Has anyone read the Bhagavad Gita?

[agentsmith101]

Hindu book with Krishn and Arjun. Anyone read it...very interesting.

 

[agentsmith101]

or just "The Gita"

 

[Landroval]

Yes, it's magnificent

 

[morkinva]

I read it, I am become bored

 

[agentsmith101]

I was just wondering cause some guy had a quote from it in his sig

 

[maximus maximus]

Originally posted by: agentsmith101
I was just wondering cause some guy had a quote from it in his sig

I have read it... I am a hindu and it is a holy book for us.
Just like Quran is for muslims and bible is for Christians.

 

[agentsmith101]

Originally posted by: maximus maximus

Originally posted by: agentsmith101
I was just wondering cause some guy had a quote from it in his sig

I have read it... I am a hindu and it is a holy book for us.
Just like Quran is for muslims and bible is for Christians.

So am i Its A holy book but not THE like the Quran or the bible.

 

[asm0deus]

i read a couple pages yesterday actually, it was a newer translation and i enjoyed it. it is up there with the dhammapadda and the tao te ching in my eyes. read those 3 books with any amount of sincerity and you'll find yourself a few steps up the ladder of life.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: agentsmith101
or just "The Gita"

I've eaten a pita.

 

[monk3y]

I've read the Mahabharata and most of the Vedas (the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda). Haven't ever gotten a chance to read the Bhagavad Gita.

 

[jalaram]

I've read the Gita.

I have read the Amar Chitra Katha version of the Mahabharata and Ramayana. Does anyone know of a good translation of those two stories since I want to read a non-comic book version.

 

[Stark]

arjuna sees you!

 

[chrisms]

I have a philosophy test in an hour and haven't studied. Thanks for reminding me

 

[blackdogdeek]

yes

 

[User1001]

Originally posted by: InstincT
I've read the Mahabharata and most of the Vedas (the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda). Haven't ever gotten a chance to read the Bhagavad Gita.

There are hundreds of Vedas, there's no way you read most of them.

 

[jai6638]

Originally posted by: maximus maximus

Originally posted by: agentsmith101
I was just wondering cause some guy had a quote from it in his sig

I have read it... I am a hindu and it is a holy book for us.
Just like Quran is for muslims and bible is for Christians.

If i'm not mistaken, the 'Srimad Bhagavad' is like the Quran for muslims and bible for christians while Bhagavad Gita is only a part of it..

 

[Aharami]

the gita is more of a philosophical text rather than a religious one like the Bible or the Quaran

 

[Whitecloak]

I have read it in the original sanskrit.

 

[Whitecloak]

Originally posted by: jalaram
I've read the Gita.

I have read the Amar Chitra Katha version of the Mahabharata and Ramayana. Does anyone know of a good translation of those two stories since I want to read a non-comic book version.

Try C Rajagopalachari's versions. Very good translation.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...3245-0834338?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...3245-0834338?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

 

[mAdMaLuDaWg]

The Vedas are the true books of the Hindus. Some of my orthodox Hindu friends tell me that the Gitas are just story books.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

It's more poetic in its descriptions of how to subjugate women and treat them like property than both Testaments and the Koran!

 

[Doggiedog]

I've read Siddharta by Hess.

Does that count?

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: whitecloak
I have read it in the original sanskrit.

Dude, that kicks ass.

 

[agentsmith101]

Originally posted by: whitecloak
I have read it in the original sanskrit.

Are you Hindu too? (BTW I too have done that, however my prounciation is a bit rusty and my understanding too, however I can get the basic gist of it...sanskrit is the mother of all languages )

 

[computeerrgghh]

I read parts of it. I also read the kiddy versions of the Ramayana One day I will find time to read these texts in their entirety.