The Difficulty Of Being Good On The Subtle Art Of Dharma Das by Das, Gurcharan 9780199754410, 9780199779604, 9780199781478, 0199754411, 0199779600, 0199781478 instant download after payment.

Why should we be good? How should we be good? And how might we more deeply understand the moral and ethical failings--splashed across today's headlines--that have not only destroyed individual lives but caused widespread calamity as well, bringing communities, nations, and indeed the global economy to the brink of collapse?
InThe Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das seeks answers to these questions in an unlikely source: the 2,000 year-old Sanskrit epic,Mahabharata. A sprawling, witty, ironic, and delightful poem, theMahabharatais obsessed with the elusive notion of dharma--in essence, doing the right thing. When a hero does something wrong in a Greek epic, he wastes little time on self-reflection; when a hero falters in theMahabharata, the action stops and everyone weighs in with a different and often contradictory take on dharma. Each major character in the epic embodies a significant moral failing or virtue, and their struggles mirror with uncanny precision our own familiar emotions of anxiety, courage, despair, remorse, envy, compassion, vengefulness, and duty. Das explores theMahabharatafrom many perspectives and compares the successes and failures of the poem's characters to those of contemporary individuals, many of them highly visible players in the world of economics, business, and politics. In every case, he finds striking parallels that carry lessons for everyone faced with ethical and moral dilemmas in today's complex world.
Written with the flair and seemingly effortless erudition that have made Gurcharan Das a bestselling author around the world--and enlivened by Das's forthright discussion of his own personal search for a more meaningful life--The Difficulty of Being Goodshines the light of an ancient poem on the most challenging moral ambiguities of modern life.
Gurcharan Dasis the author of the much-acclaimedIndia Unbound, which has been translated into many languages and filmed by the BBC. He writes a regular column for six Indian newspapers, including theTimes of India, and occasionally forNewsweek, theNew York Times, theWall Street Journal, andForeign Affairs. His other books include the novelA Fine Family; a book of essays,The Elephant Paradigm; and an anthology,Three English Plays, consisting ofLarins Sahib, 9 Jakhoo Hill, andMira.