Is gItA an Upanishad?

[S. V. Subrahmanian]

Would what Krishna stated in the GIta have been different had Arjuna been a
Brahmana instead of a Kshatriya ??


>From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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>Subject: Re: Is gItA an Upanishad?
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 00:20:00 -0400
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>On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Vivek Anand Ganesan wrote:
>
> >  ).  Why is it that ShrI BhagavatpAda chose only the
> > Bhagavad gItA to comment on?
>
>There is also supposedly a commentary on the Anugita by
>Shankaracharya.  This is also a part of the Mahabharata.
>
>The importance of the Gita in my opinion is that Arjunas predicament
>brings so many important issues together at once.
>
>1.  What is ones responsibility to ones self? To ones family?  To society?
>
>2.  What is the role of karma versus jnana?
>
>3.  When is action called for and when renunciation of action?
>
>4.  What is the nature of the Supreme?  How does one properly worship Him?
>
>All these are important Vedantic topics so its no wonder that thinkers of
>so many different views were attracted to it.
>
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