Sunday, March 16th, 2014...12:12 pm
The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita is divine wisdom that is used by mankind at all times. In order to help human beings face and solve the ever present problems of birth, death, pain, suffering, love, hate, etc. The book allows a human being to be free from all limiting factors and reach the state of perfect inner balance. “Jnana (knowledge), Bhakti (devotion), and Karma (action).” The Gita inspires action with awareness or selfless action, which doesn’t please anyone’s ego but is for service and not for power. When you find the intersection between selfishness and action that directs a soul towards nirvana. In the Gita we see three Gunas get mentioned which are: raja, saatva, and tamas. The Gita keeps reminding us throughout that we should always try to be in our Saatva state, but what about our other emotions? And are human beings the only ones that have these 3 Gunas? According to Durai, R.: almost everything in creation has the 3 Gunas.
Durai, R. (2012, Dec). Three gunas. India Currents, 25, 52. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/955174889?accountid=8500
Discussion Question: Do you believe that the Gita is trying to get us to repress our emotions? Why or why not?
1 Comment
March 17th, 2014 at 7:33 am
No The Bhagavad Gita isn’t trying to get us repress our emotions. But I think it’s more along the lines that the Gita is trying to embrace our emotions and be who we really are. Esentially it wants us to get in touch with our body and mind and be at peace with ourselves and the world around us.