The Gita’s Three Yogas and Buddhism
Sign UpThis is a 5 minute preview of a 11 minute video
Install Web Player Beta to watch the full video in your browser or download it to your PCYou're watching a full 11 minute video using the Veoh Web Player
To download the original quality video, select the Download Options link below- By:
- LSMVideos
- Description
- The Bhagavad Gita is linked to the early texts of the Indian Mahayana Buddhist traditions by its emphasis on the three “yogas” of devotion, compassionate action, wisdom, and devotion or bhakti. In Buddhism, the pan-Indian devotional movement found expression not only in the notion also found in Hinduism that the divine is imminent, familiar, and appears all around us, but also in the figure of the bodhisattva whose compassion for other beings is so overwhelming that he or she would do practically anything to get enlightened in order to help them. “Karma yoga” in the Gita means selfless action, action done without regard to “what’s in it for me,” reverberating with the Buddhist emphasis on compassion and loving-kindness. And the “yoga of wisdom” teaches us that there is a reality beyond that of mere appearances, a concept found in many, if not all, of the world’s religions.
- Language:
- English
Would you like to comment?
Sign Up Now for a free account or Log In.