The Bhagavad Gita: Chapters 1-3

The Bhagavad Gita translated by Eknath Easwaran

  I am only posting one of the questions I had for each chapter, but I am bringing the other questions to class for discussion.

Questions / Comments for Ch. 1: The War Within

-Who is fighting who? And, what is the difference between the Pandavas and the Kurus?

 

 

Questions / Comments for Ch. 2: Self-Realization

-By Krishna telling Arjuna that a good reason to kill his family is that people will ridicule him for eternity if he does nothing, isn’t he telling Arjuna to act selfishly? Arjuna would be worrying about himself instead of others. (This reveals some of the values of the religion.)

 

 

Questions / Comments for Ch. 3: Selfless Service

-I like the quote: “Selfish action imprisons the world. Act selflessly, without any thought of personal profit” (p. 105, l. 9).

**I did the citations to include the page numbers and then realized I have a different edition of the book, so I went back to include line numbers as well.