The Legend of Bagger Vance & Bhagavad Gita After reading a short summary of a Hindu sacred story called “Bhagavad Gita”, and watching the movie “Legend of Bagger Vance”, there were many religious elements and themes that related to the story of the Bhagavad Gita. The movie plot is similar to the Bhagavad Gita because when Arjuna refuses to fight his family’s blood in a battle, Krishna appears to help him fulfill his duty as a warrior and hero. Just as in the “Legend of Bagger Vance”, when Randolph
Zorba interview You just have to know more about the happy company, Zorba. Zorba Studio has about 6 different courses and 8 distinctive therapies for people with stress related problems. Sarvesh Shashi, 23, CEO of the company is now considered as one of the most successful and youngest CEOs in South India and he told us that they are planning to expand to hundred studios in the next three years. Sarvesh also said that their basic objective is in spreading happiness to the world. We caught up with
Pandey et al. (2016) identified and measured four constructs of workplace spiritual climate: Swadharma, Lokasangraha, authenticity and sense of community. The authors clarified that there are two dimensions of Swadharma i.e. meaningful work and meditative work. Meaningfulness of work refers to work done for life not only for livelihood (Ashmos and Duchon, 2000). Meaningful work satisfies higher level needs and aspirations of the employees. McCormick (1994) referred to meditative work as experience
Having been formed in the same general region, it is not surprising that the religions of Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Hinduism have some similarities. The basic philosophical ideals that Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism share are the beliefs in a system of karma, a cycle of rebirth, and the goal of ultimate liberation which leads to the end of the rebirth cycle and peace to the soul. However, the way that each religion goes about these shared philosophies and have other beliefs that set
171 / 1:30 2 October 2015 Krishna, Lao Tzu, and Life The Tao and The Bhagavad Gita are two ancient texts that capture many modern beliefs, while also revealing ancient ideas that these philosophers created in their day. Lao Tzu creates The Tao to teach his disciples the true meaning of existence. Living life in its purest form without diversion from the path of the way is the chief goal of Lao Tzu’s creation. The Bhagavad Gita speaks of Krishna’s and Arjuna’s dialogue before a large battle. Krishna
The Book of Job and the Bhagavad Gita are two theological texts of contrasting religions, Christianity and Hinduism, yet similarly each explore the relationship between man and the divine and its interactions, particularly through knowledge. Knowledge in and of itself is defined differently within each of the two works, but for our purposes it can be characterized as the realization of the insignificance of man’s knowledge in relation to God’s knowledge—both Job and Arjuna achieve this awareness
The concept of dharma The Bhagavadgita is a sacred book which consists of 18 chapters and 1,700 verses. It’s name means the song of God. It’s text is seen as practical and spiritual, and one of its important concepts is called dharma. The concept of dharma could be applied to Gilgamesh in regards to Gilgamesh’s calling in life, Enkidu’s destiny in the story, and Gilgamesh’s station in life. Dharma is fulfilling one’s responsibility in regards to calling and station in life. Gilgamesh being tall,
ear. As indicated by Beatina, his horrendous involvement with his educator "lays on the Westernization of India, both religiously and instructively" (25) and, in this way, it is critical in its connection to the notice of the requirement for decolonisation of training in Swami and Friends. Ebenezar's thoughts regarding the religion of the British portray the burden of Western culture sincerely through training by making hirelings of British social dominion. Ebenezar feels himself in favor of the
has a deep understanding of the social problems faced by Indians. His forceful, brilliant and passionate writings torment the Indian spirit in contemporary times, constantly prodding the society towards positive introspection and betterment. A deep analysis of his writings proves that the social historian in him has taken interest in these intimate, soul searching studies of life, because in them we find truth, reflected with deep sensitivity and emotions. In a well-known published collection of essays
The ever increasing demand for food and other basic needs has put a lot of pressure on the plant genetic resources (PGR) and diversity particularly in agricultural sector in terms of addressing the accompanied challenges associated with increasing crop productivity. The utilization of PGR in agriculture has not only brought about profound changes in the crop productivity and quality, but has also opened up newer and unforeseen potential vistas including improvement of novel traits by domestication