The Bhagavad Gita

The Song of God

The Bhagavad Gita — the Song of God — is a dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and his charioteer Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, moments before a cataclysmic war. Arjuna cannot bring himself to fight. Krishna’s answer constitutes the entire text: eighteen chapters of philosophy on duty, the nature of the self, the paths to liberation, and the nature of the divine.

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Edition050

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TraditionAncient Wisdom

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Context without the mythology.

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01 / Historical context

Written circa 400 BC–200 AD. Suppressed by British colonial administrators who viewed it as the foundation of Hindu resistance to imperial rule. Banned in several colonial contexts

02 / Why it matters

Colonial authorities feared this book. Their instincts were correct.

From / associated with the text

““Never the spirit was born; the spirit shall cease to be never. Never was time it was not; end and beginning are dreams.””

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The Bhagavad Gita

Context without the mythology.

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