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Friday, March 8, 2019

Sacrificial Action

In Bhagavad Gita 4. 31, Krishna express to Arjuna, Those who eat the nectar of immortality left over from a sacrificial action, they go to the eternal Brahman (Phillips 80). This passage is taken from the Bhagavad Gita where Krishna, a divine being, and Arjuna, the triad of the five brothers fighting for their land. With Arjuna having a dilemma of fighting his own kinsmen, Krishna explained to him wherefore the right thing to do is to fight (Phillips 80). In chapter three of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna explained to Arjuna the meat of the sacrificial action.It is said to be voluntary doing something or sacrificing without thinking of the benefits you forget earn after the work, will lead to the supreme good enough. This is called the yoga of action. Attaining this supreme good exempts you from the law of karma (action and reaction) and thus leads to nirvana (Phillips 81). In chapter four, Krishna pointed out how and why he took the form of a mortal being. According to him, he ass umed a mortal personification in order to become a exemplification for those people who would want to crap the supreme good.He also states that he had already turned to a mortal being to be adequate to(p) to tell other people the things the he is now sharing with Arjuna (Phillips 81). The Bhagavad Gita 4. 31 passage is the fourth chapters main point. In this passage, Krishna told Arjuna how to be akin him or to go to eternal Brahman. The nectar he mentioned pertains to the example that he or a doer of sacrificial action makes. And the meaning of feeding the nectar entails following the examples of doing a sacrificial action, in order to attain supreme good or to be like Krishna (Phillips 82).

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