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This 4 page paper provides an overview of some of the primary features of this ancient religion. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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"Bhagavad Gita", a Sanskrit poem that delineates the deep Hindi desire to be liberated from their earthly existence. The "Bhagavad Gita" defines the relationship between ritual and the
ultimate destination of the soul. The purpose of the "Bhagavad Gita" might be viewed as the primary unifier in the Hindu religion. An integral function of the "Bhagavad Gita"
is the distinction of the non-spiritual from the spiritual aspects of human existence (Hawley, 2001). The text has other important functions as well, however. Ancient Hinduism supported a
society in which people were rigidly divided into a system of caste, role, and power (Bhaskarananda, 2002). Consequently, the "Bhagavad Gita" devotes considerable attention to the concepts of disrespect
and the manner in which individuals were supposed to conduct themselves. One particularly interesting aspect of this concentration is the consideration of whether the actions of one individual can
outweigh those of another in regard to respect. In other words, can the actions of one individual diminish the disrespectfulness of another? The "Bhagavad Gita", often referred to simply
as "The Gita", is a conversation between Krishna and Prince Arjuna the night before the great battle of Kurukshetra (Hawley, 2001). Arjuna is distraught by the obvious power of
the opponent which he is about to face. He is even more distraught by the fact that many of those opponents are his friends, teachers, and even relatives.
Arjuna sees only grief in killing the people he knows in the name of sovereignty. According to Hindu ceremony certain rituals can redeem the souls of those that
have died unprepared to meet their God. If Arjuna destroys these people, however, even the men who are worthy of redemption would be forever lost in hell because their
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