Bhagavad Gita Quotes
If … you do not perform your religious duty of fighting, then you will certainly commit a sin of neglecting your duty.
This text, generally considered the most important of all the Hindu works is believed to be the guidance given by Lord Krishna, the most important of the God figures, to has friend and devotee Arjuna. It originally was an episode of the enormous Mahabharata, the history of the ancient world written originally in Sanskrit. The date is approximate and different scholars have dated it from 500 BC to 50 BC. The Bhagavad Gita is generally regarded as the most concise description of Hindu philosophy. For some religions, fighting and war is not only permissible but can be a religious duty. Islam has the same notion. Christianity in contrast has had more of a theological struggle with war as a duty and even had to develop the concept of a “just war” to make fighting morally permissible. But this compunction, also shared with Buddhists and Bhai for example, is by no means universal. When religious Muslims fought religious Hindus as they have for over 1000 years, it is particularly difficult even today to make peace as so many on both sides see the battle as a religious duty.
Bhagavad Gita, “Song of God”, Hindu Holy Text, ~250 BC
Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations
Moltke’s plan for the Marne Campaign did not work out as planned and he and the Kaiser had a difference of opinion so Moltke was replaced as military commander. This quotation is of critical importance as it shows that the Germans were actually planning the First World War and simply used the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand as an excuse. Thus, the reparations Germany was required to pay when they lost the war. See {642096} for more quotational evidence.
If some Islamic cleric declares a war or dispute to be an attack on Islam, the penalty is indeed severe for those Muslims who do not join the fight. In some Islamic lands, unbelievers are put to death. Note that the children become the Islamic society’s hostages for the behavior of the father.
The poem was written for and inscribed upon a monument. The Atheists in Foxholes Monument was donated to Alabama Freethought Association, Inc. by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. It is located adjacent to the Willa Mae Whatley Auditorium, in Fearn Park at Lake Hypatia, Alabama.
Debs was jailed for sedition for this speech.
The phrase was picked up by the press, and then became the title to a patriotic song of World War II.
Builder of over 90 percent of the U. S. Navy World War II Boats
Collection of Spoken Words of the Prophet
The Pope separates the church from the civil law to a degree that is a rarity amongst religions. Even Catholic Pope John Paul II who prohibited priests from holding political office always saw Papal and clerical influence on civil law making and interpretation as a fundamentally important role.
The Manual was found by the Manchester (England) Metropolitan Police during a search of an Al Qaida member's home. In Islam there is virtually no difference between religion and civil life.
This quotation is a wonderful illustration of the change that has taken place in the American military. The young man who was not skilled enough for anything else was meant to be a soldier. By 2010 only one in four high school graduates would be skilled and intelligent to be qualified for the Untied States Navy. The other services also had high requirements in order to function with the high technology, of the modern military.
The Bhagavad Gita (/ˌbʌɡəvəd ˈɡiːtɑː, -tə/; Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता।, IAST: bhagavadgītā /bɦɐɡɐʋɐd ɡiːtäː/, lit. "The Song of God"), often referred to as the Gita, is a 701-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the epic Mahabharata (chapters 23–40 of Bhishma Parva), dated to the second century BCE. It is considered to be one of the main holy scriptures for Hinduism.
