Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 October 2025
The ninth chapter adopts a somewhat different point of view and asks whether the Bhagavad-gītā can be a source of an educational doctrine. As opposed to the present book, which is mostly engaged with the metaphysics of the Gītā, its structure and the way it gradually leads toward liberation, this concluding chapter aims to look at the Gītā in humanistic terms. Applying our terminology, it looks at the Gītā in first storey terms, with the aim of highlighting some of its major educational elements, or stated differently, looking at elements out of which an educational doctrine could possibly be articulated. As such, this chapter looks into the following topics: spirituality, virtue ethics, conquering lust and anger, following dharma in every sphere of life, happiness, meditation, the divinity of nature and an ecological worldview and finally devotion.
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