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The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

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mary_soon_lee's review

Eknath Easwaran's translation of the Hindu scripture the "Bhagavad Gita" includes his own introduction, plus chapter notes by Diana Morrison. I found these helpful in trying to understand the book. The "Bhagavad Gita" is a religious text, one of the core Hindu scriptures. I am not a Hindu. I am not religious. I am not the right person to judge the book's spiritual worth, but I was very glad to read it, to illuminate some small part of my ignorance.

I admired the device of Krishna presenting his spiritual advice to Arjuna on a battlefield, in response to Arjuna's anguish at the prospect of killing his relatives. I admired poetic turns of phrase, which at times reminded me of the cadences of the Bible. I liked the emphasis on selfless action, and on detachment from the outcome of such action. However, I am not the intended audience for this book. When it speaks of faith, of the supreme importance of devotion to Krishna, it does not speak to me.

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

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5.0

A guide for the ages

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adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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5.0

I definitely haven't read this version. And there is no entry in Goodreads for the original Sanskrit version of it, which is what I have read and I am too lazy to dig it out and make an entry. I am sure none of the interpretations or translations can come to the level of the original narrated by Ved Vyasa and written by Lord Ganesha himself.