The Bhagavad-Gita
Krishna's counsel in time of war
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Contributions
- Miller, Barbara Stoler. - Contributor
- Moser, Barry. - Contributor
Publication
1986 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
42,000 words, Guess
Page Count
168 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebhagavadgita0022cm
- ISBN-100231064683
- ISBN-139780231064682
- LibraryThing37666
- Goodreads290773
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- Library of Congress Control Number86013725
- OCLC Control Number13760177
- Better World Books9780231064682
- Open LibraryOL2720316M
Classifications
- DDC294.5/924
- LCCBL1138.62 .E5 1986
- LCCBL1138.62.E5 1986
Description
The Gita opens, dramatically, on a battlefield, as the warrior Arjuna turns in anguish to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life. Yet the Gita is not what it seems – it’s not a dialogue between two mythical figures at the dawn of Indian history. “The battlefield is a perfect backdrop, but the Gita’s subject is the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage if he or she is to emerge from life victorious.”
Description
The dramatic moral crisis that is central to the "Bhagavad-Gita" has inspired centuries of Indian philosophers as well as Western thinkers. Renown translator Barbara Stoler Miller presents here a new English-language version of this exemplary text of Hindu culture.
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