Interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gýÿ[U+0101] and images of the Hindu tradition: the Song of the Lord

1. Academic and scholarly writing -- 2. Social and political activism -- 3. Christian theological and missionary critiques -- 4. Universalist visions -- 5. Romantic and mystical insights -- 6. Contemporary teachers and movements.

This book investigates the relationship between the various interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and the Hindu tradition.
The Bhagavad-Gita is probably the most popular - and certainly the most frequently quoted and widely studied - work of the Hindu scriptures. This book investigates the relationship between the various interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and the Hindu tradition.
Taking into account a range of influential Indian and western thinkers to illustrate trends in writing about the Bhagavad-Gita including Western academic; Indian activist; Christian theological; Hindu Universalist; perennialist mystical and contemporary experiential accounts. Examining the ideas of such influential figures as F Max Muller, M K Ghandi, Bede Griffiths, Swami Vivekananda, Aldous Huxley and Swami Bhakivedanta, this book demonstrates the inextricable link between different interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and images of the Hindu tradition.
This accessible book aptly demonstrates the relevance of the Bhagavad-Gita for an understanding of Hinduism as a modern phenomenon.

The Bhagavad-Gita is probably the most popular - and certainly the most frequently quoted and widely studied - work of the Hindu scriptures. This book investigates the relationship between the various interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and the Hindu tradition.

Taking into account a range of influential Indian and western thinkers to illustrate trends in writing about the Bhagavad-Gita including Western academic; Indian activist; Christian theological; Hindu universalist; perennialist mystical and contemporary experiental accounts. Examining the ideas of such influential figures as F Max Muller, M K Ghandi, Bede Griffiths, Swami Vivekananda, Aldous Huxley and Swami Bhakivedanta, this book demonstrates the inextricable link between different interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and images of the Hindu tradition.

This accessible book aptly demonstrates the relevance of the Bhagavad-Gita for an understanding of Hinduism as a modern phenomenon.

"This book investigates the Bhagavad-Gita's rise to prominence in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and its relationship with the Hindu tradition in the modern era." "It features a range of influential Indian and Western thinkers to illustrate trends in writing about the Bhagavad-Gita, including Western academic, Indian activist, Christian theological, Hindu universalist, perennialist mystical and contemporary experiential accounts. Examining the ideas of such influential figures as F. Max Mutter, M. K. Gandhi, Bede Griffiths, Swami Vivekananda, Aldous Huxley and Swami Bhaktivedanta, this book demonstrates the inextricable link between different interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and images of the Hindu tradition."--BOOK JACKET