Bibliograph

The difficulty of being good, on the subtle art of Dharma, Gurcharan Das

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The difficulty of being good, on the subtle art of Dharma, Gurcharan Das

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The difficulty of being good

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

557405181

Responsibility statement

Gurcharan Das

Sub title

on the subtle art of Dharma

Table Of Contents

Prelude : I take an academic holiday -- Duryodhana's envy : "what man of mettle will stand to see his rivals prosper and himself decline" -- Draupadi's courage : "who did you lose first, yourself or me?" -- Yudhisthira's duty : "I act because I must" -- Arjuna's despair : "there are no victors in war" -- Bhishma's selflessness : "be intent on the act, not its fruits" -- Karna's status anxiety : "how could a doe give birth to this tiger?" -- Krishna's guile : "that is the way it is!" -- Aswatthama's revenge : "now I feel the whirligig of time" -- Yudhisthira's remorse : "this victory looks more like defeat to me" -- Mahabharata's dharma : "great king, you weep with all creatures" -- Conclusion : the difficulty of being good -- Appendix : dharma, the story of a word -- A short bibliographic essay

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