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Examine the ways in which the Bhagavad-Gita supports the life of duty and action rather than of renunciation.
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Examine the ways in which the Bhagavad-Gita supports the life of duty and action rather than of renunciation. `In the Bhagavad Gita, the ideals of household obligation and ascetic renunciation are brought together by saying that a person can work towards liberation while still fulfilling his worldly responsibilities'[1][1]. The Bhagavad Gita explains this through Arjuna's dilemma. Krishna his charioteer and wise friend teaches him on the importance of Duty and action as well as renunciation. Arjuna is trying to work out whether it is better to follow his dharma, his duty and action which is to fight in this war that his caste duty says he should fulfil (svadharma) or renounce and not fight because of `the ideal of non violence espoused by the renounced traditions'[2][2]. This is where Krishna teaches him and guides him on which has more priority but not only that, how to fulfil his dharma...
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