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Brandon Schmidt REL. 102 10/10/01 Teachings of Bhagavad-Gita The definition of religion in our course is the “human transformation in response to perceived ultimacy.” In the Bhagavad-Gita the beliefs of Samsara, which is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth of individuals, are intertwined with dharma (duty). Moksha, which is the release or liberation of the Atman from the cycle of rebirth combined with karma yoga (the way of action), is a way to reach this state …

…thought ceases, checked by the exercise of discipline, he is content within the self, seeing the self through himself." Schmidt, 3 The Gita teaches that the transformation of the individual occurs through many births and rebirths, and each Atman goes must perform their dharma. The liberation of the Atman from the Karmic Self, or the Moksha through Karma yoga, is the sense of ultimacy that the people of the Hindu faith work so diligently to achieve.