs to a certain group. The Gita theme in the Mahabharata—Dharma believers who and what we are determined how we should act. The Gita is concerned with the principles of right or wrong and the good and bad, but not knowing what to do in difficult situations. The story is about Arjuna, one of five sons

The Two Great Indian Epics The Indian mythology consists of two great ancient epics The Mahabharata and The Ramayana. The Mahabharata was authored by Veda Vyasa known so as he had also compiled the four Vedas. Ramayana was authored by Valmiki. Both epics revolve around the concept of dharma and in both epics the protagonist is an avatar of Vishnu. Bhagavad Gita: What Krishna told Arjuna Bhagavad Gita is one of the most important texts in Hinduism as in it, god speaks directly to man. Bhagavad

Reference of Sanskrit name Rakshit is found in Riga Veda and Sushrut with meanings 'guarded, protected, saved, preserved and maintained'. *Shantanu The name means 'wholesome' in Sanskrit. Reference of the name is found in the Hindu epic the 'Mahabharata', where the name is given to the king of Hastinapura. The name belongs to Kumbha rashi and Hastha nakshatra. *Viraja The name is of Sanskrit origin meaning 'ruling, sovereign'. In Hindu belief, the name is considered to be an offspring of

Categorical Imperative and Duties Kant divides duties into two groups- duties towards others and duties towards self. They are further subdivided into strict and meritorious duties. Lets consider these duties one by one in light of Categorical Imperative. Strict Duties to others : Consider a person is in need of money. He has no other option left except to borrow it from someone else. He ultimately borrows the money and promises to pay it back. Now, the question arises, should he keep his promise

counterparts took dig on him claiming that his Statement is baseless and groundless. His sensational Statements lead to social media outcry. Kamal Hassan’s derogatory statement on Mahabharata- Kamal Hassan who is considered as the favorite child of Controversy due to his outspoken nature made a remark On Mahabharata claiming that India is a country which Honors the book like

the ultimate goal. The Bhagavad Gita is a sacred song in the Mahabharata that is a dialogue on the ethics of war and dates between 200 B.C.E. - 200 C.E. The central problem in the Gita is the dharma, a sanskrit term that translates to the duty, law, justice, truth, order, righteousness, virtue, ethics, and even religion. The three yoga techniques that move one closer to Mocka are Karma yoga, Jnana yoga, and Bhakti yoga. In the Mahabharata Krishna lays out for the first time the differents paths to

Apsara: The exciting dance of Khmer population Apsara dance is one of the most fascinating cultural heritage of Cambodia. With a long tradition in Khmer society, the dance claims itself from the playful Hindu deities mentioned by the Sanskrit sacred texts. Apsara: heavenly or mundane When they sing from their divine instruments, the Apsara girls enter in a merrily dance. Through various Aryan heavens (Arya in Sanskrit means "noble man"), these little fairies delight the gods with their music and

the colonised culture. Hence, when Vijay Mishra comments that ‘we may indeed claim that all Indian literary, filmic and theatrical texts endlessly rewrite The Mahabharata’ (1991:195), he is using ‘rewriting’ less as a marker of counter-discourse than of intertextuality: all other narratives in India have as context and influence The Mahabharata but the master text itself is not particularly targeted for strategic reform. A specific example of this kind of rewriting occurs in Stella Kon’s The Bridge

There are roughly 4,200 religions in the world. A religion is sometimes used to adjust someone's faith or beliefs, and overall their life. Some of the ways as to how religion affects the lives of its followers are socially and politcally. Socially, it affects how people treat others, how people act toward themselves and how people live. Politically, it affects leadership, law and the wealthiness of the government. Religion affects the lives of its followers socially. Religion impacts the way people