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Title: The Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna's Counsel in Time of War by BARBARA MILLER ISBN: 0-553-21365-2 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Recommended for the Novice
Comment: If you are unfamiliar with Indian philosophical terms, I recommend this translation of the Gita. Miller was kind enough to substitute numerous terms so as to simplify the language while retaining the quintessential message the Gita attempts to convey. Her poetic rendition of the Gita into English is well-done and a pleasure to read. Reading another translation which preserves all the original terms and the multitude of names for Krishna and Arjun can be frustrating, especially if you do not know how to pronounce long, intimidating Sanskrit words.
In addition, it is also an inexpensive translation, all the more reason to buy it.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Ultimate Introduction to Hinduism
Comment: The Bhagavad-Gita has to be one of the greatest spirtual works of all time. And Miller's introduction not only places the teachings of Krishna in the context of the Hindu religious tradition, but is also careful to place the story of the Bhagavad-Gita within the context of the larger story (The Mahabarata) from which it is excerpted. Avoiding the nuisance of footnotes at the bottom of every page, Miller's introduction, with its thorough, though brief synopsis of the enormous Mahabarata, and with her skeletal, though sufficient notes on Hinduism, offers the reader well enough information to grasp the meaning and context of the Bhagavad-Gita. This edition provides a six page appendix ("Key Words in the Bhagavad-Gita") which serves as a helpful summation of Krishna's instruction. A somewhat tedious, though brief article is also appended for those interested in the influence of the Bhagavad-Gita upon Thoreau and Emerson.
A good starter text for those interested in learning about Hinduism.
Rating: 3
Summary: Please don't read this in isolation
Comment: This book is more in the spirit of an adaptation rather than a translation. Stoller-Miller seems to add or subtract phrases from the original just for "poetic" effect. She also seems to have made very convoluted and unnecessary translations at many a place. This seems to stem from a desire to contribute something new to the already huge literature on the Gita.
That said, she does try to retain the spirit of the original (very unsuccessfully in my opinion but others who know the language could justly differ). If you do wish to have a version which is poetic and can be read without intimidating terms in between, this is a good book. However, do pick up another translation and read it along with this one. Would give you a better idea about what the original says
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Title: Yoga: Discipline of Freedom : The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali by Barbara Miller ISBN: 0553374281 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Darsan by Diana L. Eck ISBN: 0231112653 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: Upanisads (Oxford World's Classics) by Patrick Olivelle ISBN: 0192835769 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo by Drake Stillman, Galileo ISBN: 0385092393 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 April, 1957 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Koran (Penguin Classics) by N. J. Dawood ISBN: 0140445587 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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