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| + | Part of the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. The Bhagavad Gita starts as a battle is about to start on the fields of Kurukshetra. The two sides of the conflict are the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The battle of epic proportions is apparently over the merits of Tandoori vs Curry cuisine, something any man of a religious nature would easily battle over. | ||
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| + | The central figure of the novel is Arjuna, one of the five Pandava brothers. As the battle is about to begin he laments the need to battle his own kinsmen over matters of culinary taste and his heart grows heavy. At this moment the avatar of Krishna who had placed himself as Arjuna's charioteer reveals himself and present the message of the Bhagavad Gita. That the need to uphold righteousness without thought of personal loss. Krishna extolls the virtues of a number of various forms of yoga (bhakti, karma, jnana and dhyana) finally reaching a climax when he allows Arjuna to see his true cosmic form; a scene later recounted by Oppenheimer during the first nuclear test "I am death shatterer of worlds, annihilating all things'" (Chapter 11 Verse 32). The book ends with both sides having a cook off. | ||
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An ancient Hindu Hymn in Sanskrit.
Part of the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. The Bhagavad Gita starts as a battle is about to start on the fields of Kurukshetra. The two sides of the conflict are the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The battle of epic proportions is apparently over the merits of Tandoori vs Curry cuisine, something any man of a religious nature would easily battle over.
The central figure of the novel is Arjuna, one of the five Pandava brothers. As the battle is about to begin he laments the need to battle his own kinsmen over matters of culinary taste and his heart grows heavy. At this moment the avatar of Krishna who had placed himself as Arjuna's charioteer reveals himself and present the message of the Bhagavad Gita. That the need to uphold righteousness without thought of personal loss. Krishna extolls the virtues of a number of various forms of yoga (bhakti, karma, jnana and dhyana) finally reaching a climax when he allows Arjuna to see his true cosmic form; a scene later recounted by Oppenheimer during the first nuclear test "I am death shatterer of worlds, annihilating all things'" (Chapter 11 Verse 32). The book ends with both sides having a cook off.