The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive: A Radical Translation
<p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">TheBhagavad Gita </span></i><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">isIndia�s most celebrated and enlightening spiritual text. Set over 7,500 yearsago on the verge of an epic battle, the Gita is a unique and enthrallingphilosophical conversation between the Supreme Being Shri Krishna and his dearfriend, the mighty warrior Arjuna. </span></p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">Althoughthere have been hundreds of English translations of the Bhagavad Gita since1785, poet and scholar Jeffrey Armstrong�s <i>The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive: ARadical Translation </i>is the first version to decolonize the language andbring this monumental text back to its Sanskrit roots and its deep spiritualintent. </span></p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">Thedifference is transformative. It has not come easily. </span></p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">For over a decade, Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi) hasstriven to free the Bhagavad Gita from the misuse and limitation of hundreds ofEnglish words that do not explain, let alone reveal, the text�s originalbreadth and meaning. A few of the</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">translated words on trial are old standbyslike God, Lord, heaven, hell, sin, religion, angel, demi-god, sacrifice, idol,faith, and charity, and on and on. </span></p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">Byexploring this ancient text in a new way, Armstrong�s goal with his radicaltranslation of the Gita is to allow the reader�whether a devotee, scholar, orlayperson�to come away with a deeper, nuanced, and celebratory understanding ofwhat Shri Krishna was softly, beautifully, and clearly explaining to his greatand devoted friend, Arjuna. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The conversation they share reveals in itsoriginal meaning an entirely different experience of the possible relationshipbetween the Supreme Being and a devotee and offers powerful ideas on what itmeans to be human. In this way, <i>The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive: A RadicalTranslation </i>is essential reading for all who want to understand the deepertruths of Vedic wisdom, the potential of eternal love and the mysteries ofexistence.</span></p>
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