Hinduism and Terrorism?

I'd like to preface by saying that I'm not making a judgement call about Hindus with this post, It's merely an inquiry.


In my "Terrorism Seminar" we discussed motivations for terrorism from both Christian and Muslim perspectives. We as a group determined that there could be certain verses from scriptures that justified terrorist-like attacks. I brought up the question of whether or not the Bhagavad-Gita could do the same. I think that someone could misconstrue Krishna's instruction to Arjuna to fight and kill people that were his family, teachers, etc.

Do you think that this could be applied to justify terrorism? How can we as a people keep this bastardization of sacred scripture from happening?

Musings about the Gita

Hi everyone! I'd like to preface by saying that our reading so far is way out of my wheelhouse of information. Coming from a Catholic Christian background, it is hard for me to think of things to write about without linking them in somewhat back to Christianity. So, please bear with me if I happen to draw connections that I'm not hoping to make.

Now, we discussed in class that there are different paths, or Yogas, to acheive this detachment from the Self. Why are they so different? If one is the path of action and one is the path of inaction, how is anyone supposed to determine which Yoga to follow? Is it based on your state in life, or is it based on a personal decision that benefits you the most? I guess, to me, it seems strange that two very different paths could have the same end goal. Normally, one would be easier or more difficult to follow, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.

So, an open question could be: if the yogas are totally different, how can they achieve the same outcome?