The Bhagavad Gita for the Modern Reader History Interpretations and Philosophy 2nd Edition by Nadkarni 0367424061 9780367424060

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ISBN 10: 0367424061

ISBN 13: 9780367424060

Author: M. V. Nadkarni

What is the Bhagavad-Gita? Is it just a religious text? When was it composed? How relevant is it to the modern world? This book answers these foundational questions and more. It critically examines the Bhagavad-Gita in terms of its liberal, humanist and inclusive appeal, bringing out its significance for both present times and novel applications. The author elaborates the philosophy underlying the text as well as its ethical and spiritual implications. He also responds to criticisms that have been levelled against the text by Ambedkar, D. D. Kosambi and, more recently, Amartya Sen. With additional material including chapter summaries of the Bhagavad-Gita, the second edition of the volume proposes new ways of utilising the text in diverse fields, such as business and management and scientific research. Eclectic and accessible, this work will be of interest to scholars of philosophy, religion, history, business and management studies, as well as the general reader.

The Bhagavad Gita for the Modern Reader History Interpretations and Philosophy 2nd Table of contents:

1 Significance of the Gita, its date and authorship

As a sacred text

As a part of the Mahabharata

Date and authorship

2 Classical commentators of the Gita

The Gita in the rest of the Mahabharata, and the Puranas

Shankara

Bhaskara

Ramanuja

Madhva

Others in the Sanskritic tradition

Jnaneshwari – The Gita goes to people at large

Appendix: The three Acharyas and their philosophies

3 The Gita goes global

Wilkins’s English translation, impact and reactions

Reception in Germany

Further spread

4 Makers of modern India and their interpretations of the Gita

Raja Rammohan Roy

Bankimchandra

Theosophical Society and Annie Besant

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Swami Vivekananda

Lala Lajpat Rai

Mahatma Gandhi

Aurobindo Ghose

Swami Sahajananda Saraswati

Jawaharlal Nehru

5 Contemporary interpretations

Swami Ramdas

D. V. Gundappa (DVG)

Swami Sivananda

K. M. Munshi

S. Radhakrishnan

Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

Vinoba Bhave

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Swami Ranganathananda

Eknath Easwaran

Swami Chinmayananda

Swami Dayananda Saraswati

6 Philosophy of the Gita

The Gita and the pursuit of happiness

Ethics in the Gita

God and His world

Sadhana: spiritual striving

7 Criticisms of the Gita and responses

Contradictions

Historicity

Is the Gita other-worldly? amoral? deterministic?

Is the Gita reactionary?

The Gita and its deontology

Miscellaneous criticisms

8 Novel applications

The Gita as a guide to leadership, enterprise and management

Pursuit of truth in scientific research

Success in career and life

Appendix: Bhagavad-Gita: chapter summaries

Glossary

Bibliography

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