Dharma

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PSYHOLOGYOF DHARMA AND HPPINESS AS

REFLECTED IN BHAGAVAD GITA

What is Bhagavad Gita?

The Bhagavad-Gita is the eternal message of spiritual wisdom from ancient India. The word Gita means song and the word Bhagavad means God, often the Bhagavad-Gita is called the Song of God.

Bhagavad Gita is part of the great epic Mahabharatha A fiction story or a piece of history dating back to about 4000-5000 B.C. or part of mythology dictated by Sage VedaVyasa and written by Lord Ganesh , a widely popular mythological story in Hindu philosophy; part of Bhishma Parva, Gita is almost in its entirety the dialogue between two individuals, Lord Krishna (considered as incarnation of Bhagawan Vishnu, Narayana) and Arjuna (the Pandava prince, Nara) in the battle field (war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, the cousins, for control of the kingdom of Hasthinapura) of Kurukshetra. It has 18 yogas (chapters), with about 701 slokas (short poems), the first one being "Arjuna Vishada Yoga" (Sorrow of Arjuna) and the last one "Moksha Sanyasa Yoga"(Nirvana and Renunciation).

How is Dharma reflected in Bhagavad Gita?

DHARMA