The Gita Within Walden

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The Gita within Walden

The Gita within Walden
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9780791477472
ISBN-13 : 0791477479
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Book Synopsis The Gita within Walden by : Paul Friedrich

Download or read book The Gita within Walden written by Paul Friedrich and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2008-10-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores and interprets the myriad connections between two spiritual classics, Henry David Thoreau's Walden and the Bhagavad-Gita. Evidence shows that Thoreau took the Gita with him when he moved to Walden Pond, and the books have much in common, touching on ultimate ethical and metaphysical questions. Paul Friedrich looks at how each work speaks to fundamental problems of good and evil, self and cosmos, duty and passion, reality and illusion, political engagement and philosophical meditation, sensuous wildness and ascetic devotion. His examination moves through several stages, from an analysis of key symbols, such as the upside-down tree, to an exposition of social, ethical, and metaphysical values, to a consideration of the many sources of these syncretic works. This book should be of lively interest to those concerned with the origins of Indian and American thought, activism, and poetry.


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