Hey guys, I'm in the mood for a spiritual awakening. I've never read a translation of the Bhagavad Gita from beginning to end. I'd like to get started on it. There are many translations out there on the internet and Amazon. I was wondering what you'd recommend. I'm looking for something short and easy (if there are any pocket Bhagavad Gita's with easy to understand translations, then that would be ideal, for I'd like to carry this around with me). Your help is much-appreciated.
You're out of luck buddy. The book is like 900 pages. I got my copy a while back from a monk loitering around campus. I thought he was giving them away, but he expected a donation....
The settings for Bhagavad Gita starts in Mahabharat, but the message behind Bhagavad Gita does not have much to do with Mahabharat. The core message of Bhagavad Gita has to do with Hindu philosophy of the true nature of self, the purpose of life etc. It essentially summarizes many core Hindu philosophy from various Upanishads. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita http://vedabase.net/bg/ http://www.thebigview.com/download/bhagavad-gita.pdf
I have a feeling the well-to-do-man holding the umbrella can help you. That's if he can pry himself from the Rolls Royce he drives Spoiler around his masters in .
There is your problem right there I read it several several years ago (2001) one summer it was a very good read but very complex and profound at times. I had found a pretty large book my dad had bought that I read. You can find certain stanzas of the Gita probably in a condensed form but I haven't seen the full scripture in a pocket size before
Never have...very interested in reading it....I echo the OP's question. I don't need pocket sized. Do we have any Hindus on the board at all?
I've never heard of this, but sounds pretty interesting if I could understand the language. Is this the holy book for the Hindu religion? Or just a philosophical thing written by monks?
I've never read the whole thing - but plenty of smaller portions. I'm not sure what I would recommend for light reading of the scripture itself, but I enjoyed The Veiling Brilliance as an introduction of sorts to some of the concepts illuminated in the Bhagavad Gita and other Hindu texts (although the focus is the devimahatmya).
There is a small translation that is available. I've got it back home in Houston, but can't seem to find it on Amazon or a quick Google search. It's a small book with a pink cover, IIRC and it's a pretty quick read. If you can't find it, I'll try to get the ISDN for you next time I call home. Good luck, hope you find it a very fascinating read. If you want to go deeper on the subject, I'd suggest a version with commentary like the one by Swami Chinmayananda.
