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Sacred Texts: The Bhagavad Gita
Sacred Texts: The Bhagavad Gita
The Song Celestial with introduction and notes
Hardback
224
pages
153 x 105 mm
ISBN
9781842930984
RRP: £6.99
Price: £6.29
19 September 2005
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The Bhagavad Gita, or Song Celestial, is the sacred testament central to Hinduism, the most ancient of the great world religions. Braham is the Absolute Supreme Reality underlying all forms. Human beings accumulate Karma as a result of their actions in innumerable incarnations, until they obtain liberation through the practices of devotion and knowledge. The Bhagavad Gita, as the essential gospel of Hinduism, explains mankind's predicament and points the way to freedom.
This poetic gospel is attributed to the divine messenger, Lord Krishna, who on the battlefield gives the warrior-prince, Arjuna, detailed and profound spiritual guidance. Arjuna is perplexed by his involvement in a war and Lord Krishna unveils inspiring philosophical wisdom leading to the solution of Arjuna's problem and his self-realization.
Sir Edwin Arnold's famed translation marvellously captures the poetic beauty of the original text.
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