The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed the core of Peter Brook's celebrated production of ...
This is Divine love, transcendental, pure and eternal. It is described in twelve cantos, and is not to be read lightly, even though it rose to the highest critical acclaim, it can truly be appreciated by devotees that have had spiritual and religious understanding as to not contaminate the purity of the spiritual relations.
"Needleman's deep and comforting voice is filled with calm authority, and . . . The Bhagavad-Gita becomes a beautiful, rhythmic poem, so wise and serene that it is like hearing from God".--San Francisco Chronicle.
Jayadev's dramatic lyrical poem "Gitagovinda" is a unique work in Indian literature and a source of inspiration in both medieval and contemporay Vaishnavism. It concentrates on Lord Krishna's love with His eternal consort Srimati Radharani.
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