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Bhagavad Gita : A New Translation by STEPHEN MITCHELL Sales Rank : 20,157

Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1st Pbk edition August 27, 2002 ISBN: 0609810340 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces. Average Customer Review: based on 23 reviews. Hardcover edition. Product Description: Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make ancient masterpieces thrillingly new, to step in where many have tried before and create versions that are definitive for our time. His celebrated version of the Tao Te Ching is the most popular edition in print, and his translations of Jesus, Rilke, Genesis, and Job have won the hearts of readers and critics alike. Stephen Mitchell now brings to the Bhagavad Gita his gift for breathing new life into sacred texts. The Bhagavad Gita is universally acknowledged as one of the world's literary and spiritual masterpieces. It is the core text of the Hindu tradition and has been treasured by American writers from Emerson and Thoreau to T. S. Eliot, who called it the greatest philosophical poem after the Divine Comedy. There have been more than two hundred English translations of the Gita, including many competent literal versions, but not one of them is a superlative literary text in its own right.

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