RES 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bhakti Yoga, Rigveda, Pandava

• School: Pace University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RES 106
• Professor: morris

Document Summary

After the rig veda was written, approximately 1500 bce, a lot of events and changes happened in hinduism. One of these important changes is the addition of the mahabharata. The mahabharata is one of the two sanskrit poems of ancient india which is an extremely important source of information on the development of hinduism. The mahabharata is regarded by hindus as both a text of dharma, which is the hindu moral law) and a history of. Within the mahabharata is the bhagavad gita, which was written around 100 ce, is the eternal message of spiritual wisdom from ancient india the word gita means song and the word. Bhagavad means god, so it is called the song of god. It is important to remember that many gods which existed during the time of the rig. Veda are different now, the majority and have evolved from what they were back then.