Bhagavad Gita: Lesson in Life
by Piali Roy (9780660190396)

The Bhagavad Gita first entered the imagination of the west when the British began to rule India. The British were Looking for something that would help them understand the spiritual life in India. They found the Gita and in 1785 it was translated into English for the first time. Before long, intellectuals, philosophers and the curious were fascinated by this little book. The Bhagavad Gita offered people in the west an entirely different way of looking at spirituality and religion. In 1845, American writer, Henry David Thoreau praised the ideas in the Gita. The Bhagavad Gita is one of the world's classic religious texts. Revered by Hindus and an inspiration for thinkers from Gandhi to Thoreau, it is a meditation on how we should live our lives; how and when to act; for what purpose, and how to let go. At its heart, the Gita guides us to embrace our worldly responsibilities as one of many paths to the Divine. In this documentary, Piali Roy traces the unfolding of the Gita in Hindu culture and beyond.

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