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Outstanding!

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Thank you!

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Thank you for sharing this.

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You are welcome.

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Jul 17Liked by Jayshree Gururaj

Thank you. I saw that another reader also recommended Isherwood. I will look into that.

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Jul 17Liked by Jayshree Gururaj

Thank you! PS, your quick and helpful responsiveness to comments is really great! I would call it "outstanding support for your readers"!

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Thank you.

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Jul 16Liked by Jayshree Gururaj

Hi Jayshree, yes, I did enjoy this "take" and look forward to continued selections in the "wisdom" series. I got my Gita a long time ago from the owner of a hotel I stayed in. The extensive commentary in that particular version does not seem to like the mayavadi sannyasis very much. As you say, "open to interpretation" which I regard as both intentional and valuable.

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Jul 17·edited Jul 24Author

Thanks, Doug, it helps to know that. Yes, different translations provide different views. lol on the mayavadi comment - some translations emphasize the devotion to Krishna as necessary - others don't, so yes it is best to view a non-sectarian view. Christopher Isherwood, Eknath Easwaran are some alternate authors to try.

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Thank you, Jayshree! An excellent encapsulation of the beautiful Gita; I try to read it at least a couple times a year. I like the Christopher Isherwood translation as well as some others, and also the commentary by Jnaneshwar. https://www.amazon.com/Jnaneshwars-Gita-Jnaneshwari-Swami-Kripananda/dp/0911307648

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Glad you found it so - it helps for me to know. Yes, Ishwerwood is a good one. I shall add a few references above, thanks for sharing - will check out the link. Thanks for sharing.

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I'm a student, sometimes student - practitioner of Buddhism & this is very interesting because of the shared concepts in both faiths & philosophies.

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Thanks for sharing Daniel. Yes, indeed 0 Buddhism is an offshoot - and veered off to create its own trees (non-ritualistic) but the some of its roots are still found in original ancient teachings.

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I get the feeling that it was meant originally to be a philosophy but evolved into a religion, & perhaps Christianity was meant to follow the same path. The trappings of many religions are perhaps..... detrimental. They can take it " off - course " like a gravity well in physics.

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Perhaps. Though some consider Hinduism and Buddhism less of a religion and more of a way of life. It is perspective I guess, but having the 'freedom' to choose to believe or not is nice!

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Is freedom an illusion ? As some Buddhists & Hindus might phrase it - Even the field of quantum physics AND even neurology touted that question & may still do it. I hopefully still have paperbacks of " The Dancing Wu Li Masters " & Fritjof Capra's " Tao of Physics ". A bit of light reading.....

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Jul 17·edited Jul 24Author

Thanks for sharing, is it an illusion or the the goal?

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