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schinko94's review against another edition
4.0
Great religious literature, especially if you want to understand the core of a major branch of Hinduism. A short read as well-- It only took me about 4 hours.
evmondo's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Feels weird rating scripture. Really profound and beautiful nuggets of truth. Repetitive
stamos94's review against another edition
4.0
This is a profound piece of text that gives a beautifully symbolic/symbolically beautiful path to a good life. What I loved most about this is the idea that selfless service is at the core of living well. And letting go of one’s desires and the fruits of their actions is something that I really connected with and have given a lot of thought. This is definitely not an easy read and hard to recommend but I’m better for having reading it.
tritlo's review against another edition
4.0
I'm a big fan of Juan Mascaró's introductions and translations, especially how he relates the works with references from the bible, Keats and Shakespeare. Many of the notions espoused in the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads and even the Dhammapada are truly universal and have been independently discovered (or communicated?) by theologists time and time again.
josiahrichardson's review against another edition
3.0
This was a good translation of one of the Hindu holy texts, not that I'm an expert in this area, but it was easy to understand and the themes were clear throughout. A lot of the central ideas are prominent in today's millennial generation that is "Spiritual, but not religious" and the modern tolerance campaign. As always, my qualm is that it gives us the "what" of morality but not the "why" - or written another way, "Says who?"
josiahrichardson's review against another edition
3.0
This was a good translation of one of the Hindu holy texts, not that I'm an expert in this area, but it was easy to understand and the themes were clear throughout. A lot of the central ideas are prominent in today's millennial generation that is "Spiritual, but not religious" and the modern tolerance campaign. As always, my qualm is that it gives us the "what" of morality but not the "why" - or written another way, "Says who?"
lyrabuttonn's review against another edition
4.0
lowkey was gagged omg i know i will read this so many times in my life
marcymurli's review against another edition
4.0
This is the third time I've read this book, and each time I've read a different edition. I can't recall the differences among them, but I do like this one and feel that for the first time it resonated with me. Perhaps it's because I've read other similar texts in the past few years, including the Mahabharata, so I understand where this narrative fits into that. This edition is particularly nice because its introduction, essays, and footnotes enable readers to read the contextual matter that sheds light on the narrative and its overall meaning. It's quite a moving narrative, especially if taken in slowly, deliberately and reflected upon.