The Bhagavad Gita

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1. pmoriartyDec 2019
   The Bhagavad Gita is a tremendously beautiful and profound work, and it's a tragedy that it (and the whole Mahabarata, really, of which the Gita is only a small part) are not more widely read in the West.

   However, I see its core messages as deeply problematic. The entire work is a justification of violence, obedience, and traditional social roles. It's simply amazing to me that Gandhi, the most famous advocate of non-violence in history, was a huge fan of it.

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2. shahoceanApr 2015
   Bhagavad Gita. Mahatma Gandhi once said that he reads Gita whenever he can't find the solution of any problem.
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