greenhorn Posted May 12, 2005 Posted May 12, 2005 Originally posted by Pocky You change your religion, Green? I am trying to find peace, whichever thing gives me that shall become my religion. BTW if you remember few things of Gita pls post, I don't remember it and I know you are studying religion. Few verses where Krishna tells Arjuna to fight againt his own cousins.
Pocky Posted May 12, 2005 Posted May 12, 2005 Originally posted by greenhorn I am trying to find peace, whichever thing gives me that shall become my religion. BTW if you remember few things of Gita pls post, I don't remember it and I know you are studying religion. Few verses where Krishna tells Arjuna to fight againt his own cousins. You're sounding more Buddhist Where in the Gita are you referring? Are you talking about the talk Krishna has right before Arjuna goes into battle and he is conflicted when he realizes he is about to kill his own family? If so then: Krishna tells him that he has to follow the way of his dharma and that even to deny his dharma would cause strife and suffering. Either way he has no choice - dharma must supersede all. In the end the battle is necessary for what has been destined to occur. It is through the battle that success is gained and dharma is achieved for everyone. Throughout the entire Mahabharata everything is poised for the battle - every experience and every relationship and every existence is a catalyst for the battle. For Arjuna to deny his role in this battle he would deny the very existence of everything. If you're talking about another section, I'd need more information. We didn't read the Gita from front to back so I may have missed some sections. We only focused on the battle.
greenhorn Posted May 12, 2005 Posted May 12, 2005 I have always felt that Bhagwad Gita is the cusp of Buddhism and Hinduism, in particular the section where it is described to Eliminate or control your desire. Yeah this was the section I was referring, where Arjuna said how can he kill his own family and Krishna said that, there is nothing like love or sorrow in this world, there is nothing like brother or teacher or uncle. I mean the theory of detachment. And also the action thing as you told. Here is what I got in Google, "Man cannot escape from performing actions, howsoever he may live. Therefore man should not renounce actions. True renunciation means renunciation of the desire for the fruit of ones action, not the action itself." This is what you explained. Sometimes reading things like this gives lot of peace.
outdated Posted May 12, 2005 Posted May 12, 2005 Originally posted by NeverSayNever That's right- they've gone all religious on your ass!
Author Illusion24 Posted May 12, 2005 Author Posted May 12, 2005 That's right- they've gone all religious on your ass! Yeah man..wtf!!
greenhorn Posted May 12, 2005 Posted May 12, 2005 Originally posted by NeverSayNever Sorry for hijacking your thread NSN, should have started a new one, lazy me . Actually we were discussing the Karma theory.
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