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Action and Meaning: The New Synthesis of the Bhagavad Gita

dc.contributor.advisorYounger, Paulen_US
dc.contributor.authorBowlby, Paul W.R.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentReligionen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-18T17:05:22Z
dc.date.available2014-06-18T17:05:22Z
dc.date.created2013-12-20en_US
dc.date.issued1970en_US
dc.description.abstract<p>The thesis shows in its historical introduction, that a serious split had developed in the Indian Religious Tradition between the actions necessary for achieving religious liberation (moksa) and the actions necessary for fulfilling the individual caste duty. The central. The central theme of the thesis is that the Bhagavad Gītā and in particular its central theme, karma-yoga, or action done with non-attachment to its results, establishes a new synthesis of action and meaning for the tradition.</p>en_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
dc.identifier.otheropendissertations/8654en_US
dc.identifier.other9729en_US
dc.identifier.other4939027en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/13824
dc.subjectIndian Religious Traditionen_US
dc.subjectBhagavad Gitaen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.titleAction and Meaning: The New Synthesis of the Bhagavad Gitaen_US
dc.typethesisen_US

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