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Teachings of Bhagavad-Gita
Title: Teachings of Bhagavad-Gita
Category: Society & Culture / Religion
Details: Words: 666 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Teachings of Bhagavad-Gita
Brandon Schmidt
REL. 102
10/10/01
Teachings of Bhagavad-Gita
The definition of religion in our course is the “human transformation in response to perceived ultimacy.” In the Bhagavad-Gita the beliefs of Samsara, which is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth of individuals, are intertwined with dharma (duty). Moksha, which is the release or liberation of the Atman from the cycle of rebirth combined with karma yoga (the way of action), is a way to reach this state …showed first 75 words of 666 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 666 total…thought ceases, checked by the exercise of discipline, he is content within the self, seeing the self through himself."
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The Gita teaches that the transformation of the individual occurs through many births and rebirths, and each Atman goes must perform their dharma. The liberation of the Atman from the Karmic Self, or the Moksha through Karma yoga, is the sense of ultimacy that the people of the Hindu faith work so diligently to achieve.
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