i've looked everywhere i could think to look on the net and in my books but i can't find anything on this topic. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not tell me to do my own homework.
2006-08-22 15:38:09 · 10 answers · asked by Sidney N. 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In our daily life Indian culture has emphasized three cardinal virtues. There is a parable in the Brihadaranyka Upanishad 5.2 Prajapati, the ancestor of man, blessed his creation with a code of conduct consisting of three basic principles. viz. Dama, Dana and Daya i.e. restraint, charity and compassion. These are the basic qualities for which man is revered and respected in India.
Life divides into four periods - the four stages of life. All life has a springtime, summer, autumn, and winter, as also its morning, noon, evening, and night. These four periods of life are called "the four stages of action": the four ashramas.
1. The First Stage of Life : The quest for knowledge (Brahmacharya) - the student
2. The Second Stage of Life: Family Life (Grihastha) - dedicated to domestic affairs.
3. The Third Stage of Life: Retreat into the Forest - (Vana-Prastha) - to devote to study and reflection.
4. The Fourth Stage of Life: Renunciation (Sanyasa) - Renunciation all attachments, the spiritual and physical preparation for death.
A person is supposed to pay of his debts or "Rin" towards his parents , Teachers, Children, Society ...(Pitri rin, putra rin, ..)That is to fullfill their duty towards it.
Nishkam Karma is supposed to be the best . That is to do one's duty , and do it best he can, But without expectation of personal gain , in return.
Dharma and Non-Attachment(nishkam ): The first answer given to Arjuna is that he must full fill his Dharma, that is the basic obligation of his state in life. Only in this way can his salvation be achieved. He is a warrior. To abandon the field is to betray his fundamental duty. Yet if Dharma is to be fulfilled, it must be done with total self-detachment. There must be no seeking after success in life, for the fruit of action (karma phala). Action are to be done, because they are correct, because they are required by Dharma, not for personal gain .
(Karma Yoga is the Yoga of action which purifies the heart and prepares the heart and mind for the reception of Divine Light or the attainment of Knowledge of the Self. But this has to be done without attachment or egoism. The karma yoga of The Gita is a unique philosophy of action and it declares that nature has given the right of action to man only and the right of the result of action is under the authority of nature. But the action is a duty of man; therefore he should perform actions without the desire of fruit. Lord Krishna says: "Not by abstention from actions does a man enjoy action-transcendence, nor by renunciation alone does he approach perfection." (III, 4). Then God Krishna, who communicates these teachings to his pupil Arjuna, points to himself, as the archetypal model of the active person: "For Me, O son of Pritha, there is nothing to be done in the three worlds, nothing ungained to be gained - and yet I engage in action." (III.22). )
"Nor can anyone, even for an instant, remain really action-less." What binds a man is not action but his attachment to the fruit of the action. And so the lord repeatedly enjoins activity without attachment to the fruit.
Top most priority is following the Dharma.
"Dharma is eternal; life, its joys and sorrow are not. Do not give away the eternal for the temporal values of life."
Do not to others what ye do not wish
Done to yourself; and wish for others too
What ye desire and long for, for yourself — This is the whole of dharma — heed —it well.
— Veda Vyasa, The Mahabharata.
2006-08-26 04:33:41 · answer #1 · answered by Karma 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hinduism is an evergrowing , all encompassing couldron of life. It embrases all believes that people like to follow.
2006-08-22 22:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know you're not getting answers to your homework here!! LOL
That is too funny!!!
2006-08-22 22:40:19 · answer #3 · answered by tina m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Live them? I guess that'd be the way they belive then right?
2006-08-22 22:39:53 · answer #4 · answered by burrgump 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just be a good women and every thing will be cool god/allah/ram will forgive you if you live a good life
2006-08-22 22:41:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do yoga. Don't eat meat. Be mellow.
That is pretty much it.
2006-08-22 22:41:18 · answer #6 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at these sites, they should help you out.
http://www.dharmakshetra.com/
http://www.indiadivine.org/
good luck
2006-08-23 07:16:24 · answer #7 · answered by Sincere Questioner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do not kill the cows !
people are hiding in those
2006-08-22 22:39:25 · answer #8 · answered by pinkstealth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as they wish.
2006-08-22 22:39:43 · answer #9 · answered by mamydoot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
become muslim
2006-08-22 22:40:05 · answer #10 · answered by George 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋