Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
27. What is the Bhagavad Gita?
Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
Vincent E Burgess [+]
Cornell University
Vincent E. Burgess is a Ph.D. candidate in the Asian Religions doctoral program of the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University. His research is currently focused on discourses of renunciation and environmentalism with regard to modern, North Indian religious traditions.
Description
The Bhagavad Gita comprises a relatively small portion of the Mahabharata epic, but has been a very significant text for Hinduism, historically and culturally. It presents a dialogue between the Pandava archer Arjuna and the avatara Krishna, with a discussion of duty versus morality at the center of the dialogue.