HUMS 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sattva, Sannyasa, Maurya Empire

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMS 1000
• Professor: Kimberly Stratton

Document Summary

Remember that the bhagavad gita is a section of that massive epic text. To understand the narrative setting of the great dialogue of the gita, you need to know something about what"s happened earlier in the bigger text that explains the opening scene on a battle eld. Be sure to keep this in context with the mah bh rata note. Similar crisis to dante"s inferno (virgil and vishnu are highly similar) Buddhist ideals challenged hindu orthodoxy (new term) thought, with big emphasis on non-violence. Jainism is also non-violent; also challenging to orthodoxy in india. Bhagavad-gita challenges buddhist movement, and jainism (humans must always engage in con ict and moral challenges internally and externally, most extremely dif cult ones, in order to sustain ourselves) Bhagavad-gita has different paths (see: different types of yoga; this is an example of the variety of practice allowed) and different gods one can devote themselves to, accommodating differing demographics within the culture.