『바가바드기타』와 인간이 추구해야 할 의식 = Bhagavadgita and the Consciousness Humans Should Pursue

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Modern people are gradually becoming impure and dark souls who are strained and confused because of the richness of materials and the development of information and communication. What is the road that leads to mental balance and harmony or tranquility of their mind from their strain and confusion? The `road to wisdom`, `road to sacrifice`, and `road to behavior` of Bhagavadgita face the same goal. People have differences in thought, emotion, activity based on their born temper. Therefore, the road to wisdom for people with brilliant rational thought, the road to sacrifice for people with rich emotions, and the road to performance for people with strong activity are considered right. One of them is not the only road. However, each person has all the thought, emotion, and activity only with different strength. So, the three roads to enlightenment should always be walked together. Therefore, the three roads humans should pursue, i.e. The road of wisdom, road of sacrifice, and road of behavior, are more effective when they become integrated, not independent. Let`s take an example of a person taking a road of behavior. His first goal is to perform without clinging to the result of behavior. He could walk the road successfully through strict self-control. However, he could reach his destination more surely if he walks the road of behavior by using the power of wisdom and asking, Why do I want to have it? Why do I want the things to be done this way? Will peace come of the things are done as I wishes? Will I be freer if I make it belong to me? Moreover, if the road of sacrifice like serving the god is added to all the behavior, he could reach his goal more surely and quickly. According to Bhagavadgita, the way for modern people to escape their desires and agony is to catch their desires occurring in their life and get out of them and that is possible only by experiencing directly through behavior. Living existences cannot help acting in any way. Only by acting without clinging to its result, he could be freedom from the chains of behavior.