RELG 353 Lecture 4: 4 RELG 353 Sept 15th 2016
3 Nov 2016
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He tells his charioteer that he would rather they kill him them would not be killing them according to krishna. Krishna appeals to dharma: as a kshatriya arjuna is obligated to be a. As he looks out at the k army he sees his old friends and relatives and is filled warrior (quote 2; partha=nickname for arjuna) Idea of dying in fulfillment of dharma=pathway to salvation. Story about major war and discussion between arjuna and krishna with doubts about why the war is necessary and drops his bow and refuses to fight. Yoga has different meanings depending on the context (like dharma) Yoga=cognate with the english verb (cid:498)to yoke(cid:499) (to unite, to harness) Krishna tells arjuna that through yoga he can reconcile experiences of pain, Story: it"s before the battle and arjun has been asked to lead one side (p) Krishna responds (first quote) appeals to immortality of the soul so killing.
