A Comparsion of the Bhagavad Gita vs The Gospels

Coming from a western culture, it is easy to familiarize with the Gospels over any other written text. In order to get a different perspective on the outlook of life, it is better to compare the Gospels to another written text. A text that is an excellent candidate to stand up next to the Gospels is the Bhagavad-Gita (or just the Gita). These two texts can depict similarities and differences between the two cultures presented: Christianity and Hinduism. Keeping an open mind when reading cultural texts is what makes the texts more interesting and informs the reader more clearly. The analysis between one western text and one non-western text can really widen the perspective of one person. Due to the fact that Krishna from the Gita seems to be very similar in many aspects to Jesus Christ from the bible, some have said that the New Testament writers may have used ideas from the ancient Hindu scripture. Though readers can depict many comparisons between the two texts and two leaders, there are several contrast factors too. The key idea is to determine whether these two cultures really are that different or could they be more similar to one another? Comparing The Gospels to The Bhagavad-Gita is the perfect way to show similarities and differences between the ethics of each culture depicted by religion, morality, and spirituality.

Religion is a main concept in all cultures. The major contrast here is Hinduism versus Christianity. Readers can get a glimpse of both completely separate worlds with similar ideas. In the Gospels, Christianity is the focus and Jesus is the savior. Specifically in the Gospel of John, Jesus’ identity is described. In Christianity, with Jesus, readers see a large emphasis on miracles, love, and forgiveness. In ...

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...pirit’” (John 3:5). And Krishna says, “One who serves me faithfully with discipline of devotion, transcends the qualities of nature and shares in the infinite spirit” (Gita 124).

The perfect way to compare two cultures is to see the scriptures of those two cultures and point out the similarities and differences between the both of them. To look at The Bhagavad-Gita and compare it to the Gospels from the Bible, it is clear that both texts contain many philosophical and spiritual ideas. By comparing these ideas with one another, readers can find that the main themes between these two texts involved religion, morality, and spirituality. Using these themes to base some judgments over the text can really help thoroughly analyze the fact that though these two cultures may be different structure wise, but the two religions really are not much different personality wise.