By Steven J. Rosen
ISBN-10: 0313345538
ISBN-13: 9780313345531
ISBN-10: 0313345546
ISBN-13: 9780313345548
Rosen bargains Westerners an easy-to-read creation to a sacred textual content, demystifying its enormous philosophy in a ordinary means. this isn't yet one more translation, only reiterating what the Gita itself has to assert. it is very an try and culturally translate the textual content, utilizing strategies and different types to which Western readers are accustomed. by way of enticing regularly occurring motifs—such as problems with modernity, pop-culture icons, and famous philosophers within the West—the writer brings the Gita into concentration for non-specialists and students alike. via a sequence of latest information references and insightful summaries, readers will ultimately comprehend the evidence and personalities that make up the Bhagavad Gita.Using his decades of Gita-centered learn, Rosen unlocks the mysteries of the text's religious underpinnings. He offers an summary of the Gita's narrative and teachings along documentation of its conventional software and extra glossy ways that the textual content should be understood. scholars and students alike will have a good time in how good this ebook lays naked the tradition and the context of the Gita, leading to a reader's deep familiarity with this such a lot sacred of all of the world's knowledge texts.
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Both armies are arrayed and ready for combat. But before the war actually begins, Krishna pulls Arjuna’s chariot into the middle of the battlefield, where the fabled bowman can see that on both sides there are friends, relatives, and countrymen. Arjuna becomes paralyzed with fear, with second thoughts about committing to the massive war that lay ahead, in which no one can really win. And Krishna begins to speak, or, rather, to sing. Hinduism scholar Barbara Powell, author of Windows into the Infinite: A Guide to the Hindu Scriptures, nicely summarizes Krishna’s song, the Bhagavad Gita, with special attention to the subject of violence: Initially one might expect Krsna to applaud Arjuna’s decision [not to fight].
In fact, nothing short of God’s presence and His direct affirmation of the war were acceptable. Needless to say, such occurrences in history are few and far between. That Lord Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, was present during Arjuna’s specific battle sharply distinguished the war of Kurukshetra from war in general, even those supposedly fought for religious purposes. Unlike modern combatants, the five Pandavas were neither pietistic generals, nor religious fanatics, nor misguided victims.
It’s your duty. ” The war of Kurukshetra merely provides a context in which to examine the subtler truths of life and death, liberation and bondage. The battlefield represents life in the world, with all its perils, temptations, and vicissitudes. 8 Powell makes several important points here, though to say that the Gita “in no way” advocates violence might be a bit extreme. tex C34553/Rosen August 9, 2007 FIGHT OR FLIGHT 27 particular person (Arjuna), the Gita is in fact advocating violence. ” But this doesn’t change the fact that here, for Arjuna, violence is the path to righteousness.
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