Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahābhārata John M. Gonzalez

Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahābhārata John M. GonzalezConsiders the questions of free will in the great India epic, the Mahabharata. Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahabharata explores this epic's ongoing polemic regarding free will in the face of destiny. While the belief that human history is governed exclusively by external forces is evident in the Mahabharata, the epic also contains the commanding message of Kr's'n'a that the lives of individuals and societies may, and should indeed, be changed

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