The Bhagavad Gita
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · April 25, 2000
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- Who it’s for
- A serious, reflective read with cultural and religious weight.
- Genres
- Hindu Sacred Writings, Hindu Thought, Epic Poetry
- Published
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, April 25, 2000
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The Bhagavad Gita is the most famous poem in all of Hindu literature and part of the Mahabharata, the ancient Indian epic masterpiece. The Gita (in Sanskrit, "Song of the Lord") consists of a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Prince Arjuna on the morning of a climactic battle. Krishna provides Arjuna with the spiritual means to understand his own nature so that he can take action and prevail.
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However, the larger canvas painted in the poem is that of the moral universe of Hinduism. As translator Eknath Easwaran, one of the world's premier teachers of meditation and spirituality, notes "The Gita does not present a system of philosophy. It offers something to every seeker after God, of whatever temperament, by whatever path. The reason for this universal appeal is that it is basically practical: it is a handbook for self-realization and a guide to action."
Quiet Depth
A serious, reflective read with cultural and religious weight.
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- contemplative spiritual text
- conversation-ready passages
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- layered ideas
- sustained, inward-paced reading
Where it sits
| Hindu Sacred Writings | 97% |
|---|---|
| Epic Poetry | 53% |
| Hindu Thought | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Indic Literary Collections
- Epic Poetry
- Hindu Sacred Writings
- Authors
- Eknath Easwaran, Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- April 25, 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Indic Literary Collections