IH 0951 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bhagavad Gita

• School: Temple University
• Department: Intellectual Heritage
• Course: IH 0951
• Professor: Randall J.Pabich

Document Summary

Teachings 1-7: krishna tells arjuna that learned men do not grieve (chapter 2, verse 11) and that the self (self. The self is not something that can be destroyed by death or trapped by a body. The body may pass away but self lives on. Therefore, death and harm cannot be done to something that is physical like the body. Something like death is fleeting but the self is something that lasts even after death: in the text it says, Disciplined by understanding, one abandons both good and evil deeds (2:50) and, Wise men disciplined by understanding relinquish the fruit born of action (2:51) Why is it wise to abandon both good and evil deeds and to relinquish the fruit born of action? . These lines are saying that being in union with understanding does not let them stray away from being distracted with good and evil and the fruits of their actions.