The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna's Counsel in Time of War
The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed...
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The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed the core of Peter Brook's celebrated production of the Mahabharata.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553213652 (0553213652)
ASIN: 553213652
Publish date: July 1st 1986
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Cultural,
Religion,
Philosophy,
India,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
Poetry,
Spirituality,
Mythology,
Hinduism
The poetry is very beautiful. I have to admit that I liked the bits that were not philosophical more than the bits that were philosophical, but it is quite interesting.It serves as a good introduction to Hindu beliefs and is very very pretty. I am not sure that in the end it is not self contradict...
Incredible!An absolute Life-transformer!
A philosophical treatise presented as a discourse between Arjuna, a reluctant archer or the brink of war, and his chariotman, who turns out to be Krishna. Krishna gets most of the air time. The Bhagavad Gita was probably a separate discourse that was interpolated into the Mahabharata. On the positiv...
I'm rather fond of Eknath Easwaran's translations of ancient Indian texts.
Only gave it four because I haven't finished it yet.
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