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Action and Meaning: The New Synthesis of the Bhagavad Gita

<p>The thesis shows in its historical introduction, that a serious split had developed in the Indian Religious Tradition between the actions necessary for achieving religious liberation (moksa) and the actions necessary for fulfilling the individual caste duty. The central. The central theme of the thesis is that the Bhagavad Gītā and in particular its central theme, karma-yoga, or action done with non-attachment to its results, establishes a new synthesis of action and meaning for the tradition.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/13824
Date January 1970
CreatorsBowlby, Paul W.R.
ContributorsYounger, Paul, Religion
Source SetsMcMaster University
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typethesis

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