Transcreation of the Bhagavad Gita, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (June 29, 1998) © 1999

  • Ashok Kumar Malhotra
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For courses in Indian or Asian Philosophy or Religions, Asian Studies, Non-Western Civilizations, Survey of World Religions, Great Texts of Humankind, and Philosophical Ideas in Literature. Unlike all other English translations of the Bhagavad Gita — which are either too literal and abstract, or written in very formal, incomprehensible English, or are philosophically one-sided — this student-friendly “transcreation” offers an unbiased philosophical perspective and presents the main religious and philosophical themes of the Bhagavad Gita in simple/ordinary language easily accessible to today's students. It enables them to read this great work as if it were originally written in their own language — and to capture the excitement of discovering its relevance to their own lives.

INTRODUCTION.

STORY OUTLINE OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA.

PRINCPAL CHARACTERS.

TRANSCREATED TEXT OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA.

Arjuna's Moral Dilemma.


Path of Knowledge.


Path of Action.


Paths of Action and Knowledge.


Path of Renunciation.


The Nature of a True Yogi.


The Divine's Higher and Lower Natures.


Path to the Supreme Self.


Wisdom and Worship.


Glorious Manifestations of the Divine.


Intuitive Vision of the Cosmic Form.


Path of Devotion.


The Body and Its Controller.


The Three Components of the Material Reality.


The Cosmic Fig Tree.


Sage-like and Unsage-like Endowments.


Nature of Faith.


Paths of Renunciation and Relinquishment.


AFTERWORD.

Interpretations of the Bhagavad Gita.


Classical Interpretations — with comments by Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhava.Modern Interpretations — with comments by Weber, Garbe and Farquhar.Contemporary Interpretations — with comments by Tilak, Gandhi, and Radhakrishnan.Recent Interpretations — with comments by Hauer, Eliot, and Bhaktivedanta.

Ethical, Philosophical, and Religious Content.


Glossary.

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