Eknath Easwaran
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Eknath Easwaran was an Indian-born spiritual teacher, author and translator and interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads.
Eknath Easwaran
Eknath Easwaran teaching what is thought to be the first credit course on meditation offered at a major university in the U.S. at U.C. Berkeley in 1968
Bhagavad Gita
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The Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture, which is part of the epic Mahabharata. It forms the chapters 23–40 of book 6 of the Mahabharata called the Bhishma Parva. The work is dated to the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Bhagavad Gita's revelation: Krishna tells the Gita to Arjuna
A manuscript illustration of the battle of Kurukshetra, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Mahabharata. c. 1700 – c. 1800 CE
A painting of Krishna recounting Gita to Arjuna during the Kurukshetra War, from the Mahabharata. c. 1820 CE
A didactic print that uses the Gita scene as a focal point for general religious instruction. c. 1960 – c. 1970 CE