Jayda
09 September 2006, 03:00 PM
Hola Everyone,
I am a Christian from the United States (Boston as of this exact moment!) and I recently finished reading the Baghavad Gita after talking to some followers of Sanatana Dharma on Christian Forums... now I have lots of questions!
My first...and i usually ask every religion this is what is the place of pacifism in Sanatana Dharma? I know Ghandi was pacifist... i dont know what the justification is. If I could venture a guess I would say the first chapter of the Baghavagita sort of addressed this... the great reflection upon the nature and evil of war leads arjuna to throw down his weapons in the very first chapter... perhaps i misunderstood the message but is that not an endorsement for pacifism?
This is what was on my mind:
"driven by the desire to enjoy royal happyness we are intent on killing our own kinsmen better for me if the sons of dhrtarastra weapons in hand were to kill me unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield"
I am a Christian from the United States (Boston as of this exact moment!) and I recently finished reading the Baghavad Gita after talking to some followers of Sanatana Dharma on Christian Forums... now I have lots of questions!
My first...and i usually ask every religion this is what is the place of pacifism in Sanatana Dharma? I know Ghandi was pacifist... i dont know what the justification is. If I could venture a guess I would say the first chapter of the Baghavagita sort of addressed this... the great reflection upon the nature and evil of war leads arjuna to throw down his weapons in the very first chapter... perhaps i misunderstood the message but is that not an endorsement for pacifism?
This is what was on my mind:
"driven by the desire to enjoy royal happyness we are intent on killing our own kinsmen better for me if the sons of dhrtarastra weapons in hand were to kill me unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield"