Informationen zum Autor Translated by Geoffrey Parrinder Klappentext The Bhagavad-Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism, and one of the great religious classics of the world. Its simple, vivid message is a daily inspiration in the lives of millions throughout the world and has been so for countless generations. Here is a distinguished translation that can be read by every person, not as an archaic monument to an ancient culture, but as a living contemporary message that touches the most urgent personal and social problems. Zusammenfassung The timeless epic of the Hindu faith, now available from Signet Classics in this edition translated by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwoodwith an Introduction by Aldous Huxley. The Bhagavad-Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism, and one of the great religious classics of the world. Its simple, vivid message is a daily inspiration in the lives of millions throughout the world and has been so for countless generations. Here is a distinguished translation that can be read by every person, not as an archaic monument to an ancient culture, but as a living contemporary message that touches the most urgent personal and social problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Bhagavad-GitaTranslators' Preface Introduction by Aldous Huxley Gita and Mahabharata Bhagavad-Gita I. The Sorrow of Arjuna II. The Yoga of Knowledge III. Karma Yoga IV. Renunciation Through Knowledge V. The Yoga of Renunciation VI. The Yoga of Meditation VII. Knowledge and Experience VIII. The Way to Eternal Brahman IX. The Yoga of Mysticism X. Divine Glory XI. The Vision of God in His Universal Form XII. The Yoga of Devotion XIII. The Field and Its Knower XIV. The Three Gunas XV. Devotion to the Supreme Spirit XVI. Divine and Demonic Tendencies XVII. Three Kinds of Faith XVIII. The Yoga of Renunciation Appendix I The Cosmology of the Gita Appendix II The Gita and War ...

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Translated by Geoffrey Parrinder

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The Bhagavad-Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism, and one of the great religious classics of the world. Its simple, vivid message is a daily inspiration in the lives of millions throughout the world and has been so for countless generations.

Here is a distinguished translation that can be read by every person, not as an archaic monument to an ancient culture, but as a living contemporary message that touches the most urgent personal and social problems.

Zusammenfassung
The timeless epic of the Hindu faith, now available from Signet Classics in this edition translated by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood—with an Introduction by Aldous Huxley.

The Bhagavad-Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism, and one of the great religious classics of the world. Its simple, vivid message is a daily inspiration in the lives of millions throughout the world and has been so for countless generations.

Here is a distinguished translation that can be read by every person, not as an archaic monument to an ancient culture, but as a living contemporary message that touches the most urgent personal and social problems.

Inhalt
Bhagavad-GitaTranslators' Preface
Introduction by Aldous Huxley
Gita and Mahabharata

Bhagavad-Gita
I. The Sorrow of Arjuna
II. The Yoga of Knowledge
III. Karma Yoga
IV. Renunciation Through Knowledge
V. The Yoga of Renunciation
VI. The Yoga of Meditation
VII. Knowledge and Experience
VIII. The Way to Eternal Brahman
IX. The Yoga of Mysticism
X. Divine Glory
XI. The Vision of God in His Universal Form
XII. The Yoga of Devotion
XIII. The Field and Its Knower
XIV. The Three Gunas
XV. Devotion to the Supreme Spirit
XVI. Divine and Demonic Tendencies
XVII. Three Kinds of Faith
XVIII. The Yoga of Renunciation
Appendix I
The Cosmology of the Gita
Appendix II
The Gita and War