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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Das, Gurcharan.     Subjects     Mahābhārata -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.     Mahābhārata -- Characters.     Dharma.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Das, Gurcharan.       by title:      The difficulty of be...         MARC Display

The difficulty of being good : on the subtle art of dharma / Gurcharan Das. by Das, Gurcharan. New York : Oxford University Press, c2009. Subjects Mahābhārata -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.   Mahābhārata -- Characters.   Dharma. ISBN:  9780199754410 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 0199754411 (pbk. : alk. paper) Description:  lii, 434 p. ; 24 cm. Contents:  Prelude: I take an academic holiday -- Duryodhana's envy: "what man of mettle will stand to see his rivals prosper and himself decline" -- Draupadi's courage: "who did you lose first, yourself or me?" -- Yudhisthira's duty: "I act because I must" -- Arjuna's despair: "there are no victors in war" -- Bhishma's selflessness: "be intent on the act, not its fruits" -- Karna's status anxiety: "how could a doe give birth to this tiger?" -- Krishna's guile: "that is the way it is!" -- Aswatthama's revenge: "now I feel the whirligig of time" -- Yudhisthira's remorse: "this victory looks more like defeat to me" -- Mahabharata's dharma: "great king, you weep with all creatures" -- Conclusion: the difficulty of being good -- Appendix: dharma, the story of a word -- A short bibliographic essay. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Ewa Beach P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 294.5923 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 294.5923 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 294.5923 Das Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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