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Last broadcast on Mon, 18 Jul 2011, 01:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Bhagavad Gita.
The Bhagavad Gita - a 700-verse section of the Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata - is one of the most revered texts of Hinduism.
Written in around 200 BC, it narrates a conversation between Krishna, an incarnation of the deity, and the Pandava prince Arjuna.
It has been described as a concise summary of Hindu theology, a short work which offers advice on how to live one's life.
The Gita is also a philosophical work of great richness and influence.
First translated into English in the 18th Century, it was quickly taken up in the West.
Its many admirers have included Mahatma Gandhi, whose passion for the work is one reason that the Bhagavad Gita became a key text for followers of the Indian Independence movement in the first half of the 20th Century.
Broadcasts
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Sat 16 Jul 201112:32
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Sun 17 Jul 201104:32
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Sun 17 Jul 201109:32
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Sun 17 Jul 201120:32
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Mon 18 Jul 201101:32
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