Re: Beginning to study Bhagavad Gita
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté wcrow
I am happy you have chosen to being the study of the bhāgavad gītā . IMHO reading multiple views/authors will bring the cream to the top, yet this worked for me and perhaps you will have a different a approach.
I myself have been blessed with a new reading and translation this month. This is my 7th or 8th author on this matter. Why so?
This knowledge is too valuable to leave to just one translation or view. As one reads it again , new knowledge always floats to the top. For this we are blessed on how profound this work is. My teacher has said the bhāgavad gītā addresses each school of thought (ṣaḍ-darśana)¹. I can see this and just how profound veda vyāsa-ji's brilliance extends.
If you like I will be happy to list out the books and authors for your consideration. I also recommend a hard copy of the book so you can make notes within it. Yet that said, my most favorite is by
Mahaṛṣi Mahesh Yogī as he reveals an in-depth understanding of the wisdom. He only translated 6 chapters ( this is not uncommon as the gītā is seen as 3 sets of 6 chapters , the knowledge collected together).
praṇām
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ṣaḍ-darśana one could in general group the 6 into 3 pairs :
- yoga & sāṁkhya - very similar views of creation, one's advancement and the like.
- mimāṁsā & vedānta as vedānta is also known as uttara mimāṁsā a.k.a. the brahma-sūtra-s
Also some distinguish mimāṁsā as pūrva ( former , prior ) to that of uttara ( later , following , subsequent ) mimāṁsā
One needs to look at this work of jaimini's pūrva mimāṁsā and see if one can find īśvara. I see īśvara
very easily in vedānta as this is = to the upaniṣads, as which is the subject at hand in the brahma-sūtra-s. - nyāya & vaiśeṣika - logic and cosmology - Here we find the 'atom eater' or kaṇāda-muni the author of the vaiśeṣika branch.
And we have akṣapāda-muni (akṣapāda = having his eyes fixed on his feet ) of the nyāya philosophy.
यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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