Philosophy of The Bhagavad Gita: A Contemporary Introduction presents a complete philosophical guide and new translation of the most celebrated text of Hinduism.
While usually treated as mystical and religious poetry, this new translation focuses on the philosophy underpinning the story of a battle between two sets of cousins of the Aryan clan. Designed for use in the classroom, this lively and readable translation:
- Situates the text in its philosophical and cultural contexts
- Features summaries and chapter analyses and questions at the opening and end of each of the eighteen chapters encouraging further study
- Highlights points of comparison and overlap between Indian and Western philosophical concepts and themes such as just war, care ethics, integrity and authenticity
- Includes a glossary allowing the reader to determine the meaning of central concepts
Written with clarity and without presupposing any prior knowledge of Hinduism, Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: A Contemporary Introduction reveals the importance and value of reading the Gita philosophically.
- 209 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use This Book
- Introduction
- 1 Arjuna’s Sorrow
- 2 The Yoga of Knowledge (and Philosophy)
- 3 The Yoga of Action
- 4 The Yoga of Renunciation of Action through Knowledge
- 5 The Yoga of Renunciation
- 6 The Yoga of Meditation
- 7 The Yoga of Knowledge and Judgment
- 8 The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
- 9 The Yoga of Sovereign Science and Sovereign Secret
- 10 The Yoga of Divine Manifestations
- 11 The Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form
- 12 The Yoga of Devotion
- 13 The Yoga of Difference between the Field and the Field-Knower
- 14 The Yoga of the Division of Three Gunas
- 15 The Yoga of the Supreme Purusha
- 16 The Yoga of the Division between the Divine and the Demonic
- 17 The Yoga of the Threefold Faith
- 18 The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation
- Selective Glossary of Sanskrit Terms
- References
- Index
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