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Bhagvad Gita is undoubtedly one of the most reverred and widely read religious scripture.
For many years scholars have been troubled by evidence that the Bhagvadgita, like the scriptures of many other religions, has been so edited and interpolated that its original message has been obscured. Dr. Phulgenda Sinha was a leading expert on "Yoga science." He has written a highly recommended translation of Bhagvad Gita in The Gita As It Was: Rediscovering the Original Bhagavadgita.
Sinha argues that the original Gita, which was based on the Samkhya and Yoga philosophies was much shorter (86 verses). The rest of the Gita are later interpolations done by a monists who wanted to further the interests of the priestly class (brahmins). The work is well researched and has many references.
This book says how the true philosophical teachings of Kapila, Patanjali, Buddha, Mahavira etc were distorted. His account has all the excitement of a historical detective mystery, as he draws together many threads from Indian history, religion, and philosophy, to arrive finally at the true Gita, as written by Vyasa in 400 BC which he presents in Sanskrit and English, with an explanatory commentary.
Before 800 AD, the concept of a single Almighty God did not exist in India. Its introduction was related to the importation of Muslim and Christian ideas, grafted on the pre-existing, more rational, Indian systems of beliefs and values. The perpetrators of this new adaptation were the Brahmans, who thereby cemented themselves in place as the ruling class, Fatalism, submissiveness, and disparagement of desire and action were introduced as alien elements into Indian life, with unfortunate effects upon cultural progress, lasting until today. The ancient rational discipline of Yoga because mystified. The Hindu, scriptures, including the Gita, was edited by the Brahman ascendancy, and elements of the Quran and Bible were added
For many years scholars have been troubled by evidence that the Bhagvadgita, like the scriptures of many other religions, has been so edited and interpolated that its original message has been obscured. Dr. Phulgenda Sinha was a leading expert on "Yoga science." He has written a highly recommended translation of Bhagvad Gita in The Gita As It Was: Rediscovering the Original Bhagavadgita.
Sinha argues that the original Gita, which was based on the Samkhya and Yoga philosophies was much shorter (86 verses). The rest of the Gita are later interpolations done by a monists who wanted to further the interests of the priestly class (brahmins). The work is well researched and has many references.
This book says how the true philosophical teachings of Kapila, Patanjali, Buddha, Mahavira etc were distorted. His account has all the excitement of a historical detective mystery, as he draws together many threads from Indian history, religion, and philosophy, to arrive finally at the true Gita, as written by Vyasa in 400 BC which he presents in Sanskrit and English, with an explanatory commentary.
Before 800 AD, the concept of a single Almighty God did not exist in India. Its introduction was related to the importation of Muslim and Christian ideas, grafted on the pre-existing, more rational, Indian systems of beliefs and values. The perpetrators of this new adaptation were the Brahmans, who thereby cemented themselves in place as the ruling class, Fatalism, submissiveness, and disparagement of desire and action were introduced as alien elements into Indian life, with unfortunate effects upon cultural progress, lasting until today. The ancient rational discipline of Yoga because mystified. The Hindu, scriptures, including the Gita, was edited by the Brahman ascendancy, and elements of the Quran and Bible were added