Discourses on the Gita
Tags: Gandhi, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality
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Started reading:
January 3, 2008
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Finished reading:
March 5, 2008
Review
Not sure how to rate this quick and easy read, as in many ways it’s simply a condensed version of the Gita. While I’m led to believe that the words contained within are those of Gandhi, there are no clear delineations as to where his paraphrasing of the Scriptures ends and his commentary begins. In fact, some chapters seem to be no more than Cliff’s Notes of the original. That said, there are many profound insights in these pages — pages which are much easier for the Western mind to navigate than perhaps the verses that inspired them. I liked it.


