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Krishna's Song - A New Look at the Bhagavad Gita (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,882
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Krishna's Song - A New Look at the Bhagavad Gita (Hardcover): Steven J. Rosen

Krishna's Song - A New Look at the Bhagavad Gita (Hardcover)

Steven J. Rosen

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Rosen offers Westerners an easy-to-read introduction to a sacred text, demystifying its considerable philosophy in a user-friendly way. This is not yet another translation, merely reiterating what the Gita itself has to say. It is rather an attempt to "culturally translate" the text, making use of concepts and categories to which Western readers are accustomed. By engaging familiar motifs--such as issues of modernity, pop-culture icons, and well-known philosophers in the West--the author brings the Gita into focus for non-specialists and scholars alike. Through a series of contemporary news references and insightful summaries, readers will finally understand the facts and personalities that make up the Bhagavad Gita. Using his many years of Gita-centered research, Rosen unlocks the mysteries of the text's spiritual underpinnings. He provides an overview of the Gita's narrative and teachings alongside documentation of its traditional application and more modern ways in which the text can be understood. Subjects discussed include: * Violence in the Gita * The Gita and the Atom Bomb * Gita in the Workplace * The Goal of Yoga * The Soul: Who Am I? * Star Wars. Students and scholars alike will rejoice in how well this book lays bare the culture and the context of the Gita, resulting in a reader's deep familiarity with this most sacred of all the world's wisdom texts.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2007
First published: September 2007
Authors: Steven J. Rosen
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34553-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > General
LSN: 0-313-34553-8
Barcode: 9780313345531

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