Battlefield of Soul A Rereading of Symbols in the Bhagavad Gita
The battlefield in the Bhagavad Gita is a perfect backdrop for the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage if he or she is to emerge from life victorious. The struggle with which the Bhagavad Gita is concerned is the search for meaning through yogic consciousness....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ATESEA
[2017]
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Asia journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-20 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
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Equanimity
B Krishna B Krishna (Hindu deity) B chariot B battlefield B ARJUNA (Hindu mythology) B Bhagavadgita B SOUL in Hinduism B Yoga B Arjuna B Bhagavad Gita |
| Summary: | The battlefield in the Bhagavad Gita is a perfect backdrop for the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage if he or she is to emerge from life victorious. The struggle with which the Bhagavad Gita is concerned is the search for meaning through yogic consciousness. Arjuna and Krishna are not merely characters in a literary masterpiece. Arjuna becomes Everyman, asking the Lord himself, Sri Krishna, the perennial questions about life and death— asking not as a philosopher, but as the quintessential man of discerning action. This article captures the symbolic dimension of the battlefield of soul in the Bhagavad Gita. |
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| ISSN: | 2815-1828 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Asia journal of theology
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