VALUES AND ETHICS EMBEDDED IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SHRIMAD BHAGAVAD GIT

Abstract

The Bhagavad Gita is an ancient Indian text which is a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna, narrated in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. This long text consists of eighteen discourses of a total of 701 Sanskrit verses which is known as the Bhagavad Gita. It is also referred to as the Gita. Its teachings are rational and scientific in approach. The Gita’s ethics is discussed mostly in the concepts like, svabhava, svadharma and niskama karma. In this paper I shall be discussing the concept of niskama karma which constitutes the rock-button of the Gita’s ethics. Niska karma is the Philosophy of Karma yaga of the Gita which elucidates that one has to perform actions with right imagination, having no desire for the consequences. The Bhagavad Gita which is a part of The Mahabharata is purely a spiritual document that encompasses everything connected with human beings and life on earth and it helps humanity to attain the goal of enlightenment and self-realization. In this I have discussed the Gita’s teaching concerning value. It’s teaching would be beneficial for both students and teachers for inculcating value sloping education among them for the betterment of the society as a whole