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A preamble to the Bhagavad Gita : man is meant to be thoughtful -- Who are you? -- An overview -- Fight or flight : violence in the saga of the Pandavas -- Krishna's jewel box -- The Bhagavad Gita in black and white -- Guru Tattva : transparent medium to the divine -- The demigods : exalted servants of Krishna -- A banyan tree grows in Brooklyn -- Nothing personal, part I : the Gita's refutation of Advaita Vedanta -- Nothing personal, part II : God is true to form -- Explosive devotion : Robert Oppenheimer and the universal form -- Dante's song : Was the famous Italian epic influenced by the Bhagavad Gita? -- Grandfather Bhishma and the vegetarian alternative -- Kierkegaard and the three modes of material nature -- Social classification in Gandhi, Plato, and the Vaishnava masters -- Spirituality in the workplace -- The mystery of Madhusudana -- Arjuna's yogic preference -- Bagger Vance : the mystical underpinnings of a contemporary golf tale -- Yoda and yoga : Star Wars and the Hindu tradition -- Krishna's divine appearance -- From ear to eternity : the spiritual dimensions of sound -- From the transcendentalists to transcendental love of God -- Afterword. |
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