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A friend has recently brought the content of a particular translation and interpretation of the famous Bhagavad-Gita to my attention. That, and also a relatively well known â although perhaps now dead â Indian Guru that taught the content of the Gita to his students (the modern
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4 years ago
If you are referring to A.C. Bhaktivedanta's version of the Bhagavad Gita, then I have to agree with you. I take issue with a lot of what he says too. However, I have found with other transltions that the Gita is a very beautiful and divinely inspired text with a lot of depth.
And there are a lot of other 'Holy Scriptures' that are wonderful and direct. I've spent many delightful hours reading them - it's just a matter of finding the good ones. I'll email one that you might appreciate. I hope you don't mind me sending it to you, but it is one of my favourites and I'd like to share it. :-)
4 years ago
I should perhaps make it clear that I do not wish to imply that all "holy scriptures" are ego-distorted and manipulative, such as my experience of the two texts I have mentioned.
The translation of the Gita that I was referring to is by an Indian dude that always strikes me as looking rather miserable (my judgement of his appearance, I know)... I don't recall his name... but I understand he is the main guy behind the Hare Krishna movement. Most Hare Krishna establishments I have visited have his picture around the place.
I suspect that in all instances where I have poked my nose into the B. Gita it has always been one of these Hare Krishna editions. If this guy I have mentioned is A.C. Bhaktivedanta then you were correct with that guess. I must say I did get the impression that what I was reading may have been very much slanted by the translator, and that other translations might be very different. I found it have to imagine that such a famous and influential text would --- in its original language --- be so distorted. Although, then again, the Bible is by far one of the most influential "holy texts" and it's pretty distorted (in my experience) so popularity is no way to determine if such a text might be twisted or not.
Without doubt I have experienced great enjoyment and consciousness expansion through reading and exploring various texts and scriptures. I am certainly not writing all such things off based on the one experience I have mentioned in this article.
J
3 years ago
I mentioned that I see parallels between this and the Bible. Again, the Bible and what people make of it is a matter of interpretation. It is the interpretation that I see as being limited and less than what the original text/words were conveying.
I trust this is clear, and I have edited the above article to reflect this more accurately.