Comments on: Afghanistan: Bhagavad Gita & Business Schools

By: balvindersingh

balvindersingh — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:29:47 +0000

Well thought and argued article. I wish all should go through such marvels as Gita overriding their individual religious preferences. Because if seen through colored religious glasses the gist of these marvels get lost.

In this context I remember an old but interesting incident that our friend late Mr Prem kumar, then local editor of Indian Express, had narrated.
One of his deeply religious minded Sikh friend, settled in the US, was a regular reciter of Sukhmani Sahib, a select portion from sri guru granth sahib. Once he happened to read a translated version of Gita.
Incidentally there is a verse in Sukhmani Sahib that seemingly is a virtual translation of the essence of Gita, “karman ev adhikar astey Ma faleyshu…..”. however without realizing the fact that Guru Granth Sahib is of a much recent origin than Mahabharta, he told Mr prem kumar, with a sense of inflated pride, that he has found a verse i in the Gita that has been 'lifted' from Guru Granth sahib! BALVINDER

By: sfauthor

sfauthor — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:28:59 +0000

Nice posting. Do you know about this edition of the Gita?

http://www.YogaVidya.com/gita.html

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We are all hindus now: NewsWeek - Page 7 - GupShup Forums — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:21:17 +0000

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