The Bhagavad-gîta: "The Songs of the Master"Charles Johnston Quarterly Book Department, 1908 - 61 páginas "The Bhagavad Gita is one of the noblest scriptures of India, one of the deepest scriptures of the world. It is rich in beauty and full of poetic power. The characters stand out in heroic grandeur, in the midst of a splendid setting of martial valor. The figures of Arjuna, very human in despondency and doubt, and of Krishna, majestic, resolute, persuasive, are clear, living, of universal truth. On another side, the Bhagavad Gita is full of inspiration, of religious devotion, of keenest insight into the heart of man. The conflict of motives that beset human action, the clinging fetters of selfishness which check us in the path to the immortal, the subtle evasions of the lurking whisperer in the heart: all are clearly seen and vividly revealed. Yet, withal, the claims of abstract thought are not forgotten; every stage of Indian philosophy, every shade of logic and metaphysics, is given its place; and many practical suggestions are put forward, touching the problems of Indian politics and history, hints as valid to-day in human affairs as they were two thousand years ago."--Introduction, page [vii] |
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ancient Arjuna attachment battle behold Bhagavad Gita Bhishma birth body bondage born Brahmans called comes conqueror of wealth consciousness Darkness death declare to thee delusion descendant of Bharata desire Dhritarashtra disciple divine Drona Drupada Duryodhana dwell earth enter Eternal everlasting faith father fear fire flowing hair follower of union followers of Yoga Force fruit gain gifts gods heart higher Ikshvaku immortal India INTRODUCTION TO BOOK Kapila Katha Upanishad knower Krishna Kunti Kuru liberation Logos Lord lust Mahabharata manifested MASTER mind Mystery Nirvana offering Oversoul Pandu peace penance perceive poem Pritha psychical nature race Radiance Rajputs rebirth renunciation reward rites sacrifice SANJAYA Sankhya scripture seek seeker of union Seers Shudra slay son of Pritha Soul soul-vision Spirit Substance supreme teaching things Thou art thou shalt thought Three Powers threefold truth unmanifest unwisdom Upanishads Vaishyas valor Vedanta Vedas verily verses Vishvamitra vision Vrishni wisdom wise worship