Lord Krishna In The Bhagavad Gita
Throughout India, there are many religions and ideas that people follow. Mainly, Hinduism is the religion that is most practiced. The three Lords that are the highest forms are Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma. However, there are many avatars of Vishnu. The one that is the most beloved avatar out of all of them is Lord Krishna. He is the eighth incarnation of Vishnu and is adored by his devotees through his stories. He is known as the delightful, full of pranks, and playful Hindu God, which gives appeal to much of the attraction and devotion around him. “We meet the infant child who has been the delight of Hindu devotion for centuries. We see a mischievous toddler who loves butter and steals it from the houses of the cowherd girls.” (Oxtoby 41).
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For embracing wisdom needed for reaching the spiritual path, one needs understanding of the Bhagavad Gita in totality. It contains everything worth knowable on the path of spirituality and the path that takes one directly to the portals of God Almighty. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna preaches about the path to enlightenment from the practicing of selfless action. How Krishna presents this is by saying, “Be intent in action…not on the fruits of action.” (Reichenbach 399). He explains this by talking about Dharma, in which he explains how it is “a person’s innate nature which belongs to him or her as an individual or as a member of a group.” (Dharma lecture). In the Bhagavad Purana, it talks about who Krishna fought, what he did in his adolescence to when he had to go to Dhwarka, where the Mahabharata took place, which then starts the Bhagavad Gita teachings. These make his followers learn and realize that Krishna is a much more personable God, by the experiences he had, what he learned from them, and the day to day trials and tribulations he had to face before reaching …show more content…
She was fixated on following her Dharma, in terms of being a wife, carrying out household needs, but never truly had an attachment to any of those responsibilities and never really wanting anything in return. This shows how she was following the teachings of Krishna, in terms of Karma Yoga. With Krishna’s teaching of the path to self-realization, Mirabai did have to deal with her own inner turmoil, which had to do with her parents disapproving her intense devotion to Krishna. They wanted her to care more about her duties in the realm of her being a wed princess and less to serve Krishna. She then showcases the point of self-realization by understanding that her only goal in life, was to receive liberation and not necessarily care about the materialistic or societal needs set before her. She wanted to be free and able to practice devotion whenever she pleased and banish her inner turmoil to do this. This concept is one that truly brings to light, that our desires are much more irrelevant to what lies ahead. It makes this idea of anyone being able to “Attain Krishna, whether a low caste person, a woman, or a Brahmin,” (Bhakti Lecture) greater, because all that matters is devotion and not one’s social status.
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For embracing wisdom needed for reaching the spiritual path, one needs understanding of the Bhagavad Gita in totality. It contains everything worth knowable on the path of spirituality and the path that takes one directly to the portals of God Almighty. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna preaches about the path to enlightenment from the practicing of selfless action. How Krishna presents this is by saying, “Be intent in action…not on the fruits of action.” (Reichenbach 399). He explains this by talking about Dharma, in which he explains how it is “a person’s innate nature which belongs to him or her as an individual or as a member of a group.” (Dharma lecture). In the Bhagavad Purana, it talks about who Krishna fought, what he did in his adolescence to when he had to go to Dhwarka, where the Mahabharata took place, which then starts the Bhagavad Gita teachings. These make his followers learn and realize that Krishna is a much more personable God, by the experiences he had, what he learned from them, and the day to day trials and tribulations he had to face before reaching …show more content…
She was fixated on following her Dharma, in terms of being a wife, carrying out household needs, but never truly had an attachment to any of those responsibilities and never really wanting anything in return. This shows how she was following the teachings of Krishna, in terms of Karma Yoga. With Krishna’s teaching of the path to self-realization, Mirabai did have to deal with her own inner turmoil, which had to do with her parents disapproving her intense devotion to Krishna. They wanted her to care more about her duties in the realm of her being a wed princess and less to serve Krishna. She then showcases the point of self-realization by understanding that her only goal in life, was to receive liberation and not necessarily care about the materialistic or societal needs set before her. She wanted to be free and able to practice devotion whenever she pleased and banish her inner turmoil to do this. This concept is one that truly brings to light, that our desires are much more irrelevant to what lies ahead. It makes this idea of anyone being able to “Attain Krishna, whether a low caste person, a woman, or a Brahmin,” (Bhakti Lecture) greater, because all that matters is devotion and not one’s social status.
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