Bhagavad Gita/Thanks Neilji

[Guest guest]

Namaste Neilji,

 

Mighty big thanks for kindly sharing knowledgeable insights

regarding the Gita!! Highly appreciated.. Always great having

your darshan any time!

 

Lotsa love,

Simone

 

 

, "trikashaivism"

<Trikashaivism@o...> wrote:

> Dear Jim & all, Namaste,

>

> Regarding the Bhagavad Gita – while I certainly can't claim to be

> an expert on the Bhagavad Gita I feel that the version you have of

> the text (As It is-Bhaktivedanta) is not a good one. Unless you

> belong to ISKCON that is. The translation and commentary, IMHO,

are

> far removed from most translations and commentaries on The Lord's

> Song. If someone is new to the Gita I personally feel that it

would

> be wise to steer well clear of this version. As this is the Gita

> strongly interpreted in the light of this tradition's philosophy

and

> perspective.

>

> There are many versions of the Gita available out there (many are

> very affordable which helps) and there are also many sites

> containing the Gita. A site with several notable translations and

> commentaries of the Gita is the Gita Supersite -

> http://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/ Highly recommend this

site.

> Other hard copies of translations and/or commentaries worth

studying

> that I would recommend include Gandhi's, Adi Shankara's,

> Jnaneshwari, Juan Mascaro's, Abhinavagupta's and Aurobindo's (as

> already mentioned by Bonnie I believe).

>

> Please appreciate that I do not like to knock someone else's

beliefs

> and faith in the sacred texts. But the Gita is such a jewel and I

> would feel sorrow if someone who was taking an interest in it then

> turned away from the Gita because they were reading a skewed or

> unreliable translation, interpretation and commentary of the text.

> It is just too valuable for that to happen.

>

> Happy reading! : )

>

>

> Om Shanti

> Neil

>

>

> , "Jim Bowles"

> <jimbow1@m...> wrote:

> > hello all,

> >

> > jb} My volume is by A.C. Bhaktivedantata Swami Prabhupada .. it

> states that it directs the

> > reader to Krsna .. rather than away from him.

> >

> > I don't know what that means yet .. but then I've just started

> reading.

> >

> > jb