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