Storytelling: The Bhagavad Gita

Allan spoke Kris with worry in his voice. He was trying to discern whether or not he should tell the girl he had been crushing on that he was the one that saved the puppy from the cars, not Steve. “Kris, I am the one who saved that puppy, shouldn't Dorothy know that? I mean, cant you imagine how much more she would like me if she found out that that was me?” Allan said with a fair bit of anger that Steve had been taking credit. 

“Allan, you are not supposed to do good things just so you can get recognition. Couldn't you imagine how the world would be, if everybody was only doing good for the recognition. I mean, everyone would be selfish jerks on the inside. And what good is it to do good outwardly if your heart doesn't reflect the good that you are doing” Kris replied, trying to persuade Allan not to go rambling about his good deeds to the girl he liked. “Besides, if you go off and tell her that it was you, she would probably just think you are trying to take credit and like you less. You should just let your deeds speak for themselves as she sees you do it without you knowing” Kris added. Allan grumbled a little, he really wanted to tell Dorothy that it was him. She loves puppies and would love him more if she knew he saved the puppy. 

“But Kris, she loves puppies and would love me for saving that little thing. She would be all about me after that. I mean she would probably marry me on the spot for saving that little thing. That would be the dream, man. Dorothy and I forever” He finished and looked back at the much wiser Kris. Kris looked back at Allan with pity for him. 

“I know that you love her, and I know that you want to marry her, but think man, would she really marry you just because you saved that puppy from the street? I think she would need a little more convincing than that. Just do your good deeds and do not think about her. Do not try to obtain the fruit of labor, just labor for the good of others” Kris said to Allan. Allan knew that Kris was right, he just did not want to admit that. Why would he not care about what Dorothy thought of him, he loved her and wanted her to love him back. But he finally came to understand what Kris was saying. 

“Okay, Kris, I will give up on chasing her with this. Steve can have the victory today. Hopefully my love for her will be enough to pursue her rightfully. I just hope that I am a good enough man. I will try and do as I ought to do because I ought to instead of chasing the fruits” Allan said with a sigh of relief. He was happy to know, although still upset, that he can just be himself instead of trying to always be noticed. 

Krishna & Arjuna

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Authors Note:

My story is a reflection of a piece of the Bhagavad Gita where Krishna tells Arjuna that he needs not to chase the fruit, but instead just work hard because it is his duty to. I like this story because it talks of Dharama and how that is a huge piece of the society and Hindu religion. Allan plays the part of Arjuna and Kris plays the part of Krishna. I wanted to make this into a story that we can imagine happening all the time in our society. We try to impress people by our good deeds a lot of times. That philosophy is what Krishna speaks against and wants Arjuna to know is not the way to live, but instead just follow your dharma. I think that my story hits the point well in a way that is understandable for us today. This Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is one of my favorite chapters to read, so I hope that I did, indeed, do it justice. 

The Bhagavad Gita

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Reading Notes: The Bhagavad Gita part B

In this section of the Bhagavad Gita I learned that the that the character, Arjuna, was speaking to Krishna really with what seemed to be a loss of hope on his end. He did not want to fight his family but he was weighed down by the conviction of duty, dharma as they call it. So throughout this section of the story Krishna is really persuading Arujna to fight because of his dharma. This is important because Arjuna was really convicted against this but knew that Krishna was the god who was going to tell him what to do even through an undesired to do as Krisna commanded. Throughout this section we learn different stories that Krishna tell that relate to the faith that one must have. In each of these chapters of the Bhagavad Gita Krishna tells what it means, through story and theology what it means to have faith. So he described different types of faith so that Arjuna could really understand him. These theologies of the different types of faith help build the Hindu religion and what it looks like to follow on these different paths that one must take. These stories of theology also help build the backbone of the society that begins with the different types of classes that we still see today. It is important to understand as we read this book that it is not just an epic but it builds the religion and the society of India itself. I really enjoyed this book as I read because I got to lo ok at the conversation that was going on between Arjuna and Krishna during the Mahabharata. It is also great because we get to see how distraught Arjuna was over fightin his family. He was so upset about it that at one point he tells Krishna to become his charioteer again so he doesn't have to listen to a god telling him what he should do. I am excited that I will be reading the rest of this book because I want to dive deeper into an understanding of just how hard it is for Arjuna to fight and also learn about all the types of stories that were used to create an entire religion and society.

The Bhagavad Gita

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The Bhagavad Gita
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