The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran Flashcards
Eknath Easwaran’s introduction to the Bhagavad Gita presents it as a timeless _______ for inner peace and self-mastery, teaching meditation, selfless action, devotion, and wisdom to overcome life’s struggles, live with detachment, and unite with the divine, with everyday responsibilities.
Guide
Shraddha means
Thats which is placed in our heart.
“As a man thinketh in his heart so he is.”
17:3 bible
The gita says
“ A person is What his shraddha is “
Bhagavad-Gita translates to the ______ __ ___ _____ for this is a song of Divine guidance.
song of the Lord
Krishna is an incarnation of ________ ( the preserver )
Vishnu
Krishna is _______ of the House of the yadavas.
Most know him only as an unimportant prince, but the wise have seen his powers in action.
Prince
The battle is for________, Krishna will not fight on either side.
Krishna choose charioteer out of love for Arjuna from here he won’t engage in the fight, but he can give advice to ________.
Arjuna
Arjuna is faced with the dilemma
of fighting his own family so his brother can take the throne __________ advice is the Gita
Krishna’s
Pandavas are ________
Kauravas are _____
Good
Bad
Pandu once king of hastinapura retired to the forest on a spiritual retreat, & died young.
His elder brother Dhritarashtra was blind so was never named ruler.
So when pandu died his eldest son yudhishthira should have succeeded him, but being to young, he did not.
So Dhritarashtra ________ after pandu’s death.
Ruled
As time passed dritarashtra attachment to his eldest son Duryodhana grew, so they planned to get him in power rather than the rightful heir yudishthira.
Duryodhana said this conflict can only be resolved on the ___________.
battlefield
_______ was both sides guru so he taught both sides the skills of war..
Arjuna was his best student with the _____.
- Drona
- Bow
__________ is a statesman who is dhritarashtra’s advisor.
Bhishma
Sanjaya is not on the battlefield but able to tell the blind king dhritarashtra what is happening because the composer of the gita vyasa gave him _______ ______.
divine sight
Chp.1 we are on the battle field waiting for the was to begin…
But when _________ begins his instruction we enter the realms of philosophy & mystical vision.
Krishna
There are two points of view which are almost ( but not completely) irreconcilable
First being the orthodox hindu view that sees the lesson of the mahabharata as although war is evil, it is an evil that can’t be __________.
The mystical view sees the battle as an allegory, a cosmic struggle between good & evil.
Which is to represent the _______ battle of these energy’s.
avoided
inner
