Hindu Dharma and caste system and the Bhagavad Gita

Words = 1656 1. According to Basham the term Dharma is "virtually untranslatable". On the basis of your reading how would you characterise the Hindu understanding of Dharma 2. Why, according to chapter 1 of the Bhagavad Gita, is Arjuna reluctant to fight his cousins? 3. What argument is particular does Ajuna's charioteer, Krishna, use to persuade him that he should put aside his doubts and join the battle. To answer question one I will first explain that according to basham (…

…well known, in the west and to at least attempt to give a better understanding to those first discovering the Hindu faith BIBLIOGRAPHY  Hinduism A213 World religions prepared by the course team by Gwilym Beckerlegge (introduction) Simon Weightman (part 1) Ninian Smart (part 2) Robert Mcdermott (part 3 with an introduction by Gwilym Beckerlegge)  The World religions Reader 2nd edition Editied by Gwilym Beckerlegge  The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of living faiths, Edited by R C Zaehner