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Hi, first time posting on /lit/,

I am thinking of reading the Bhagavad Gita, but I have a few questions, as it IS a religious text.

For starters, I do not follow the Hindu religion, nor am I of Indian descent. Is it acceptable for me to read it because of the aforementioned reasons?

Secondly, is it printed in English at all?

>> No.14631711

>>14631708
Yes, yes

>> No.14631714

>>14631708
Yes and yes.

>> No.14631793

>>14631714
>>14631711
Really? Thanks!
I'll try to find a copy online.

>> No.14631810

>>14631708
silly, silly. you have the freedom to read whatever you would like. also i believe(not like anyone cares) that it's good to learn about different religions, that way you can better understand people. Don't feel guilty about attaining knowledge

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>>14631708
>Hi, first time posting on /lit/,
Welcome brother, Yes, you should read the Bhagavad-Gītā it's sublime. If you are a big-brained genius then instead of reading one of these gay ass wimpy 'academic' and 'simple' versions for retards that the plebs here so often recommend, you should instead read the Jñānēśvarī, also known as the Bhavartha Deepika; a 700 page translation of a commentary on the text (which includes the whole Gītā) written by a poet-saint Jñānadeva in the year 1290 CE. It is considered to be a milestone of medieval Marathi literature and is renowned for it' beauty and insight. You can read it at the below link.

>"The Jnaneshvari is so exquisite, so beautiful, so highly poetic in its metaphors and similes, so lucid in style, so rich in fantasy, so delightful in its imagery, so sublime in tone, and so pure in taste that, not withstanding the profundity and the inevitable limitations forced upon the author whose object was to make The Bhagavad Gita intelligible rather than to add anything new, the reader is simply fascinated and floats rapturously on the crest of flow until all is thanksgiving and there is no thought." -- Professor W.B. Patwarden

https://estudantedavedanta.net/Sri-Jnandevas-Bhvartha-Dipika-Jnaneswari_smaller.pdf