Post by Toasted Cheese on Feb 15, 2018 8:50:32 GMT
There is another interpretation that the battle of Kurukshetra was never literal, and that the whole Gita is a symbolic representation of the metaphorical battle taking place constantly in the minds of every human being striving towards enlightenment.
I haven' read the Gita myself, but have had passages read to me and then had them explained and discussed upon. What you have mentioned about the Gita being a symbolic representation of what operates in the mind is what I was told it represents and how I perceive it.
Our dharma—purpose—is our karma—action—and realization of atman—self—is ultimately that there is NO self. For Arjuna, it has to be a battle of "courage" above all else, regardless of what the battle is being waged for. The attainment is always the same, enlightenment\transcendence. The courage for Arjuna to see beyond his fears and self-awareness of the whole state of conscious being. Arjuna in other words, was acting like a pussy. 