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The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma

by Gurcharan Das
RM34.00 MYR
The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma
The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma

Ethical dilemmas dissected through ancient Indian epic.

This book dives into the rich tapestry of the Mahabharata to explore the complexities of moral living in our own times. If you find yourself grappling with ethical conundrums or simply enjoy philosophical reflections rooted in storytelling, "The Difficulty of Being Good" could offer you a thought-provoking journey through age-old wisdom that remains strikingly relevant today.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma

by Gurcharan Das
RM34.00 MYR
ISBN: 9780143418979
Authors: Gurcharan Das
Publisher: Penguin
Date of Publication: 2012-06-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, Religion, Personal Development, History
Related Topics: History, Spirituality, History, Hinduism, Personal Development
Goodreads rating: 4.11
(rated by 4664 readers)

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Why should we be good? How should we be good? And how might we more deeply understand the moral and ethical failings--splashed across today's headlines--that have not only destroyed individual lives but caused widespread calamity as well, bringing communities, nations, and indeed the global economy to the brink of collapse? In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das seeks answers to these questions in an unlikely source: the 2,000 year-old Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. A sprawling, witty, ironic, and delightful poem, the Mahabharata is obsessed with the elusive notion of dharma - in essence, doing the right thing. When a hero does something wrong in a Greek epic, he wastes little time on self-reflection; when a hero falters in the Mahabharata, the action stops and everyone weighs in with a different and often contradictory take on dharma. Each major character in the epic embodies a significant moral failing or virtue, and their struggles mirror with uncanny precision our own familiar emotions of anxiety, courage, despair, remorse, envy, compassion, vengefulness, and duty. Das explores the Mahabharata from many perspectives and compares the successes and failures of the poem's characters to those of contemporary individuals, many of them highly visible players in the world of economics, business, and politics. In every case, he finds striking parallels that carry lessons for everyone faced
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Ethical dilemmas dissected through ancient Indian epic.

This book dives into the rich tapestry of the Mahabharata to explore the complexities of moral living in our own times. If you find yourself grappling with ethical conundrums or simply enjoy philosophical reflections rooted in storytelling, "The Difficulty of Being Good" could offer you a thought-provoking journey through age-old wisdom that remains strikingly relevant today.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.