| Description |
vii, 273 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series in religious studies |
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SUNY series in religious studies.
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| Contents |
1. A lesson in allegory: theosophical interpretation of the Bhagavadgita / Ronald W. Neufeldt -- 2. Bankim Chandra Chatterji's new Hinduism and the Bhagavadgita / Ajit Ray -- 3. Tilak and the Bhagavadgita's doctrine of karmayoga / Robert W. Stevenson -- 4. Sri Aurobindo as a Gita-yogin / Robert N. Minor -- 5. Gandhi and the Bhagavadgita / J.T.F. Jordens -- 6. Vinoba Bhave's talks on the Gita / Boyd H. Wilson -- 7. Swami Vivekananda's use of the Bhagavadgita / Harold W. French -- 8. The Bhagavadgita in Radhakrishnan's apologetics / Robert N. Minor -- 9. Swami Sivananda and the Bhagavadgita / David M. Miller -- 10. Swami Bhaktivedanta and the Bhagavadgita "as it is" / Robert D. Baird |
| Summary |
A collection of careful, objective, historically sensitive studies of modern commentators on the Bhagavadgita, one of the basic scriptures of Hinduism, and one which has been widely read in the modern West. Experts on modern Indian religious thought show how Ghandi, Vivekananda, Radhakrishnan, Bhaktivedanta, Aurobindo, Tilak, Bhave, Sivananda, the Theosophists, and Bhankim read, used and interpreted the Gita. Collectively, the essays display the different backgrounds and orientations of the major indian thinkers of our time |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-260) |
| SUBJECT |
Bhagavadgītā http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79142762 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005392
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Bhagavadgītā http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79142762 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005401
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| Author |
Minor, Robert Neil, 1945-
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| LC no. |
86014386 |
| ISBN |
0887062970 |
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0887062989 paperback |
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9780887062971 |
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9780887062988 paperback |
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