scholarly journals The Philosophical Counseling Theory and Meaning of Happiness in the Bhagavad Gītā: Focusing on Krishna’s Role Analysis As A Spiritual Counselor

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (null) ◽  
pp. 9-35
Author(s):  
kim chin young
Keyword(s):  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Role Analysis ◽  
Counseling Theory ◽  
Spiritual Counselor ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā

La découverte par l'Europe de la Bhagavad Gîtâ en 1785

XVII-XVIII ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
Florence D'Souza Deleury
Keyword(s):  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā

The Bhagavad Gitā. A Translation and Critical Commentary

1975 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Ludwik Sternbach ◽  
A. L. Herman
Keyword(s):  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā

Libertŕ e diritti tra India ed Europa. Un approccio genealogico ai valori culturali

2009 ◽  
pp. 541-563
Author(s):  
Clelia Bartoli
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Relativism ◽  
Sanskrit Text ◽  
Philosophical Literature ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Interesting Idea ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā ◽  
Human Rights Discourse

- This paper will deal with the issue of human rights and multiculturalism away from cultural relativism and universalism while taking inspiration from Nietzsche's Moral Genealogy. In particular, the concepts of karma, dharma and trivarga (an indian traditional form of particularism in the law) will be explained as they are expressed in the Bhagavad Gita, one of the most important texts of Indian philosophical literature. From this analysis it will emerge the impossibility of deducing the idea of human rights from the Sanskrit text. Not because the Bhagavad Gita adopts a communitarian conception of the self but because it entails a very complex and interesting idea of freedom which is little compatible with contemporary human rights discourse. Then, it will be quoted a criticism against the Bhagavad Gita based on the historical genealogy of cultural values, as it was formulated by B.R. Ambedkar - Chairman of the Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution. Finally, this writing will highlight some of the misunderstandings revolving around human rights and multiculturalism. This will be done while suggesting a genealogical approach where different intellectual and law traditions challenge and implement each other, rather than being locked in a sterile mutual respect.

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