If so, what do you think of it? I myself am in love with it..:)
2007-07-12 14:21:23 · 19 answers · asked by ✡ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've got a couple of pages into the Sanderson Beck translation, and I think it's excellent. It certainly ranks alongside the Greco-Roman religious epics, and it's a great shame that it's not as well known. I'd like to read the entire Mahabharata, but I have studies.
2007-07-12 14:27:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
karmanye vadhikaraste, maa faleshu kadaachana,
maa karmphalhetu bhurma, te sangoistvakarmani
I love the Sanksrit shlokas of Gita and have memorized around 50 of them. Sanskrit, by definition is a very polished language and cultivates clean, peaceful thoughts in a person. Gita's message is very clear and has a universal, cosmic appeal and I wish anyone with the slightest knowledge about themselves to cultivate the lessons of Gita.
Namaste.
2007-07-12 19:33:02 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix 寶尚羿 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bhagavad Gita. org seems particularly solid. Has audios in diverse languages obtainable and the commentaries of a lot of folk inclusive of Srila Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada. i could advise you attempt Google and notice which one suits you ultimate.
2016-10-01 12:01:54 · answer #3 · answered by grable 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I consider it one of the most beautiful and spiritual works of literature out there. Many are put off by the war theme and miss the point. Gandhi developed his philosophy of Ahimsa(non-violence) from the Gita. Beautiful book!
2007-07-12 14:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most of the old religious books are basically instructions to human beings from The God through His prophets who are selected men. for a group of isolated society.only thing is later man interfered in those Books and changed according to his interest. The latest version of the series of such religious book which is for the entire human world is The Quran,which is not touched or maligned by human hand and shall be protected by The God until The Dooms Day.So every human being should read it once as it is final Book of the series and vergin.
2007-07-12 17:41:10 · answer #5 · answered by a.kolathil 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My take was that Arjuna was on the battlefield called the mind and he had cowered down in fear, even though he was the greatest warrior of all. Krishna, or God in form, came and restored Arjuna to his rightful position and then expounded the whole systems of yoga and its practice. Through this beautiful discourse Arjuna is awakened to his true state of oneness with his beloved Krishna.
2007-07-12 14:33:39 · answer #6 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have read most of it and I really liked it. I found that I could only read a bit at a time and let it sink in slowly.
Namaste!
2007-07-12 14:26:08 · answer #7 · answered by s1sm00n 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
read what gandhi had to say about the gita at http://www.gitananda.org/about-gita/index.php
he read it and practiced it. he lived it.
2007-07-13 09:07:52 · answer #8 · answered by anon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hindu Holy Book. I read it and found it to be simple minded "deep" sayings. That's just my impression. Just because it has some truth doesn't make it the "right path".
2007-07-12 14:28:09 · answer #9 · answered by man who is lost 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom, nor for the uncontrolled is there power of concentration; and for him without concentration there is no peace. And for the unpeaceful, how can there be happiness?"
2007-07-12 15:03:52 · answer #10 · answered by related ego 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋