{"product_id":"the-bhagavad-gita-a-new-poetic-translation-hardcover","title":"The Bhagavad Gita: A new poetic translation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeith Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the battlefield of life, desiring to do our best, how should we act? Which values should we live by? What metaphysical outlook best explains what happens to us? How do we express our spiritual nature? And how can we stay spiritually focused in the whirl of daily activity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArjunaís searching questions, asked on the brink of a war he is loathe to fight, and Krishnaís profound answers, spoken in his chariot as they survey the battlefield on which thousands will soon die, offer timeless insights into the difficulties and wonders of human existence, making the \u003cem\u003eBhagavad Gita\u003c\/em\u003e one of the great works of world spirituality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally written in poetry, but usually translated into English in prose, this version balances the need to present the \u003cem\u003eBhagavad Gita's\u003c\/em\u003e profound concepts precisely while reproducing the originalíís dramatic and poetic power. This translation is especially successful in capturing the \u003cem\u003eBhagavad Gita's\u003c\/em\u003e shifts of tone, moving from vivid descriptions of the battlefield, to the precise reasoning of Krishnaís advice to Arjuna, to the sublime visionary intensity of Krishna as cosmic being. Endnotes and a glossary help readers unfamiliar with Indian culture understand the poemís mythological and philosophic references. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpt from Discourse Two: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lord said: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou grieve for those who require no grief, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econfusing yourself with words of false wisdom;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewise men mourn neither living nor dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor there was never a time when I was not, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enor when you and these kings did not exist, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enor, hereafter, when we will cease to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe embodied passes from infancy to death, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejust so it enters another body;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe wise are not deceived over this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeat and cold, pleasure and pain, each arise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen the senses and their objects meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut they are transitory. Transcend them, therefore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat man to whom pain and pleasure are the same, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho, Arjuna, by these remains undisturbed, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecomes a candidate for immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing can come to be from non-being, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enor can what has existence cease to be;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis reality is perceived by those who know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderstand, that which extends throughout \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe entire cosmos is imperishable; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindestructible, none can destroy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe embodied is immeasurable, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeternal, imperishable; its bodies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efinite only. Therefore, Arjuna, fight!\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48353632682154,"sku":"9780995133396","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/1475\/4218\/files\/mDWGFuI0PZ9780995133396.webp?v=1779922327","url":"https:\/\/wiccancenter.com\/it\/products\/the-bhagavad-gita-a-new-poetic-translation-hardcover","provider":"Wiccan Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}