BASC70063 - Foundational Texts of Hinduism: The Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita

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Who or what am I, and what kind of world do I inhabit? What explains why some of us prosper while others fail? Am I really obliged to do this, that, and the other thing just because my culture says so? How can I face the inevitable pains and miseries that seem to sap my life of meaning—many of which I’m dealing with precisely
because I’m doing what people tell me is right? Whatever answers you may have to these questions before reading the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, you’ll almost certainly have different answers afterward. These are among the most powerful and evocative texts ever written to reframe and recenter our views about reality,
personal identity, and ethics. Central to the Hindu tradition for millennia, in recent centuries they’ve attracted worldwide interest and acclaim from poets, politicians, scientists, philosophers, and broad stretches of the reading public.

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