Essays on Bhagavad Gita

From just societies to strict social classes, however, many religious texts influenced in shaping how society was run. Throughout the realms of Ancient India, social hierarchy reminded the people of India of isolation and categorization existing. The caste system is a prime example of the...

The Bhagavad Gita is undoubtedly a war epic. Throughout the epic, Krishna is portrayed as a God giving counsel to Arjuna at the time of war appearing in human form as his charioteer. The question that arises now is: was the counsel provided by Krishna...

The Bhagavad Gita by no means glorifies violence. Instead it extols the virtues of non-violence, equanimity, contentment, penance, charity as arising from Lord Krishna himself. An in-depth study of Hindu epic literature, will find that the warfare depicted in the Ramayana and Mahabharata is strictly...

As per Bhagavad Gita soul cannot take birth and it does not die. It is an invisible powerful entity, found in each living creature be it humans or animals, and it is connected to the mind and body. The human body can be affected by...