Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita compares to both Zoroastrianism and Confucianism. To succeed in Confucianism you have to be in-line with yourself. You have to be truthful to yourself. In Zoroastrianism, you need to be a good person to go heaven. It's very straight forward. If you are good, you go to heaven. If you aren't, you don't. The Bhagavad Gita is kind of in between the two. It says that you need to "fight your battle." It wants you to work your way to heaven even if you are already a good person. It's almost even a bridge between Zoroastrianism and Confucianism.
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you are on the right track here, but don't overlook the critical difference in Confucianism--no afterlife to work for!
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