The Song Divine, or Bhagavad-gita (pocket) Contributor(s): Caleb, C. C. (Translator), Delmonico, Neal (Introduction by), Sankara (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 1936135221 ISBN-13: 9781936135226 Publisher: Blazing Sapphire Press OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Eastern - Religion | Hinduism - Sacred Writings - Religion | Hinduism - History |
LCCN: 2016932546 |
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 4" W x 6" (0.33 lbs) 252 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Hindu |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The book presented here in a metrical English translation is hardly in need of an introduction in today's climate of widespread global cultural literacy. An ancient Sanskrit text more than two thousand years old, it has been translated hundreds of times into English alone, not to mention the many other languages of the world it has found expression in. It is one of those rare texts that belong to the most exclusive ingroup of religious texts, the "classics of world religion." There, too, it sits in a place of honor alongside the Bible, the Koran, the Dhammapada and Lotus-sutra, the Millions of Hindus read and recite this book today and look to it for encouragement, reassurance, guidance and solace. It is read and studied as well by thousands outside that community who are interested in the practice of various kinds of yoga. Indeed, yoga is a central theme of the text. But, despite what many modern writers have claimed, the yoga of the Gītā does not mean "union" or |