| Gandhi on the Gita Contributor(s): Newborn, Sasha (Introduction by), Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 094220803X ISBN-13: 9780942208030 Publisher: Bandanna Books OUR PRICE: $6.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Hinduism - General |
| Dewey: 294.592 |
| LCCN: 86064055 |
| Series: Little Humanist Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 5.6" W x 8.64" (0.21 lbs) 70 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Hindu |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gandhi used his time in prison corresponding with followers. One asked about the ethical questions in the Bhagavad Gita, and Gandhi replied to this, and to other questions. Finally, he put together his comments and analysis of the lessons that Krishna was sharing with Arjuna in a little book, his most concise expression of this Hindu holy book as he understood it. After his autobiography, this may be the closest record of Gandhi's spiritual understanding. A sample chapter is available at www.bandannabooks.com/free/gandhisample.zip. For a different view on the Indian subcontinent, you might like Ghazals of Ghalib, a 19th-century poet who wrote in Persian and Urdu. His ghazals are witty, self-revealing, thoughtful. He lived through the Sepoy Mutiny and the British Raj, asking Queen Victoria to support poetry as the rajahs had done, by direct donation. |