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"The Journey Through the Twelve Forests" and "The Bhagavad Gita": The When a person examines a religion of any type without any prior knowledge as to the aspects or beliefs contained therein, it is worthwhile for them to assume a neutral point of view and remain t ....

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.... that tells of mythological beliefs and views that the Hindu people had. On the other hand, “The Journey” tells of one mans real life experience of the pilgrimage known as the Ban-Yatra. It tells a slightly more true to life story that has been carried out since the 16th century. If one were to only read the Gita, they might assume it to be nothing more than a fairy tale passed down from many generations that told of a greater being, Vishnu, whose job was to “deliver the holy, destroy the sin of the sinner, and establish righteousness”(50). It tells how in order to achieve moksha or the release from the eternal struggle of life, one must ....