Moral Ideas in Gita

Abstract

When a person’s behavior shows high moral standards, it is called virtue. Man’s behavior can be determined by the virtue he performs. The Tamil word ‘Aram’ is called ‘Dharma’ in vernacular language and as ‘Morality’ or ‘Virtue’ in English. A man’s good deeds are more important than his life. In that case only doing good deeds and helping the needy is important in a person’s life. That is why in Bhagavad Gita, Thirukkural, Thirumantiram, Naladiyar and Purananuru the writers have explained about the benefits a person attains in doing good deeds and shows a person’s life will be destroyed if he has bad qualities. This article is about the moral ideas explained in Bhagavad Gita, the definition for virtue and it tells what will be the nature of person who does good deeds.