Customer Reviews
One of the most important books I am going to read in my lifetime. - By: T. Young, 03 Sep 2008 
This version is very readable, short & simple yet packed with concepts. You have to read this! There is a reason why this version is the most popular one especially for someone like me who doesn't know much on Hinduism.
I am looking to buy other versions now to understand this great work.
A must read - By: R. Corfield, 04 Jul 2006 I'm buying this as I'll soon have to give the library copy back! The library copy is ISBN 0-14-019008-2 which I hope is an older edition of the same text.
Arjuna asks questions that I think a lot of us do end up asking. The responses & Arjuna's followup questions are quite inspirational. Having Arjuna as a soldier makes things even more interesting. The soldier must deal with the moral questions of a job which involves killing.
I don't know whether I found this easier to read because I'd already learned a lot about the philosophy of yoga before I read it. A lot of yoga texts refer back to this, & for a yogi I think it is great to go back to the beginning & the original meanings of why we're doing all this. Eknath's text does introduce the concepts incredibly well, so the book should be able to stand out on its own without previous knowledge.
It also puts the different paths into perspective. Eknath's discussion covers other philosophies including Christianityin relation to this & allows you to see how much they all havein common.
Readable and made relevant for today - By: D. Craig, 15 May 2006 No wonder this is the best-selling translation of this Indian classic work! Easwaran gives a full introduction, putting the Gita into the context of the literature & traditions of the time, & showing how it relates to modern philosophy. Sanskrit concepts that are quite difficult to translate into English are explained carefully, as is the relationship with Yoga. The translation itself is vivid & convincing, & the book is cleverly divided, with each chapter preceded by a clear explanation of the difficult concepts to comein that chapter.
