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ISBN:	1608680142 (ISBN13: 9781608680146)
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The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

Jack Hawley

Paperback | Pages: 224 pages

Rating: 4.38 | 795 Users | 68 Reviews

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The Bhagavad Gita has been called India’s greatest contribution to the world. For more than five thousand years, this great scripture has shown millions in the East how to fill their lives with serenity and love. In these pages, Jack Hawley brings these ancient secrets to Western seekers in a beautiful prose version that makes the story of the Gita clear and exciting, and makes its truths understandable and easy to apply to our busy lives.

The Gita is a universal love song sung by God to His friend man. It can’t be confined by any creed. It is a statement of the truths at the core of what we all already believe, only it makes those truths clearer, so they become immediately useful in our daily lives. These truths are for our hearts, not just our heads.

The Gita is more than just a book, more than mere words or concepts. There is an accumulated potency in it. To read the Gita is to be inspired in the true sense of the term: to be “in-spirited,” to inhale the ancient and ever-new breath of spiritual energy.

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Title	:	The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners
Author	:	Jack Hawley
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	March 1st 2011 by New World Library (first published January 1st 1970)
Categories	:	Philosophy. Religion. Spirituality. Nonfiction. Cultural. India

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Ratings: 4.38 From 795 Users | 68 Reviews

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Loved it- Gita explained wih ease without loosing its inner meaning and depth.

Will be coming back for a re-read.

I've never read any version the Bhagavad Gita, so I cannot vouch for the authenticity of this translation/adaptation, but I found this to be an entree into an intriguing subject. I'm still skeptical of the doctrine (all doctrines), nevertheless, I enjoyed this.

OK, this isn't exactly a dumbed down Bhagavad Gita as many claim. We all have to realize that it's concepts are just a little foreign to the westerner and they may need a little nudge to understand what it is all about.I happened to find it fascinating and I highly recommend the book to all who can find it.

This is indeed 'magical' as someone called it. I have tried reading the Bhagavad Gita (Roman Catholic here) from age 16 but failed because of how complicated the translations seemed to be. Mostly it was not the language itself but the good knowledge of the background precepts and terms that those translations required from the reader.This 'walkthrough' of Hawley is just what I was looking for. It's so straightforward and simple to read and 'understand'. I quote that last word because you have to

Theres a reason that ancient books like this one have survived the test of time. Its got some great wisdom mingled with some strange-to-the-western-mind ideas. I have read two other versions of the Gita without comprehending them. This one is translated in a readable way. I loved learning more about how Hindu people think.

An exceptional translation, offered in a way in which the story reads itself, while not lacking in the profound wisdom or poetic expression of the Gita.