BHAGAVAD GITA, BHAGAVADGITA – A scripture
The Bhagavad Gita (Song of the Lord) is one of the most loved scriptures of India. It is pan-Indian, even though its central character, Arjuna, discovered that the driver of his war chariot, Krishna, was the supreme lord of the universe, Lord Vishnu. If this claim were taken literally and exclusively, the Bhagavad Gita would be limited to devotees of Vishnu (Vaishnavites, or Vaishnavas). But many interpreted Krishna’s revelation of the Godhead metaphysically: he was, according to them, speaking of the vastness of the divine and Vishnu as only one … Continue reading