Exploring the Bhagavad Gita

Theodor, Ithamar:
Exploring the Bhagavad Gita : Philosophy, Structure and Meaning / Ithamar Theodor. - Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010. - 172 S.
ISBN 978-0-7546-6658-5
US$ 99,95 / £ 55,00
DDC: 294.5924046
-- Angekündigt für Juli 2010 --

Beschreibung
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. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Preface
General introduction
Setting the scene
The soul, Dharma and liberation
The path of enlightened action – part I
The supreme person's descent
The path of enlightened action – part II
The path of classical Yoga
The vision of the supreme – part I
Quitting one's body, the ephemeral and eternal worlds
The vsion of the supreme – part II
Arjuna's change of heart and the divine manifestations
The cosmic revelation
Stages of devotion
The vision of the supreme in the heart
The 3 gunas
The journey from bondage to liberation
The divine and the demonic
The manifestation of the 3 gunas in human life
Summary and conclusion: taking refuge in Krishna alone
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.

Autor

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. Profile page.

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