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3rd printing
The 'Bhagavadgita' is known as one of the greatest religious creations of India, remarkable for parallels as well as contrasts with Christian thought, yet entirely Indian. It is one of the few Indian classics that is widely read in the West and presents the mysticism of the East in its
Contents
Introduction
I The despondency of Arjuna
II Sankhya
III Action
IV Knowledge
V Renunciation of actions
VI Meditation
VII Knowledge of the Lord
VIII The Lord as Brahma the imperishable
IX The royal knowledge and secret
X The Lord's vastness
XI The Lord as all forms
XII Devotion
XIII the field and the knower of the field
XIV Distinctinof the three sonsituents
XV The Lord as the highest person
XVI Distinction of the Godly and he ungodly
XVII Distinctinof the three forms of faith
XVIII Enunciation
The 'Bhagavadgita' is known as one of the greatest religious creations of India, remarkable for parallels as well as contrasts with Christian thought, yet entirely Indian. It is one of the few Indian classics that is widely read in the West and presents the mysticism of the East in its
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most attractive form. This is an accurate, literal version, and the introduction and notes show the relation of the poem to the great Indian philosophical systems.Contents
Introduction
I The despondency of Arjuna
II Sankhya
III Action
IV Knowledge
V Renunciation of actions
VI Meditation
VII Knowledge of the Lord
VIII The Lord as Brahma the imperishable
IX The royal knowledge and secret
X The Lord's vastness
XI The Lord as all forms
XII Devotion
XIII the field and the knower of the field
XIV Distinctinof the three sonsituents
XV The Lord as the highest person
XVI Distinction of the Godly and he ungodly
XVII Distinctinof the three forms of faith
XVIII Enunciation
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John Murray