Agarwal, P Satya

The social role of the Gita: How and why/ P Satya Agarwal - New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1997. - 475 p.

Part One
CASE STUDIES ON SOCIAL APPLICATIONS OF
KARMAYOGA
1 Leaders of Social Movements in India: Selective .
Identification for Case Study
2 Rammohun Roy: Using the Gita for Social Reform
3 Vivekananda: Institutionalizing the Karma-
Yoga-Based Socio-Spiritual Approach
4 Tilak: Orienting the Gita to Swaraj and
Lokasarhgraha
5 Aurobindo: Extending Lokasarhgraha, with
Modification, from Karmayoga to Purnayoga
6 Gandhi: Adopting Ahirhsa to Achieve
Lokasarhgraha and Satya
7 From Roy to Gandhi: Expanding the Social
Role of the Gita
Part Two
LOKASAMGRAHA: THE SOCIAL IDEAL
OF THE GITA
8 Why the Social Ideal Remained Neglected for
so Long
9 Arjuna's Search for Sreyas and Sri Krsna's
Teaching on Niskama Karma
10 Lokasarhgraha: A Broad Social Goal,
Supplementing Individual Sreyas
11 Multiplicity of Ways of Participation in
Lokasarhgraha
I
12 Two Stages of Lokasarhgraha: Duty-Bound and
Spontaneous
13 Bhakti, Jnana and Purusarthas: Practically
Incomplete without Lokasarhgraha
14 Updated Lokasarhgraha: A
Potentially Dynamic Social Ideal

8120815246


Hindu sociology.
Socialism and Hinduism.
Bhagavadgītā -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

294.5924 / AGA/S