The Bhagavad is one of the most important and most loved religious texts. Detailing the beautiful love of the God Krishna and the notion of peaceful non-action in details many of the central tenets of Buddhist thought. In the beginning of the story Arjuna stands at the penicle of battle. He awaits to lead his troops into battle. Unfortunately he is torn. The men he is suppose to fight are his fellow people. He does not know what to do, and enters into a deep meditation. While lost in his thoughs he is greeted by the God Krishna. Krishna proceeds to reveal the true of the spiritual nature of man. He puts the notion of divine love as the most high. He states how loved Arjuna is. This creates a reassurance for him, especially this part in particular;
"Thou grievest for those that may not be lamented, whilst thy sentiments are those of the expounders of the letter of the law. Those who are wise in spiritual things
grieve neither for the dead nor for the living. I myself never was not, nor thou, nor all the princes of the earth; nor shall we ever hereafter cease to be. As the lord of
this mortal frame experienceth therein infancy, youth, and old age, so in future incarnations will it meet the same. One who is confirmed in this belief is not disturbed
by anything that may come to pass.
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