Exploring the Bhagavad Gita

Philosophy, Structure and Meaning
Neuauflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7546-6658-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 486 g

The Bhagavad Gita is a unique literary creation but deciphering its meaning and philosophy is not easy or simple. This careful study of the Bhagavad Gita approaches the ancient text with a modern mind and offers a unifying structure which is of a universal relevance. Combining the philosophical-theoretical with the ethical-practical, Ithamar Theodor locates his study within comparative theology and identifies the various layers of meaning. The full text of the Bhagavad Gita is presented in new translation, divided into sections, and accompanied by in-depth commentary. This book makes the Bhagavad Gita accessible to a wide variety of readers, helping to make sense of this great spiritual classic which is one of the most important texts of religious Hinduism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Theodor, Ithamar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 Setting the Scene; Chapter 2 The Soul, Dharma and Liberation; Chapter 3 The Path of Enlightened Action – Part I; Chapter 4 The Supreme Person’s Descent; Chapter 5 The Path of Enlightened Action – Part II; Chapter 6 The Path of Classical Yoga; Chapter 7 The Vision of the Supreme – Part I; Chapter 8 Quitting One’s Body, the Ephemeral and Eternal Worlds; Chapter 9 The Vision of the Supreme – Part II; Chapter 10 Arjuna’s Change of Heart and the Divine Manifestations; Chapter 11 The Cosmic Revelation; Chapter 12 Stages of Devotion; Chapter 13 The Vision of the Supreme in the Heart; Chapter 14 The Three Gu?as; Chapter 15 The Journey from Bondage to Liberation; Chapter 16 The Divine and the Demonic; Chapter 17 The Manifestation of the Three Gu?as in Human Life; Chapter 18 Summary and Conclusion: Taking Refuge in K???a Alone;

Über Autor(innen)

Ithamar Theodor is a graduate of the University of Oxford and a life member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. He has published a Bhagavad Gita translation and commentary in Israel in Modern Hebrew, and is currently working at the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa, as well as the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.