--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was thinking of the fucking Bhagavad Gita and how fallow the story > and God's instructions are. To whit, what if Arjuna was faced with > Nuclear arms race on both sides of the field. God would tell him to > push the button. That's real smart Krishna. Real fucking smart > Arjuna. Real good dharma. > > > > In which case the only Good Arjuna would be the adharmic and ungodly > Arjuna. The Bhagavad Gita was a goodd story but it doesn't work in > real life situations. All it does is reaffirms some vague concept of > dharma. Most people don't have the foggiest notion of what dharma even > is and so as such, have no notion of what they should do in any > circumstance one way or another. > > But the Gita gives some pretty good advice oncerning > this situation and what to do about it, no? It isn't > as though it fails to acknowledge what the problem is > or to suggest a solution.
The value of the Gita to me was that in reading it, it helped to culture my mind to think in a deep, clear and orderly way. I recall underlining many passages and using it as a reference many times. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
