The Bhagavad Gita

[psuedogunslinger]

Who else is interested in this wonderful spiritual text? I'm not saying I necessarily agree with all of it or hinduism in general, but like the upanishads it is a very uplifting philosophy to meditate your life on.

Like the bible you have to regard the supernatural elements as metaphorical or you'll get really confused or contradicted.

It fits in with the theory that Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, etc has a piece of the answer. No one religion is right.

[I_Like_Traffic_Lights]

I thought there would be a link to an e-text of the Bhagavad Gita in here.

Not sure why.

[psuedogunslinger]

quote:Originally posted by I_Like_Traffic_Lights:

I thought there would be a link to an e-text of the Bhagavad Gita in here.

Not sure why.

Oh shit sorry, here's one http://bhagavadgitaasitis.com/en

Stick with it because the first couple of chapters are kind of boring and repetitive. The good bits are mostly in the middle. I prefer Stephen Mitchells translation which get's rid of the erroneous material though, but that's because I find the original a bit too dry. I would suggest that version if anyone actually gets interested enough to buy or borrow a copy.

[shuu]

its just part of a very very long semi-historical account of some random people some where in ancient India...talking about different tribes/kingdoms having a war, certain princes, etc, and then later on for some reason, people added to it claims that certain characters were gods. Basically poets just took what kshatriyas wrote about in the upanishads and applied those theories to the heroes in the mahabharata epic, there you have the bhagavad-gita.

[This message has been edited by shuu (edited 01-27-2007).]

[Hare_Geist]

Hinduism is definitely my favourite religion. I've been meaning to read a lot of it's texts.

[---Beany---]

What I've read is good but sometimes I wish Prabhupad's translations and explanations were a bit better.

[yango wango]

Not only was it enlightening but it was also beautiful to read.

[psuedogunslinger]

quote:Originally posted by ---Beany---:

What I've read is good but sometimes I wish Prabhupad's translations and explanations were a bit better.

Read Stephen Mitchells version, I'm not too fond of the Hari Krishna version either. This site has more versions to choose from: http://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/index.htm

The Krishnas are kinda odd...

[Mahatma Gandhi]

Can you summarize what the fuck it is all about?

[Mahatma Gandhi]

Looks like those guys are about to have a fight. Didn't read.