- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Watkins Publishing (12 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1842930486
- ISBN-13: 978-1842930489
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,146,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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BHAGAVAD GITA is a sacred scripture of epic dimension and is the gospel of Hinduism. It means the "Song of God" and is often called the "Song Celestial". Alan Jacobs has succeeded in revitalising the ancient text into a form which reveals the full majesty of this magnificent scripture as well as its practical message for today's men and women. The outdated English of Sir Edwin Arnold's fine poetic translation in 1855 has been transformed and given clear meaning. It has also been expanded to reinforce the poetic imagery using contemporary free verse based on innovative metaphors. It is mandala poetry - each verse is a mandala for meditation. "It is like a great symphony. Each chapter relates to the last but leads on to the Coda...The Gita is to be enjoyed - one should not puzzle too much over philosophy." Alan Jacobs' incisive philosophic commentary dusts off the archaism of 1500 years and restores the text as a transforming instrument pointing to the way for self-realisation. - A Transcreation - not a scholarly translation - Uses contemporary free verse to convey the poetry and still adhere to the true meaning.- The commentary, inspired by some of the greatest spiritual leaders is lucid, helpful and succinct. - The Gita is one of the core texts from which the teaching of Advaita Vedanta or non-duality is drawn - surely the most important spiritual movement of the moment.
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