Introduction-Bhagavad Gita

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Bhagavad-gita is also known as Gitopanishad. It is the essence of Vedic knowledge and one of the most important Upanishads in Vedic literature. Of course there are many commentaries in English on the Bhagavad-gita, and one may question the need for another. This edition can be explained as follows. Recently, an American lady asked me to recommend an English translation of the Bhagavad-gita. Of course, in America there are many editions of Bhagavad-gita available in English, but from what I've seen, not only in America but also in India, none of them can be strictly said to be authoritarian, because almost everyone that the commentator has expressed his own opinion, without touching the spirit of Bhagavad-gita as it is.

Posted by Rahul at 1/13/2010 01:01:00 PM  

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