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📚A gorgeous used book haul,

to inspire the book(s) within me📚

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It had been about two years since I was forced to buy this book by my father, and I‘ve never had the interest to open it. Even when recommending, I told people to not buy this book but I never read the book myself. I regret not recommending this book tbh, I opened in few days ago and the story, the way it was written, the characters, they held me captive. I finished the whole book within 3 sittings. Highly recommend it to Indologists!

Oneself is the enjoyer or sufferer in the association of the mind and senses.

The individual is the passenger in the car of the body, and intelligence is the driver. Mind is the driving instrument, and the senses are horses.

Our very existence is in the atmosphere of nonexistence.

Praphupada‘s purports if anything makes one contradict the actual teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, also the translators lifestyle contradict the teachings of goodness. Furthermore how does one in 15th century England or any other residing country in that time have the ability or linguistic capacity to have the knowledge of the Gita? That person would not have the opportunity, therefore it makes me further skeptical of the teachings as a whole.

@TheBookHippie I‘m so glad you compelled me to reread this! I hadn‘t picked it up since high school and there‘s just SO much in it! Definitely one of those works you could read 100 times and get something new each time. #FoodAndLit India @Butterfinger @Texreader @Catsandbooks

I don‘t love all the translation in this edition, but I really like this description of Krishna‘s nature

“earth, water, fire, wind, space, mind, understanding, and individuality…”
“I am the taste in the water, Arjuna, the light in the moon and the sun, OM resonant in all sacred lore, the sound in space, valor in men. I am the pure fragrance in earth, the brilliance in fire, the life in all living creatures, the penance in ascetics.”

I haven‘t read this since high school and am amazed at how completely different the things standing out to me this time are.

This came as a recommended translation of The Bhagavad Gita. This book requires multiple readings and a serious study as there are so many nuggets of wisdom. I found the author‘s explanation of each chapter, before the translated Gita chapter very helpful for my comprehension. Now that I have completed my first read, I intend to revisit each chapter more slowly and deliberately. #MountTBR